It is now driving the war against Iran and policy on the West Bank among the GOP candidates. But its influence goes deeper. Senator Inhofe explains why the overwhelming data backing climate change is refuted by the Bible:
"Well actually the Genesis 8:22 that I use in there is that 'as long as the earth remains there will be seed time and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, day and night,' my point is, God's still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate is to me outrageous."
If that is what passes for religion, I really can't criticize atheists.
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