The difference between "affect" and "control":
First off, there's nothing humble about Limbaugh or his opinions, which he may or may not actually hold -- he's one of those "personalities" that will say anything to get attention, especially since his advertisers started bailing. And for Limbaugh to be talking about what's intellectually possible is beyond funny.
Second, no one said that humanity controls the climate.
ThinkProgress notes a whole group of "agnostics and atheists" that recognize humanity's contribution to climate change:
Their concern, of course, is based on the idea of humanity as the steward of Creation, which is an interpretation of "dominion" that's been gaining more and more favor in recent years. Limbaugh, of course, like the rest of his money-grubbing cohort, much prefers the idea of "dominion" as meaning "exploit" or "plunder."
And this has been another edition of Liars for Jesus(TM).
"See, in my humble opinion, folks, if you believe in God, then intellectually you cannot believe in manmade global warming … You must be either agnostic or atheistic to believe that man controls something that he can’t create."
First off, there's nothing humble about Limbaugh or his opinions, which he may or may not actually hold -- he's one of those "personalities" that will say anything to get attention, especially since his advertisers started bailing. And for Limbaugh to be talking about what's intellectually possible is beyond funny.
Second, no one said that humanity controls the climate.
ThinkProgress notes a whole group of "agnostics and atheists" that recognize humanity's contribution to climate change:
What’s more, scores of religious institutions have responded to our shifting environment in ways that fully acknowledge humanity’s role in creating the crisis. The United Methodist Church, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America have all issued statements or launched initiatives aimed at acting on global warming, and the United States Council of Catholic Bishops has an entire section of their website dedicated to combating climate change and its disproportionate impact on the world’s poor.
In fact, when Pope Francis officiated his inaugural mass after being elected head of the Catholic church earlier this year, he cited climate change as a core concern for the faithful:
Please, I would like to ask all those who have positions of responsibility in economic, political and social life, and all men and women of good will: let us be ‘protectors’ of creation, protectors of God’s plan inscribed in nature, protectors of one another and of the environment.
Their concern, of course, is based on the idea of humanity as the steward of Creation, which is an interpretation of "dominion" that's been gaining more and more favor in recent years. Limbaugh, of course, like the rest of his money-grubbing cohort, much prefers the idea of "dominion" as meaning "exploit" or "plunder."
And this has been another edition of Liars for Jesus(TM).
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