John Fugelsang: Politicians willing to turn on their faith instantly if it means profits can be threatened
John Fugelsang appeared on the Ed Show and had a lot to say about Rick Santorum. Last week Rick Santorum attacked the Pope in which he said the Pope should “leave science to the scientists.”
A clip was played showing Fox News’ Chris Wallace challenging Santorum. “If he is not a scientist and in fact he does have a degree in chemistry, neither are you,” said Chris Wallace. In effect while the Pope has a science background, Santorum’s background is stoked in politics and demagoguery. One knows one is off kilter when even Fox News attacks a statement from a Right Wing hack. Santorum had the gall to say there are more pressing concerns affecting the earth than climate change. Really? If most people live on coasts and the coastlines flood, what more pressing problems are there?
John Fugelsang as only he can had a lot to say. “Well of course we are called upon in the Bible to be good stewards of the earth,” said John Fugelsang. “But you know religion is so often a Trojan horse, Dr. Dyson, for politicians and very often you would see politicians willing to turn on their faith instantly if it means profits can be threatened. And climate change as you know is a sinister conspiracy to convince people that pollution is bad by 90 percent of the world’s scientific consensus. What’s interesting about Santorum is he is the guy who likes to come out and boast of his catholic piety. However he was against the Pope and the Vatican on the Iraq war. He disagrees with him on universal healthcare, on the death penalty, on evolution. The Pope is more liberal and pro-science than Santorum on that. But gay marriage? ‘Oh you are fine right there Pope. Go ahead I agree with you on opposing that.’ So again, he will go against his faith when it suits him. And as the Pope shouldn’t be pretending to know science, Rick Santorum’s job is pretending to know science to hustle low information voters for cash.”
When asked why people of faith (read Evangelical Christians) have a problem seeing the environment as a problem or moral issue, Fugelsang’s answer was great. “I think it’s kind of pathetic and I think it’s why we talk about sheep quite a bit,” said Fugelsang. “They say that they support Jesus but reality a lot of folks have a Bible that’s just the book of Leviticus and the golden calf and the book of Revelations duck taped to a ‘Left Behind‘ book. And that is as deep as it gets. Again we are called on in the Bible to be good stewards of this environment, of this earth. This planet, getting to live here is a blessing. And so the notion that pollution is OK if profits are threatened, goes against everything Jesus and God talk about in the book.”
John Fugelsang should trail all these anti environment candidates and speak to their crowds after they are done. He speaks their ‘language’ and just may get their ear.