Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks about how the urgency of climate change is, for him, consistent with being a person of faith. "It's a moral issue. This is about stewardship, this is about justice
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg On Why The Climate Crisis Is An Issue Of Faith | MSNBC
I like the fact that Pete is articulate, transparent, and his vision is right on. He’s open about his faith and views but respects differences in views or faith. He’s motivated by hope and young and smart enough to make changes for the long run The question comes down to do you share a similar vision and do you think he can actually get things to change? I think so. He has my vote.
Janet Brooks Male Poop Pete wants to murder mmillions of babies. See my channel.
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect” ~ Mark Twain.
Climate change is a scam, one volcano produces more green house gases than 200 years of the industrial revolution, at this time on our planet there are 108 active volcanos, therefore until the climate change scammers, explain how they will control volcanos, there is no reason to tax anyone, for something that cannot be controlled. This scam originated in the nefarious Enron offices in Houston Texas under the name of global warming, which was obliterated scientifically and with ice core samples in Greenland, where it showed no correlation between temperature, and CO2. By the way without CO2 we have no plants, and without plants we have no oxygen, WE DIE! Trump asked several questions the EPA and the climate change people have never answered, one being who will make money from the taxes, and what contractors will be used, and what math model did you use to tax an elderly lady in rural Nebraska, compared to people who live in cities, and what will you do to stop the climate from changing ( which by the way happens naturally) NO answers. We have to protect our air and water, however our manufactures, businesses, can do this where these problems generate by man, and no taxes on people who have nothing to do with manufacturing need to be taxed, and the money sent down rabbit holes!
tellallwtc7 : That’s pretty imaginative, but, as you know, it’s all false. Have you ever heard of science?
WHAT DID CHEMTRAILS DO TO THE CLIMATE , PETE ?? MAYBE WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT AND WHY YOU IDIOTS WERE SPRAYING US WITH ?? NOW , WAS THAT HELPING ?? 🤨
@Trumpocalypse tinfoil hat? You do know they do spray things into the air right? Chemtrails are real and there’s no conspiracy like OP is making out, it is public info
@Link 64 : Public knowledge to suckers, maybe. They are called “contrails”. They are water vapor, nothing more.
Faith/religion is not a prerequisite for morality/ethics, and religious people certainly are not the moral superiors of those who are nonreligious (the opposite is actually true*). Shame on pete; he should know better, and probably does, but he’s catering to the evangelical voters who overwhelmingly voted for 45* for support. That’s dishonest, deceitful.
*When one researches (via the historical record and reams of sociological data) the most religious times in history (barbaric), the most religious countries and areas today (have the highest social ills of all measures while the least religious nations, at least the ones of liberal democracies where non-belief is not forced on a populace, almost always have the least social ills, such as every other Western nation than the US where large portions of the citizens are nonreligious and often majorities are nonreligious…post-chrisitan europe for instance), and the most religious people today (these people fail on every moral measure on average–that’s average/statistically: of course there are very good religious people and very bad nonreligious people–compared to the secular person: more bigoted, more dishonest, more violent, more likely to steal, cheat, more selfish, more cowardly, more immature, less educated, less tolerant…every bad trait you can think of) they will find a negative correlation between the two.
He does know it, he nearly alway says it, but he tries to use faith to get at the moderate republicans in order to get anything done (flipping senate seats mostly).
I’ve never understood why fellow Christians don’t feel compelled to protect the
Earth and mitigate humanity’s negative impact on the environment. The Bible does command good stewardship.
The bible, being a random mishmash of edited (and censored or discarded) content written over hundreds of years by hundreds of people pulling together thousands of years of the limited human knowledge at the time from innumerable cultures and traditions (nothing is new in that book) contradicts itself on every other page. So good stewardship is championed, but then so is dominion and all the earth and flora/fauna are for humankinds own use, abuse, exploitation. The latter is actually more emphasized and very much what thousands of religious officials from antiquity to the present day have advocated. After all, since this world is only a mere transitory “vale of tears” in preparation for the “real” life or reality, then logically it follows that it’s not all that important.
@Progressive Humanist my point pertains to people who believe in the Bible’s validity, *not* rather the Bible itself is valid. Additionally, “dominion” and “exploitation” are not synonymous.
Climate change is natural and God gave us dominion over the earth and all its creatures to do with as we wish.
Pete is not a Christian, no faith accepts homosexuality and they never will.
God will punish all sinners
Preach it mayor Pete. You are so right about how we should approach the climate crisis
He won’t even get reelected as mayor.
Jasper Perrywinkle he was re-elected twice with 80% approval. He is on his last term in December.
eren luin People found out he wants baby murder.
The Gov exploded 2,000 nitrogen bombs in the atmosphere in the 60.
“I will start believing global warming is a crisis when those people who SAY it’s a crisis ACT like it is a crisis”
Why Americans need to relate politics to faith, I’m sure the rest of us will Never understand – politics should be secular by nature, to account for citizens of All faiths, and none. Pete’s lobbing in that there’s a moral issue also sits uncomfortably – he’s implying that faith can or should affect how we view and react to issues, and that faith affects morality. Well, whose faith? And what of us who have no faith – are we atheists immoral? A clumsy choice of words, which is why I’m glad that I live in a country which has faith (Catholicism) at the heart of much of our culture and traditions, But which has almost zero relevance to politics or public office.
Radiation….ebola…..pollution…..plastic debris gyres mid-ocean……the garbage is becoming a choking mess….and genetically modified foodstuffs ( GMO CRAP ETC ) threatens to adulterated all crops……..DUH…..WHO CAN’T FIGURE THIS IS PLANNED…?.
I have faith of my own… faith that he won’t get the nomination.
When was religion ever about justice – ‘faith’ is something that secular people can have in their fellow human beings as well as science! Religion just muddies the water !!!!!!!!!!
Beside the top three candidates, none of the other bozos have any chance of getting the south and bible belt to vote for them; so what are they up to? Still you don’t have worry, by this time next year your Idol god drumpf will have started the war, declared martial law and suspend elections! Then you will not have to worry about self-rule anymore; the 1% donor controlled senate will back the puppet and so will the purchased supreme court. So get your favorite Corporate Flags out, it’s only going to cost millions of your children! Just close your eyes and return to your Reality TV, FakeBook and your Flat Earth. The only question left now is, will you bow down and take their mark? Still don’t get it yet, understand your place in this world of the filth of man.
youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A
You should watch the whole thing, but at least start it at 8:23, you’ll see the start of phase 2; this is where we are today.
That is a brilliant way to explain climate change to those that lack talent in understanding the science …or are uninclined to. Never thought about it that way. I have a science background and have always preached ‘save the planet’ while spouting facts…..focusing on humans are the villain. The planet will survive, we won’t. This discussion should be around saving people. Your children, neighbors, and your future.
I think Pete is right… but a substantive approach to the solution to climate change is not in the hands of a president… as leader he promotes and accepts the help and contribution of many others to hammer out comprehensively a plan.
Climate change is an issue of faith, because the science doesn’t support it.
#PeteButtigieg2020
Why do you refer to Buttigieg as Mayor Pete but never refer to the President as President Trump?
BECAUSE TRUMP DOESN’T ACT LIKE A PRESIDENT. HE ACTS LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.