Global Warming...
Posted by Ryan Woods
So I don't know what I think about global warming. I'm taking my time doing some research and studying both sides. Both sides seem to make it perfectly clear that their sides are the obvious choice. This blog is not about that choice.
Moses made some stupid choices. He killed people. He treated his wife like a whore. He did some stuff that would call his character into question. He also probably wrote most of the first five books of the Old Testament. Does that mean that we cannot trust what he wrote? I don't think so. There are times when an authors words are put in a way that requires their show of good moral character (I'm not saying Moses was void of moral decency, just go with me here). If Shakespeare was a jerk it doesn't make his love stories less romantic. They don't rely on his character. The same could be said of Moses and the Bible. Moses tells us his faults. Moses' story is corroborated (in some ways) by other people/events. etc. etc.
Joseph Smith was a messed up dude. There are factual accounts (corroborated by legit sources)that show him as a charlatan and a lunatic among other things. He wrote the book of Mormon. Does that mean that we cannot trust the Book of Mormon? I would say at the very least it should call it into serious question because the book (and the background story associated with it) stands on Smiths character. So therefore if he is shown to have a pathetic moral nature we should be forced to call into question books and writings that rely on that nature.
Al Gore has set himself up as one of the leading spokespersons for Global Warming. GW won him an Academy Award. He's encouraged thousands and thousands of people to be more active in protecting our environment (which is a good thing no matter where you stand on GW). But one must call into question the character of Al. Al has stated that we have ten years to make changes, that in ten years we will have run out of time. In essence, he has taken on the roll of Chicken Little by telling us that the sky is falling...in ten years. If he is right then there must be urgency, intense urgency, immediate urgency (redundant?), urgent urgency (redundant?). And yet, in one month following An Inconvenient Truth, just one of the Gore's multiple homes used more energy than the average American does in one full year. The response I've seen by liberals (some how GW has turned into a liberal/conservative debate...strange) is that it's ridiculous to debunk GW because one of its spokespersons is "unclean". While I see this being true, I believe that Gore has made it an issue of his character when he calls the world to an urgent (ten year) response. If that is really true shouldn't he be responding urgently in reducing his carbon footprint? Does this mean that we throw out Global Warming altogether? Nope. But it does make you wonder doesn't it?
PS Al Gore is wiener-baby. And that is a fact.
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