Pride and Global Warming

Uh-oh.

Looks like it might be time for a certain CNN meteorologist to begin searching for a new line of work.

Chad Myers, an American Meteorological Society certified meteorologist, uttered blasphemous words on the Dec 18 edition of CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight”:
“‘You know, to think that we could affect weather all that much is pretty arrogant,’ Myers said. ‘Mother Nature is so big, the world is so big, the oceans are so big – I think we’re going to die from a lack of fresh water or we’re going to die from ocean acidification before we die from global warming, for sure.’”
(http://businessandmedia.org/articles/2008/20081218205953.aspx)

Myers must have had a case of temporary insanity. Questioning one of the commandments of 21st century western society? He should immediately run up to the nearest tree, prostrate himself before it and beg forgiveness. Otherwise, environmentalists will demand he be burned at the stake.

Oh no, scratch that. I forgot that fire releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, thus killing the ozone layer.

Well, maybe they can make an exception in this case and give this heretic the fiery punishment he deserves. After all environmentalists often disregard their “values” when it’s convenient. Ozone Man Al Gore allegedly uses enough electricity to supply the eastern seaboard of the U.S.

Someone close to Myers, maybe a friend or a relative, needs to explain to him that he is confronting political correctness . . . a state of mind where the truth is irrelevant. Defending the cause is what matters, even if it means exaggerating or falsifying claims to gain supporters. Who can forget in 1988 when Sam Malone, aka Ted Danson, announced that humanity only had 10 years to live. Why? Because in 10 years he said the oceans would be dead from over-fishing. And if they died so would we.

Perhaps Ted’s calculator was on the fritz.

The global warming frenzy is based on pseudoscience and speculation. Myers likened it to purchasing a car:

“It’s like having a car for three days and saying, ‘This is a great car.’ Well, yeah – it was for three days, but maybe in days five, six and seven it won’t be so good. And that’s what we’re doing here.”

Our arrogant assumption that we control nature is a manifestation of our arrogance toward life in general. It is the most recent example of Pride casting its shadow over western society. We live in a world where Man worships himself as the highest good. God is okay as long as He fits within the confines of what is “my truth”. Make no mistake about it, the Church has its problems and is in part responsible for the emptying of pews, but the biggest reason that our churches are sparsely attended is because we have become a prideful society who will only accept God and religion on our own terms. We believe that it is God who should accommodate us, and if He doesn’t, then He should be shown the door.

Humility appears to have disappeared from our vocabulary.

Donald