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Started by Sophus, February 17, 2011, 03:55:45 AM

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Sophus

February 17, 2011, 03:55:45 AM
Quote from: "url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/mike-beard-natural-resources-god_n_824312.html]HuffPo[/url]"]Mike Beard, a Republican state representative from Minnesota, recently argued that coal mining should resume in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, in part because he believes God has created an earth that will provide unlimited natural resources.

"God is not capricious. He's given us a creation that is dynamically stable," Beard told MinnPost. "We are not going to run out of anything.

More dangers of faith. Great. Just great.
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KDbeads

#1
February 17, 2011, 04:06:16 AM
:facepalm:  :facepalm:
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history_geek

#2
February 17, 2011, 07:13:05 AM
Could someone plese kick that idiot to Africa for a year or two? That ought to drive out an illusion or two.... :brick:
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ForTheLoveOfAll

#3
February 17, 2011, 05:33:46 PM
Great. Another person relying on an invisible man in the sky to fix all the world's problems rather than realizing we have a finite amount of time and finding ways to help humanity survive.

-Sighs-
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Asmodean

#4
February 17, 2011, 05:39:50 PM
Say, wasn't Jesus coming to save the US' economy first..? Resources, get in line  :raised:
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LARA

#5
February 17, 2011, 07:43:46 PM
:brick:

Why should he worry?  When the fossil fuels run out, upper class America will just make cars that run on poor people.
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Davin

#6
February 17, 2011, 08:44:24 PM
Quote from: "LARA":brick:

Why should he worry?  When the fossil fuels run out, upper class America will just make cars that run on poor people.
A 400 hobo power engine.
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Asmodean

#7
February 17, 2011, 08:52:35 PM
Quote from: "Davin"A 400 hobo power engine.
Pfft! Do it with STYLE! A 12000 hobo one. Or, metrically, 9800 junkies. That would about approach ye old usual car in terms of power, yes :pop:
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Sophus

#8
February 18, 2011, 12:25:04 AM
Quote from: "Davin"
Quote from: "LARA":brick:

Why should he worry?  When the fossil fuels run out, upper class America will just make cars that run on poor people.
A 400 hobo power engine.
roflol

I think we could potentially save this thread for the Dumb-ass quote of the day or something.
‎"Christian doesn't necessarily just mean good. It just means better." - John Oliver

The Magic Pudding

#9
February 18, 2011, 12:46:16 AM
QuoteHe's given us a creation that is dynamically stable," Beard told MinnPost. "We are not going to run out of anything.

I'd like to get a passenger pigeon or a dodo's view on this.

ForTheLoveOfAll

#10
February 18, 2011, 02:03:26 PM
We reached peak oil awhile ago. We'll have used it all by 2025 at our current rate of use.
I look forward to the downfall of the global economy. The edifice we live in now is based on oil, so it's really going to hit the fan when it runs out in a few years.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
-Carl Sagan

I loved when Bush came out and said, "We are losing the war against drugs." You know what that implies? There's a war being fought, and the people on drugs are winning it.
- Bill Hicks
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