…Latin For “An Inconvenient Encyclical” ?
Release of encyclical reveals pope’s deep dive into climate science
What ever happened to that “Humble” Pope?
Now, Francis is an expert on every thing and obviously sees himself as fully qualified to lecture the entire world (not just the 1.2 billion Catholics; he notes that his message is not just for them but to all inhabitants of the planet.)
The pope, who has a secondary-school technical degree in chemistry and worked early on as a chemist, also made an unprecedented papal dive into policy detail — for example, assessing carbon credits as unlikely to reduce “the overall emission of polluting gases.” . . .
The encyclical reads in many places almost like a scientific document, speaking of the “bioaccumulation” of chemicals in the bodies of organisms and concerns about methane seeping into the atmosphere from the Arctic tundra. It is sort of a combination between Saint Augustine and a National Academy of Sciences report.
Suddenly, his “Humbleness” is an authority, not just on “climate change” but on global energy policy, economic theory, diplomacy, etc, etc
His message seems to be, “Repent Deniers”, abandon your “throwaway lifestyle”, restrain economic growth, and lots of other stuff.
Il Papa will no doubt get back to us later on specific global governance he wants to see and various laws he will insist be passed:
When considering sustainable development, “we need also to think of containing growth by setting some reasonable limits and even retracing our steps before it is too late.”
Pope Algore II’s “Inconvenient Encyclical” sounds more authoritarian and disingenuous than early leaks had indicated.
We wonder of resentment by many toward Il Papa’s hectoring us on our “throwaway lifestyle”, the evils of capitalism, and the “moral wrongness” of anyone who’s a tad skeptical about the Pope’s vast knowledge of climate will turn out to be an unintended weapon used by long time Catholic Church haters.
We will continue to post articles rebutting the Pope’s encyclical as to science, economics and theology.
DLH
