Science and the Baltimore Catechism…
LESSON 5 — The Creation and the Fall of Man
48. What is man?
Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image and likeness of God.
{And God created man to his own image. (Genesis 2:7)}
I lay no claim that your god is not as legitimate as mine. Competition makes for exciting horse races and tense Octobers. But, after re-reading the old bible of catechisms, I must say that it seems rather a long shot that God would prefer its creatures to remain ignorant of the world It created.
It’s just an opinion.
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GLOBE EDITORIAL
Now with 50 percent less truth
October 29, 2007
WHEN THE top public health official of the United States addressed the Senate last Tuesday on the health impact of global warming in this country, the senators - and the public - had a right to expect Julie Gerberding’s full, unvarnished thoughts on this important issue. That’s not what they got. In another case of the White House censoring what the public learns about climate change, the administration cut her testimony in half.
As a result, Gerberding, who heads the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, did not tell senators, as she had planned to, that “the public health effects of climate change remain largely unaddressed.” Nor did the senators learn that areas in the northern part of the country “will likely bear the brunt of increases in ground-level ozone and associated airborne pollutants. Populations in Midwestern and Northeastern cities are expected to experience more heat-related illnesses as heat waves increase in frequency, severity, and duration.”
All of that information was included in the six pages stricken from Gerberding’s original draft of 12 pages. The White House says it made the deletions because the information “didn’t align” with a report this year from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. In response, Senator Barbara Boxer of California released a comparison of the UN report and phrases stricken from the Gerberding draft. Both raise the threat of heat stress on vulnerable populations, increased respiratory diseases, and more waterborne infectious diseases.
This is not the first time the White House has muzzled government researchers who have raised concerns about global warming or pointed the way to addressing it. After NASA scientist James E. Hansen said in 2005 that greenhouse gas emissions were creating “a different planet,” his superiors tried to control his appearances and limit his interviews.
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I feel this still from IDIOCRACY could not describe Browning’s
“God is in his heaven–All is right with the world.”
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