Do creationists in the Tea Party believe the imminent extinction of 20% of plant species is a myth?
The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew Gardens in England has just published a report stating that 20% of all plant species are endangered, and likely to become extinct in my lifetime. The main culprit is the ongoing destruction of the rainforests in order to create farmland, and the main driving force is the Free Market. Brazil has vowed to clear the Amazon in its drive to modernisation; President Suharto sold logging rights to all the virgin forests in Indonesia. It is only a matter of time before treaty agreements between corrupt regimes and China clears the great forests in Africa too. There is little left of the slow-growing Siberian forests closest to the Chinese border. One effect of clearing the forests is that there are no longer roots to bind the soil, which blows or washes away leaving it little use for farming after a few years. Since creationists believe that all species were created by God as they are now, do they also believe that they cannot just disappear because some businesses are making money converting wilderness to palm plantations to power their SUVs when the oil runs out? Does the Tea Party have the same disbelief in a mass extinction in this century in the same way they dismiss global warming? http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/kew-biodiversity/plants-at-risk/index.htm Creationists believe that the creation and extinction of the dinosaurs took place in the last 6000 years. Scientists hold that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a rogue asteroid colliding with Earth 65 million years ago. That was the last mass extinction event on the scale now prophesied by Kew. Recovering from this would quite likely see out human civilisation. And who bought the logs Suharto's associates cut down? Who owned these companies? Who is buying all those goods China is making? And if we have no influence over political events in foreign countries, why do we have ambassadors, and what are we doing in Afghanistan?
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Plants and animals come and go all the time. Seen any dinosaurs lately? Did we cause their demise?
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Teabaggers believe that God created man to use up all of the planet's resources in their lifespan, at which point he will rapture them to heaven having left a big f*cking mess that they will be forgiven for.
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why stop at 20% why not all lol
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Not only is this question an obvious troll, it belongs in a different section. "President Suharto sold logging rights to all the virgin forests in Indonesia. It is only a matter of time before treaty agreements between corrupt regimes and China clears the great forests in Africa too. " You are talking about other countries policies. It is impossible for us to control what they do. "Since creationists believe that all species were created by God as they are now, do they also believe that they cannot just disappear because some businesses are making money converting wilderness to palm plantations to power their SUVs when the oil runs out?" Painting with a broad brush today. Not all creationists believe the same thing. Not all Tea Party followers drive SUVs... BTW: Most creationists are taught that we are to take care of the planet. Massive deforestation projects are not considered proper care.
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I hope they care about the environment. What people don't understand is that, yes, species come and go on their own. But we (humans) have sped that up far too quickly. Just turn on the Discovery Channel or Animal Planet, where they document polar bears over a 10 year span and see how quickly the ice really is melting. WE did that. It may have happened on its own eventually but it shouldn't be happening right now. People are just selfish and in denial. There's going to have to be a point where we change our behavior and even try to control the population. Hopefully whatever party is in Washington will understand this!
