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Briar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 05:56 AM
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The Pope condemns the climate change prophets of doom
The Pope condemns the climate change prophets of doom
By SIMON CALDWELL

Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters were nothing more than scare-mongering.

The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement.

His remarks will be made in his annual message for World Peace Day on January 1, but they were released as delegates from all over the world convened on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali for UN climate change talks.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=501316&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 06:06 AM
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1. Okay pope! How many dinosaurs, wooley mammoths or
sabre toothed tigers have you seen running around, lately?
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Double T Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 06:42 AM
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2. The Pope needs to get a grip. These are the REAL end times.
Edited on Thu Dec-13-07 06:45 AM by Double T
And don't forget to tell your flock to go forth and multiply so we can hasten our demise with further overpopulation.
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cboy4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 06:52 AM
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3. Spoken like a true right wing extremist.
:eyes:
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 07:23 AM
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4. yep... the Vatican has been an enabler for the RW for years
lovely religion, that. :eyes: :sarcasm:
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 07:44 AM
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5. The Poop is a nazi.
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-13-07 07:53 AM
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6. This snake didn't shed his skin, he just put a robe over it.
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