Comments on: Theology Watch http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/ A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:35:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Herbert Kaine http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-12940 Herbert Kaine Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:45:08 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1402#comment-12940 At least he was democratically elected from his district. Who is the representative from South Jerusalem serving in the Knesset? RIght now, all you get is a vote for a party which then does abrupt changes when he is in office. While I disagree with Rep Shimkus stand on global warming, he is probably more intelligent than 85% of the Knesset At least he was democratically elected from his district. Who is the representative from South Jerusalem serving in the Knesset? RIght now, all you get is a vote for a party which then does abrupt changes when he is in office. While I disagree with Rep Shimkus stand on global warming, he is probably more intelligent than 85% of the Knesset

]]> By: george hilborn http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-12847 george hilborn Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:02:07 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1402#comment-12847 It is extremely important to mention that the House gives it's members a minute to two to spill out their message except for the Speaker and the opposition leader. Unfortunately the opposition's leader Congressman "Bonehead "s' retort to the Climate Bill isn't any more enlightened than Shimkus. How long do we study climate change before we do something. The overwelming consensus of the scientific community is that we humans are the principal contributors to erosion of the ozone layer and greenhouse gases are destroying our atmosphere. Y I know you don't have glaciers in Israel so you can't see up close and personal what I have seen in Alaska but you do have the river Jordan to feed the needs of the community and the last time I looked at it and it's reduced flow I suspect you have a real environmental crisis in the making . It is extremely important to mention that the House gives it’s members a minute to two to spill out their message except for the Speaker and the opposition leader. Unfortunately the opposition’s leader Congressman “Bonehead “s’ retort to the Climate Bill isn’t any more enlightened than Shimkus. How long do we study climate change before we do something. The overwelming consensus of the scientific community is that we humans are the principal contributors to erosion of the ozone layer and greenhouse gases are destroying our atmosphere. Y I know you don’t have glaciers in Israel so you can’t see up close and personal what I have seen in Alaska but you do have the river Jordan to feed the needs of the community and the last time I looked at it and it’s reduced flow I suspect you have a real environmental crisis in the making .

]]> By: Duncan http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-12778 Duncan Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:11:33 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1402#comment-12778 Absolutely mental. Absolutely mental.

]]> By: fiddler http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-12726 fiddler Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:51:25 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1402#comment-12726 Note also that Shimkus invites theological debate, while in the same breath removing himself from any debate, claiming that "God's word is infallible, unchanging, perfect" (very unlike what some human beings make of it, I'd add). By definition you can't debate with the Unchanging, and by assuming a literalistic POV he reduces religion to a means of social control, with God no more than the ultimate authority to refer to when needed. When a literalist mentions the age of dinosaurs in a scientific context (amount of CO2 in the atmosphere), my inner voice immediately says "voodoo science". Has anyone at the debate asked him if the age of dinosaurs was 5000 or rather 100 million years ago? Note also that Shimkus invites theological debate, while in the same breath removing himself from any debate, claiming that “God’s word is infallible, unchanging, perfect” (very unlike what some human beings make of it, I’d add). By definition you can’t debate with the Unchanging, and by assuming a literalistic POV he reduces religion to a means of social control, with God no more than the ultimate authority to refer to when needed.

When a literalist mentions the age of dinosaurs in a scientific context (amount of CO2 in the atmosphere), my inner voice immediately says “voodoo science”. Has anyone at the debate asked him if the age of dinosaurs was 5000 or rather 100 million years ago?

]]> By: Y. Ben-David http://southjerusalem.com/2009/07/theology-watch/comment-page-1/#comment-12725 Y. Ben-David Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://southjerusalem.com/?p=1402#comment-12725 Although I tend to agree with you about making public policy based on thinking like that, I don't think the other people who want to throw trillions of dollars at the supposed Global Warming threat without carefully studying what the effect of these policies is, simply to be able to say that they are doing "something" are any more rational. Although I tend to agree with you about making public policy based on thinking like that, I don’t think the other people who want to throw trillions of dollars at the supposed Global Warming threat without carefully studying what the effect of these policies is, simply to be able to say that they are doing “something” are any more rational.

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