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  1. Actual study is what prevented me from gouging my eye out. Whew! Close one!
  2. I'm bowing out of this one. I used to argue this ad nausium in the early 2000's. I finally realized I was guilty of this: I was on threads that were thousands of posts long. Not any more.
  3. Yes, the data It all depends on your source: This is also interesting. from here:https://www.drroyspencer.com/2018/09/u-s-major-landfalling-hurricanes-down-50-since-the-1930s/
  4. One of the comedic things about the global warming alarmists was when, A good while back, they warned that storms were gonna get worse - yet the exact opposite happened. Eventually we got into a "more stormy" period, and eventually we'll get back to a less stormy period. The whole thing is cyclical. That is all we're seeing It's all we've ever seen. We didn't cause the little ice age, etc. And we're not causing the current cycles. Enjoy the nice weather, prepare for the storms, and continue to live your life, knowing that if you live to be 100 you will see your local climate go through some minor changes. We're coming out of a very long ice age as I type this. I just keep thinking of the phrase, "correlation does not equal causation." And there really has not been that much correlation anyway. This site is very helpful: https://realclimatescience.com He's been pointed by AGW alarmists to the point that he has to put an "are you human" question up before you enter the site. Apparently he's over the target.
  5. A warmer planet will cause the oceans to evaporate. It's pretty simple. Sure, there are subtle complications, but ultimately, when you increase the temperature where there is a body of water, the water will evaporate more. Oh, and that can cause cloud cover, which will also have a cooling effect. It's a pretty well designed system.
  6. Well, a warmer planet is a wetter planet, so it may be that we have new rainforests where we used to have deserts. The good news is that, just as in the past 10,000 years, the changes are gradual and mankind can adjust. Well, except for that mini-ice age and medieval warm period. But even then, we did pretty much ok. And tech today is far superior. There was no HVAC back then and not much insulation was used in buildings. But I really feel for those people that lived on what we now call the continental shelf.
  7. Yep. Meanwhile, in central Kentucky, where I live, we're having unseasonably warm weather and us deniers are seriously enjoying it. I got a ton of work done on my property. But the scaredy cats that believe everything the global warming utterly unqualified mouthpieces tell them, e.g. Greta and Bill Nye, are living in terrible fear. But nothing you say to them can help. I'm 70. I've lived through all sorts of extra cold and extra warm periods even in that short time span. All that said, I'd love to see the CO2 roughly double. Imagine wine country in Siberia and millions of acres of citrus in what was the sahara desert! How about luxury hotels in Antarctica? A guy can dream.
  8. When I think of the "deep things of God", I think of all the quadrillions of exoplanets that almost certainly exist in the cosmos. And all those billions of galaxies that exist, while the writers of the bible could not even imagine such a thing as a galaxy. It's why, when I see the "cosmos" in any way discussed in the bible, I see it as the writers would have seen it: The earth and sky as they knew it. i.e. all such comments can have an implied "as far as you are concerned" message to those of us on this particular planet. i.e. regarding this physical creation, the bible is about the inhabitants of earth and our relationship with our Creator. It's why I believe the bible leaves plenty of room for sentient beings, created by God, on quintillions of planets throughout the cosmos, but as far as we are concerned, this is the one that matters. And the laws of physics, created by God, precludes any of these races of beings from ever coming into contact with each other. I could even go as far as to imagine that each one of us has, as our domain, the particular galaxy in which we reside. i.e. one inhabited planet per galaxy surrounded by a "yard" that is the galaxy. I'm not saying any of the above is true. I'm saying I suspect there are plenty of "deep things of God" that we've not even considered. And it "could be" something like the above. But as far as we're concerned, he created us to be the caretakers of THIS planet, as a place where he could commune with man, governed locally by those who accept the free gift of redemption through the blood of Christ, who dies for those on THIS planet. And what else are we currently as clueless of as ancient man was of Galaxies?
  9. To me, a "Palistinian" is like a "flatlander". It describes where they live, not who they are. There is no Palestine. And the area that some see as "having been palestine" includes Jordan. The problem in Gaza is not Palestinians. It's Muslims. I see the folks that live there kinda like people saw Germans in WWII. The Nazi's may have been the true enemy, but the "enemy" was Germany. Same thing with Gaza. Sure, just like in Nazi Germany a lot of "innocents" will be killed by our side, but that is why war is a thing to be avoided. In a democracy you not only get the government you want. You get the government you deserve, as places like California and New York are swiftly discovering (and the whole US, for that matter).
  10. Remember in Dr. Zhivago, when the government took their large manion and turned it into an apartment building of sorts? Yeah, I've said for two decades that I feel like I'm living in Dr. Zhivago, but without the love triangle.
  11. I'm a creationist, but I don't adhere to YEC. Frankly, I think that the "age of man" is 6,000 years, but on a very old planet. I compare it to an oil painting on a canvas that has had several paintings on it, each one covered with whitewash and a new painting applied. And if you peal back the layers you will see remnants of previous paintings. Or, in the case of the earth the remnant of previous ages. Stuff like Neanderthal man, dinosaurs, etc. All of which were created by God, but the bible is silent on the issue because that's not the subject matter it is focused on. I'm not saying that IS what happened. Rather, I'm saying it could be what happened, or something like it. It's easy to speculate on subjects on which the bible is silent. It's why I don't use the bible to help me decide which brand of car to buy, or which breakfast cereal, or brown vs white eggs to buy. Frankly, I think adhering to YEC because it's "what the bible teaches" is like believing the earth is the actual physical center of the universe because it's "what the bible teaches". i.e. it isn't. Rather, it is what some interpret the bible to say, while others interpret it to be saying something else. There are places in english translations where the word "forever" is used, even though the event was actually for a limited period, and sometimes a very short period. the bible uses figures of speech just like we do today. You know, like someone saying, "I had to wait in line forever." Same with "In the beginning", "the whole earth", etc.
  12. Yes. anything outside the earth's atmosphere. I see it as the beginning of the age of man. Which is roughly 6,000 years. I think of the heavens as the atmosphere and the earth as the surface of the earth. Who knows how many "beginnings" there were before that one. As far as we're concerned, that is the only one the bible is trying to discuss. Just my opinion, of course. Frankly, whenever I hear that someone "may have" done a certain thing, I always mentally add, "or may not have", to remain unbiased. I do something similar with verses in the bible about creation with the phrase "as far as we're concerned". That is, the "whole earth" or "all of creation" may really just mean a limited area, but "as far as the reader to which the verse is written" is concerned, it is all of creation. The bible does not speak of the full universe including the quadrillions of galaxies, other than to say God is our creator and, as far as we're concerned, he is the creator of everything. i.e. as far as I'm concerned, God is the author of everything and creator of everything. But that leaves room for dinosaurs millions of years ago, life on other worlds in other galaxies, etc. And for the sentient ones, "as far as they are concerned", their planet is the center of the universe. God is pretty big.😉😎
  13. A fun question: We've all seen that first line in the bible, but I like to disect it further. It starts with, "In the beginning...". So, my question is, "the beginning of what"?
  14. Well, I can say with confidence that I'm still alive.😁
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