Just about everybody who cares desperately about the ground zero mosque is guilty of hyperbole and fuzzy logic. That is the only conclusion I can come to about this “tempest in a tea pot” controversy.
First up: my fellow conservatives who see this mosque as “insulting.” Give me a break. But the liberals who are feigning outrage about the conservative reaction are just as bad. Keep on reading and I’ll explain why.
In the below post, I argue that Al Gore and most global warming alarmists don’t really believe that increasing CO2 is an immediate, irrevocable threat to the planet because their actions do not support their stated beliefs. I argue that if they truly believed what they say they believe, they would immediately enact a plan to lower their personal CO2 emissions to near zero. Because they don’t do this, I argue they don’t really believe what they preach and we should not believe them either. Therefore, based on the actions of global warming alarmists (not their words), there is no reason to act on global warming.
This entire discussion hinges on the issue of belief leading to action. Let me expand on that.
Al Gore does not really believe that CO2 is destroying the Earth. You know how I know? Because if he really did believe that, he would act very differently. He would lower his carbon footprint to zero — now.
Instead, Al Gore flies around in a private Gulfstream that emits 9500 pounds of CO2 per hour. He has a massive mansion in Tennessee and a new one in California. Both homes emit thousands of pounds of CO2.
This post is not intended to malign Al Gore, even though it is one of my favorite sports. I would defend his right to live however he wants. He has proven to be a great capitalist and made some very wise investments, and more power to him. My point, instead, is to point out the illogic of his position and indeed the position of almost all people who say they believe that carbon dioxide emissions are destroying the planet.
At least at Girls Camp, they do. This is one of the first things I learned as a priesthood observer at our ward’s Girls Camp this week. Scout Camp: fun, not very organized. Girls Camp: organized and a lot more fun with some amazing spiritual moments.
I’d like to address one of those spiritual moments first. The young women’s leaders recreated Lehi’s “tree of life” dream in a very special way.
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Let me say this: I get bored at church all the time, usually multiple times every Sunday. I don’t like sitting in meetings for three hours a day (with often an hour-long meeting before or after church). But I don’t think about how bored I am very often because when I am feeling that old ennui angst I chase it from my mind. This post explains why and how.
I bring this up because of this article, which seems to be getting a lot of positive attention. The author names five reasons Sacrament is dull. Let me make this clear, lest I be accused of criticizing the author: I agree with just about everything she writes. This post is not intended as a “take down” of her article. Instead, I simply share some thoughts that I have had when I am bored at church (which happens often, as I say).