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Hansen fudged the doggone formula.

Even if you are correct, Hansen is not the god-emperor of science. Hansen did not 'discover' climate change. Hansen is not our only source of information. Remember what we discussed about trends? A trend of geophysical facts leads us to the conclusion of anthropogenic climate change.
 
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The more extreme the opposition, Fernbach and his co-authors found, the less people knew about the science and genetics, but the more their “self-assessed” knowledge — how much they thought they knew — increased
I'm often reminded of this when people like Kent Hovind talk about the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.
 
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I'll give you a Biblical answer. Does the Bible contain any prophecy that would make us think that Global Warming will be a problem?

7 The first angel sounded his trumpet, and there came hail and firemixed with blood, and it was hurled down on the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up.
--Revelation 8:7 NIV

7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
--Revelation 8:7 KJV


In this prophecy of the end times, trees are burned, grass is burned. This is accompanied by prophecies of a high cost of living, a sign that the world is in chaos. Yes, it does sound like Global Warming.
 
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Not really. It would be interesting to see the analogue of the self-assessed knowledge as opposed to the objective knowledge tested by Pew.

You are right. Atheists/agnostics score better than some of the various church going groups.
 
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Atheists are not banned from Heaven. This is written about them:

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
 
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Atheists are not banned from Heaven. This is written about them:

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Think one this: There are no nonbelievers in hell.
 
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Then why are you here?

I might ask you the same question. This is not an atheist site. I am commanded by the Lord Jesus Christ to preach the Gospel to every creature. I am to preach the word, to be instant in season, out of season. To reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. I have visited atheist sites and seen their complaints about Christians. Some of their points are valid. I discussed those matters with kindness. Too bad atheists don't have the same attitude. So, I have had to give y'all hard teachings from the Scriptures. And they are true. I also notice that atheists quote authors of various works but don't seem to have minds of their own. I also notice that atheists stereotype like crazy, are prejudiced, highminded, and to be blunt, arrogant. I live with a die-hard atheist, and y'all sound just like him most of the time. I've heard most of what has been posted here, already. You don't seem to be able to understand me, though I have been clear.
 
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When you earn a PhD, you realize how little everyone knows
Acshully you become part of the cabal of Atheist Against God and start suppressing evidence of Intelligent Design.
 
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Science- The study of the way God did things .
Not really.
It is unknown and impossible to find out or study HOW God created everything He did.
We can only study WHAT He created.
 
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That's not how the reality around the matter is though.
Everything is political and money and platform decides what the consensus is.
 
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Although you have claimed that geological dating is 'not science', it is a scientific fact that the earth is billions of years old.
No, it's according to the model with the most funding and media / education platform.
 
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You are not the only one to have noticed this. It also seems to tie in with Denialists and conspiracy theorists.
Or the sheep that have been told there are no conspiracies, and no matter how much evidence you may point them too, they stick to what they've been told.
 
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I've seen that climate change is more politically charged than other areas of science. That could have an effect.

As a far as i can tell, Biology has become the most politically charged area and some deniers, most notably in Canada, are attempting to use the coercive force of government to codify their anti science agenda. I do not know many people that deny climate change. Almost everyone agrees that climate is not something that remains stable but changes at various rates over time. there are however quite a few people that insist that one's biological sex is a matter of one's preference or socialization.
 
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That's not how the reality around the matter is though.
Everything is political and money and platform decides what the consensus is.

Spend as much money as you like, and the melting point of gallium will still be about 30 degrees Celsius.
 
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Atheists are not banned from Heaven. This is written about them:

Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
So they probably ARE banned then.
Change of heart or repentance and turning to God in faith seems rather essential throughout the Bible.
Spend as much money as you like, and the melting point of gallium will still be about 30 degrees Celsius.
You know we're not talking about simple facts, relatively easily derived by repeatable experiments.
 
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