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The issue of ‘beliefs’ and global warming, and why beliefs leading to action are important

Geoff B. — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:14:18 PDT

In the below post, I argue that Al Gore and most global warming alarmists don’t really believe that increasing CO2 is an immediate, irrevocable threat to the planet because their actions do not support their stated beliefs. I argue that if they truly believed what they say they believe, they would immediately enact a plan [...]

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Al Gore does not believe in global warming and you probably don’t either

Geoff B. — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:03:39 PDT

Al Gore does not really believe that CO2 is destroying the Earth. You know how I know? Because if he really did believe that, he would act very differently. He would lower his carbon footprint to zero — now. Instead, Al Gore flies around in a private Gulfstream that emits 9500 pounds of CO2 per [...]

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Girls really do have more fun

Geoff B. — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:11:16 PDT

At least at Girls Camp, they do. This is one of the first things I learned as a priesthood observer at our ward’s Girls Camp this week. Scout Camp: fun, not very organized. Girls Camp: organized and a lot more fun with some amazing spiritual moments. I’d like to address one of those spiritual moments [...]

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Things I think about when I get bored at church

Geoff B. — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:19:07 PDT

Let me say this: I get bored at church all the time, usually multiple times every Sunday. I don’t like sitting in meetings for three hours a day (with often an hour-long meeting before or after church). But I don’t think about how bored I am very often because when I am feeling that old [...]

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Don’t Wait to Educate

Nicholeen Peck — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:23:01 PDT

Your child is never too young to learn about appropriate sexual boundaries and what is comfortable touch and uncomfortable touch. I recently learned of a six year old boy who propositioned a six year old girl for sex. Even though this was alarming, it was not the first time I have heard of such things. [...]

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Do elite colleges and universities discriminate against Mormons?

Geoff B. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:57:37 PDT

This study is getting a lot of attention lately. An analysis by two Princeton professors shows that elite universities really only favor one kind of diversity, ie diversity based on skin color and/or Latino ethnicity. Asians and middle class whites — especially whites from rural backgrounds — are discriminated against. This analysis shows that the [...]

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Why Anthropogenic Global Warming Isn’t the Real Issue (My Case: Part 3 of 3)

Bruce Nielson — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:00:36 PDT

In my last two posts, I first made the case that Anthropogenic CO2 Levels is basically non-controversial and then made the case that our science can’t really connected Global Warming with Anthropogenic CO2 anyhow, even if it’s true. Anthropogenic Global Warming Doesn’t Matter After All I believe Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) isn’t the real issue. The real [...]

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Why Our Science is Probably Not Up to the Task of Resolving the Global Warming Debate (My Case: Part 2 of 3)

Bruce Nielson — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 01:00:24 PDT

In my last post, I finally made the point that is most crucial to me: that CO2 Levels are growing and even AGW Skeptics agree it’s Anthropogenic in nature. I concentrated in that post on why choosing to believe the testimony of an AGW Skeptic on this point is as good as it gets as [...]

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Bringin’ Down the (Lord’s) House

Ben Pratt — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:14:48 PDT

I wipe the sweat from my brow on the sleeve of the white jumpsuit. The red smear left behind on the sleeve is unexpected. Leaving the hammer drill on the partially-tiled floor, I stand up to look in the large mirror on a nearby wall. Sure enough, there’s a tiny nick on my forehead. I [...]

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My Case for Acting on Curbing CO2 Emissions – Immediately (My Case: Part 1 of 3)

Bruce Nielson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:28:49 PDT

In my previous posts I explained my own frustrations of trying to make sense of the global warming debate and my anger over dishonesty on both sides. I further expressed some additional one-sided anger at the global warming deniers for using arguments that had nothing to do with the actual debate, such as the false [...]

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