# Don't worry about the planet, God is going to wreck this shit anyway **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 14, 2012, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010 "2012-12-14T08:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/21 "2012-12-21T23:48:27Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I stopped reading when I saw who did the survey. Why? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/22 "2012-12-22T01:35:01Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > So Jesus knew about the Mayan calendar and that we have only a couple of days left? It’s 7:30PM CST on December 21, 2012. Just a few hours ago the Sun was shining bright, but now? Bupkis. I haven’t checked if the stars are falling yet because it’s kinda chilly out, but I don’t think we’re out of the woods. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/23 "2012-12-22T02:32:50Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why? I don’t consider them credible sources. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/24 "2012-12-22T03:04:13Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > From [here](http://news.yahoo.com/nearly-four-10-u-residents-blame-weather-end-200603898.html): > > On some level I understand that a significant minority of people think global warming is a big hoax, so I’m not sure why this enrages me so much. Because it challenges your fundamental view of how the world works. In many ways such a viewpoint is no different from what one may call a fundamentalist, though usually associated with some strict interpretation of the bible, it goes to the mindset that all others are wrong. > [@](#): > > Maybe because it feeds into the end times circle jerk that all the hardcore Christians in this country are getting excited over. See above, you are no different champ. > [@](#): > > When I see the numbers for these sorts of things, it always seems so incomprehensible to me. I realize that I try to surround myself with non-retards, so using people I talk to as a representative sample, I assume that such retarded views are held by a tiny crazy minority we can all point at and laugh. But then you realize they’re not a tiny minority at all. It’s more than a fucking third of them. You want to see a crazy minority, criticize your views before you criticize others. > [@](#): > > Actually, maybe this number is surprisingly low. After all, this isn’t a sample of the general population, but of religious people, who are more likely almost by definition to believe dumb shit. HaHaHa > [@](#): > > So why bother even saving this planet that God put here for us? Maybe we’d be thwarting his will! If he’s giving us hurricanes to punish us for gay marriage and the female orgasm and the existance of roombas or whatever the fuck has generated his ire, we dare not try to change that. Enjoy our new extreme weather - and be comforted that it’s almost time for us to look down upon all those filthy heathens that will suffer eternal torture. Oh man it’ll be great. Fuck this planet. LET’S DO THIS SHIT, GOD. I am all for the female orgasm if you are against that you must be worshiping Satan. Peace ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/25 "2012-12-22T03:32:23Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Perhaps if there were some way to convince them that today is the Rapture, but it’s not quite like they were expecting, to get into Heaven they have to, ermm, do it themselves . . . God’s will . . . Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind… ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/26 "2012-12-22T12:20:28Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, [there is one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_jew) . . . That too is a fable. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/27 "2012-12-22T12:26:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Perhaps if there were some way to convince them that today is the Rapture, but it’s not quite like they were expecting, to get into Heaven they have to, ermm, do it themselves . . . God’s will . . . If they made the comparison to the world’s end,as Jesus was said it would end ,they would note that Revelations could not be true. Jesus said it would happen in that generation, and the stars would fall, the moon turn to blood and the sun not give it’s light. A far cry from 4 horsemen, big battle ,people being picked up in the air etc. It is a matter of belief. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/28 "2012-12-22T21:34:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I don’t consider them credible sources. [Why](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute) [not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_News_Service)? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/29 "2012-12-23T03:06:10Z")
Well, even though I have been guilty of it myself, I think the OP ought to quit referring to people as retards. It may be pedantic to point out but I’d wager that if you polled only people who are literally retarded, plenty of them would report that they believe AGW is the case rather than the Biblical end times. Have some compassion. Otherwise, yeah, I don’t know how to get through to the evangelical/fundie crowd, but I think we oughta back away from the notion of killing them off. Seems un-American to say the least- just my 2 cents. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/30 "2012-12-23T03:15:49Z")
Should I call them morons, which is also something that started as a medical term to classify people but eventually became acceptable in a casual common use to describe people who have dumb ideas or do dumb things? ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/31 "2012-12-23T03:20:24Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Should I call them morons, which is also something that started as a medical term to classify people but eventually became acceptable in a casual common use to describe people who have dumb ideas or do dumb things? I think that’s better. ‘Retarded’ retains its formal meaning, while ‘moron’ does not. If that’s an ignorant view, well I do come here to be corrected. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/32 "2012-12-23T12:51:25Z")
I don’t think they are Morans, they just let someone else do their thinking. We have a funamental friend who only knows the parts of the Bible they were taught. I heard once on TV that Atheists know the Bible more than many Christians. I wonder if it is because each sect just teaches what they agree with. And some people need to believe as they do. Perhaps it is better for them. If it makes them a better person it is good. Belief is not fact and they do have the right to their beliefs as long as they don’t translate them to harm others, or try to push their beliefs into the government. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/33 "2012-12-23T13:21:39Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Why](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Religion_Research_Institute) [not](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_News_Service)? Assumed bias. Which is assumed bias on my part, but I realize that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/34 "2012-12-23T15:26:16Z")
Those who prophesize an end to the world are absolutely correct. They just keep getting the date wrong. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/35 "2012-12-23T18:22:47Z")
And the cause, and the process, and the significance, and their own ability to survive it… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/36 "2012-12-23T18:41:59Z")
I have to wonder how many of these people actually order their daily affairs with a belief the end of the world is imminent? From the article: > [@](#): > > Some people who say they believe in end times do not act on that belief in their everyday lives, said Cal Jillson, political science professor at Southern Methodist University. > “I think that’s their way of expressing a deep commitment to Biblical literalism,” said Jillson. “If you sat down with them and said, ‘Do you really think that within the next few years we’ll experience the end times?’ they probably don’t … . A good number of these people are saving for retirement.” ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/37 "2012-12-24T00:16:37Z")
I heard this leveled against Reagan administration officials in the early '80s, notably Secretary of Interior Jim Watt. The presence of Christian millennialists in government supposedly helped create an atmosphere where protecting the environment and natural resources was of lower priority because God was going to foreclose on the planet one day soon regardless. But I figured Republican pro-business policies could have the same, or an even bigger, effect on our stewardship of Earth. I think time proved me right. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/38 "2012-12-24T00:32:10Z")
The smart money’s moving from cars and real estate, to boats and sunscreen. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/39 "2012-12-24T18:42:10Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well, even though I have been guilty of it myself, I think the OP ought to quit referring to people as retards. It may be pedantic to point out but I’d wager that if you polled only people who are literally retarded, plenty of them would report that they believe AGW is the case rather than the Biblical end times. Have some compassion. Actually, I think the majority would not even understand either concept, nor the question. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010/40 "2012-12-25T18:34:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Actually, I think the majority would not even understand either concept, nor the question. Depends on the person. Not all retarded people are mindless zombies- their thought processes are literally retarded (slowed down). Given enough time to consider it they _can_ put 2 and 2 together. Maybe it is an unfortunate direction to pull the thread since overall I agree with the OP. Anyway, I have realized since that post that being a true-blue fundamentalist is actually worse than being retarded. A retarded person simply thinks more slowly, while a fundamentalist _cannot think at all_, at least not about these kinds of questions. Edit: Almost forgot, Merry Christmas! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010.md?page=3)