well I foolishly got worked up this morning

[vlyons]

by idiots claiming that climate change is a hoax, because God controls the weather - not man. Lordy, lordy - there's really not much we can do with these people. They obviously feel deeply emotionally offended by any suggestion that their religious beliefs might be in error. Scientific fact is perceived as an insulting assault on deeply held beliefs and their identity as "good fundamentalist Christians." Talking science to them goes in one ear and out the other. The geologic record of climate change over the eons means nothing to them. The current data of temperatures around the globe means nothing. I'm sorry, but such profound ignorance and lack of curiosity disturbs me. I need to calm down.

[lunatica]

1. When they do that

Ask them if God told them this personally

[KingCharlemagne]

2. What message is the deity trying to send by dispatching deadly tornadoes

throughout the heart of the Bible Belt?

[SoCalNative]

3. And then remind them

how history has dealt with people who have claimed to hear things directly from God...

[JayhawkSD]

5. They will tell you that he did.

I had a friend in AA once who said about the need for a sponsor that, "I don't need a sponsor because I'm a Christian and can talk directly to God. Since you are not Christians you can't talk directly to God, so you need to have a sponsor and talk to him."

The first time I heard him say this I thought he was joking, but it turned out he was entirely serious. When I asked if he considered that there might be a little bit of arrogance in that position, he did not know what I was talking about.

[lunasun]

4. What about God helps those that help themselves?? I never hear that much anymore.....

They think they can trash the planet and then pray to be removed leaving the non faithful in the ruins they created as they fly to the heavens.
Wish anyone who does,would stop praying to the rain Gods around here.... We have enough now !

[hatrack]

6. They're waiting for their "Get Out Of Earth Free" cards . . .

They'll be waiting a good long while.

[CK_John]

7. This has been going on since the flat earth theory or the earth was the center of our universe

It's your fault that you are so unaware of cult beliefs.

[vlyons]

8. I'm thinking a better response is

something like didn't God charge humans with being good stewards of the earth? To take good care of it and respect his creation?