GOP mad at Pope Francis

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ECSNorway wrote:

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Bob Schroeck wrote:

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Logan Darklighter wrote:

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I love how everything religious is mocked and derided. And many on this board and elsewhere have been more than willing to bring up how wrong the Catholic Church has been for over 500 years in regards to science. (certainly deserved criticism in all too many cases).
But as soon as the Pontiff says he's for action on global warming, all of a sudden he's a RESPECTED AUTHORITY FIGURE by secularists and leftists. 
The fact that the cognitive dissonance isn't even noticed is absolutely freaking hilarious! 

I'm surprised that you sembrace exactly the same kind of political strawmanning you call others out on, Logan. 

So, it's okay for liberals to accuse conservatives of hypocrisy, but not for conservatives to call out liberal hypocrisy, apparently. Nice to know. I'll have to keep that in mind.

Actually, hypocrisy is de rigeur for politicians of any stripe. I suppose an exception can be made for a true believer. Except true believers have a tendency to blot out any evidence that makes them uncomfortable and challenges their worldview.
Let's just say the debate about the science is also settled. The debate now is about values. There is a writer who summarized it beautifully.

Now, let's be clear. There is no sin in this. We ended up here based on a
million collective decisions over two centuries. Many of these
decisions were based in developing technologies that have led to a
better standard of living for a whole lot of human beings. The problem,
however, comes in when turning a blind eye to the recently discovered
consequences of what we built. The entrance of values into those
discussions is an explicit acknowledgement that continuing down this
path is going to mean immense additional human suffering. For others,
first, and then, quite likely, for ourselves, our children and our
grandchildren.

One of my beliefs is that I try and make the world a better place for those who follow behind me. Not to do so is a dereliction of duty for my part. That is why I welcome Pope Francis entering this dicussion. There I things I do not condone on what the Papacy had done recently. But this action, I welcome.
Edit: Here's the link
http://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2015/0 ... ge-matters
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