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

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: 5, Insightful) by janrinok on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:43PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 09 2015, @06:43PM (#194175) Journal

    You seem to think that having 8 subs in the queue is a lot.

    When the site started, we could expect to have 30+ in the queue each day. The nagger ('Only x submissions in the queue') is programmed to show on the front page when we go below 20. I cannot remember a day when the nagger has not displayed for many months. If you want to improve the quality of this site we need more quality submissions to work with, and fewer comments like yours insulting others or trying to force your opinions on the rest of the community. It's not the way we roll here.

    You've made your case in 2 stories now. We've heard you but, respectfully, don't agree with you. Now can you leave the other stories to be discussed in a civilised manner please?

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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by isostatic on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:38PM

    by isostatic (365) on Tuesday June 09 2015, @07:38PM (#194219) Journal

    I don't give a stuff about how many submissions there are. There's no law saying that SN should have 10 stories a day. If something good comes in, post it.

    • (Score: 2) by bart9h on Tuesday June 09 2015, @08:25PM

      by bart9h (767) on Tuesday June 09 2015, @08:25PM (#194251)

      I have to agree with this.

      If it's really a slow news day, I see no problem if there's only two or three stories on a whole day.

      • (Score: 4, Informative) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday June 10 2015, @01:36AM

        by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday June 10 2015, @01:36AM (#194333)

        If it's really a slow news day, I see no problem if there's only two or three stories on a whole day.

        The site needs to appeal to more than an extremely narrow range of interests to maintain readers. There are other sites for that. If someone does have only such narrow interests, it is probably to their benefit, and ours, for boundaries to be stretched by stories they may not consider to be the type of story this site should cover, whatever that is supposed to be. I consider this site to be a site where intelligent people discuss things of interest, whether they be science or tech or events that will have an effect on our lives.
        Aside from that, the fact that a complete ass like Rick Santorum can get major media coverage and can even get votes in a campaign for president is something that everyone should be concerned about.