There are seriously disturbed people in the USA that exercise false authority because they preach about God and not science. Anyone preaching about God is automatically provided with authority.
Most major religions require some degree of education that provides for a "real life" interpretation of their doctrines and texts. That is not a priority of peripheral belief systems seeking to exist under one person's authority, ie: L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. It grew out of a belief that people subscribed to rather than existing from texts of the ages. In the USA everything is possible and rightfully so, but, when odd belief systems find their way into a sincere authority in the USA then society suffers and flounders.
These folks exist in extremist belief systems and they should not exist in the Supreme Court of the USA stating precedent and stare decisis is irrelevant to the future.
"Oh, she is not that much of a crackpot." The authority Coney-Barrett will find at the Supreme Court has a life long timeline and plenty of time to plan the outcomes of this country.
By Paul Braterman
Every so often (click here) you come across a piece of writing so extraordinary that you cannot help but share it. One such piece is a sermon on global warming by American pastor John MacArthur. Full of beautifully constructed rhetorical flourishes, it is forcefully delivered by an experienced and impassioned preacher to a large and appreciative audience.
For me, as a man of science, it is the most complete compilation of unsound arguments, factual errors and misleading analogies as I have seen in discussions of this subject. But it’s important because climate change is a big election issue this November in the US, where there is a growing movement of evangelical Christians who deny its existence, while Joe Biden promises a “clean air revolution”.
The minister of the COVID-denying, law-defying Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California – which has encouraged worshippers to congregate as normal despite state COVID-19 restrictions – MacArthur is an impressive figure whose Study Bible has sold almost 2 million copies....
Every so often (click here) you come across a piece of writing so extraordinary that you cannot help but share it. One such piece is a sermon on global warming by American pastor John MacArthur. Full of beautifully constructed rhetorical flourishes, it is forcefully delivered by an experienced and impassioned preacher to a large and appreciative audience.
For me, as a man of science, it is the most complete compilation of unsound arguments, factual errors and misleading analogies as I have seen in discussions of this subject. But it’s important because climate change is a big election issue this November in the US, where there is a growing movement of evangelical Christians who deny its existence, while Joe Biden promises a “clean air revolution”.
The minister of the COVID-denying, law-defying Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California – which has encouraged worshippers to congregate as normal despite state COVID-19 restrictions – MacArthur is an impressive figure whose Study Bible has sold almost 2 million copies....
...The reverend has the most serious reasons possible for rejecting the scientific consensus concerning the age of the Earth, the origins of humankind, the history and prehistory of the ancient near East and the peopling of continents: it is totally incompatible with the Genesis account of creation, Adam and Eve, the flood and the dispersion of peoples from the Tower of Babel....
