Nebraska Governor, a Climate Denier, Calls for "Day of Prayer" After Flooding

[NeoGreen]

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/04/04/nebraska-governor-a-climate-denier-calls-for-day-of-prayer-after-flooding/

Nebraska Governor, a Climate Denier, Calls for “Day of Prayer” After Flooding
By Hemant Mehta, April 4, 2019

Nebraska Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed a proclamation declaring April 7, this Sunday, as a “Statewide Day of Prayer.”

That in itself isn’t unusual — governors frequently sign proclamations at the request of special interest groups, including pro-science “Day of Reason” ones — but the wording of this proclamation is still disturbing because it suggests prayer can be a useful response to the very real problems in the state.

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It’s telling that Ricketts sees prayer as a potential response to all the suffering caused by the horrible weather while he remains a climate denier. If you don’t accept the science of climate change, then you’ll never consider reasonable responses to address it, and you’ll resort to magical thinking as the only option.

Leave it to religious people to ask God for relief after a natural disaster they also believe God caused…

[True Blue American]

1. My thoughts and prayers for those who are suffering.

May they team up and vote the idiot out!

[ExciteBike66]

2. Why not just blame the Pharoah?

This is EXACTLY what happened to Egypt when they did let the Israelites go!

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. Rethuglicans never fail to amaze me.

Their willingness to elect and follow dingbats causes me to not be very sympathetic to their plight.

[MineralMan]

4. Dear Governor Ricketts,

Why do you think prayers will help? Was it not the same deity you're praying to for relief that brought you the flooding storms? As one Christian told me when my brother died unexpectedly, "It's all part of God's plan."

Good luck to you. I suggest that money, supplies, and your state's National Guard would do a better job that prayers to the entity that caused the flooding in the first place.

Sincerely,

MineralMan