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Rick Santorum Wants Pope Francis To Stop Talking About Climate Change

posted by CoolHand on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:13PM   Printer-friendly
from the controlling-the-papacy dept.

Hugh Pickens writes:

Ed Mazza writes that Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum says he loves Pope Francis, but he wants the pontiff to stop talking about climate change and "leave science to the scientists." Santorum's comments come as the Pope, who holds a degree as a chemical technician and worked as a chemist before turning to the priesthood, has become increasingly vocal about climate change. "The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science, and I think that we probably are better off leaving science to the scientists," says Santorum, "and focusing on what we're really good at, which is theology and morality, When we get involved with political and controversial scientific theories, I think the church is not as forceful and credible."

But Santorum's not a scientist either so using Santorum's own logic why is Santorum more qualified than the Pope to discuss climate change? "I guess the question would be, if he shouldn't talk about it, should you?" asked Chris Wallace of Fox News. "Politicians, whether we like it or not, people in government have to make decision with regard to public policy that affect American workers," answered Santorum, adding that while "the pope can talk about whatever he wants to talk about," he questions the Pope's use of his moral authority to combat the issue of climate change.. Santorum — a devout Catholic — disagrees with the Pope's stance that climate change is man-made and has often called climate science "political science," arguing that a scientific consensus on climate change underscores this point. "All of this certainty, which is what bothers me about the debate, the idea that science is settled," says Santorum. "Any time you hear a scientist say science is settled, that's political science, not real science."

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:27PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:27PM (#194166) Journal

    Cue an anon's hate for climate discussion.

    But what I'm surprised about is that this article [bbc.com] wasn't submitted instead.

    A group of scientists and economists is calling for the equivalent of the Apollo space programme to produce cheap, clean energy. Apollo engaged America’s best minds to put a man on the Moon in the Cold War. The academics say a similar effort is needed to make renewables cheaper than coal within a decade in what they call the biggest scientific challenge of the century. Such a project has been mooted in the past – but always failed. The group of experts call their project Global Apollo. They say they have generated interest from major nations in their plan for an investment of 0.02% of their GDP into research, development and demonstration (RD&D) of clean electricity.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:31PM (#194169)

    This isn't even a submission about climate change. This is a submission about one religious politician bickering about another religious politician. While it might be good fodder for the Huffington Post, it has no place here.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @09:15PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @09:15PM (#194261)

      Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum

      it has no place here.

      Why?

  • (Score: 2) by fritsd on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:15PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:15PM (#194200) Journal

    I read that. Please submit it.

  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:21PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:21PM (#194205) Journal

    Submit it!

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