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[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

They have already done that, that's how capitalism works. No course of action can get back from corps those trillions in profits they made for their shareholders, or make them reverse the damages an order of magnitude bigger than that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

I know it's technically a usable defense, but how often is the Act of God defense actually ruled? From what I understand, it rarely works, and you'd have a better chance with any other defense. Has it been successfully used recently?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Would be nice if they could at least blame god. They'd rather blame drag queens for upsetting god.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good lord. Imagine a perfect being this perpetually angry over their own creation against the grand backdrop of the universe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

I agree with you, but I just want to point out that I'm gradually trying to cut out phrases like " good Lord " from my vocabulary and it's been a struggle. Please consider good Lucifer, good golly Ms Molly, or good Cthulhu instead. Have a nice day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure if God is upset at anyone, it's the people claiming he's upset at drag queens. But that's just my own limited understanding, and I do not claim to know the mind of God.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean obviously depends on the god... but if we are going with the judeo christian god. He does a lot of insane things for very little.

Floods the earth for being evil

Kids mock a bald man... God sends a pack of bears to kill them.

Woman turns around and glances at her home town being destroyed, turned to salt.

Quite simply god of the old testament bible is pretty all over the place on what he'll punish large swaths of people for. Though while I'd note he didn't worry much on collateral damage. He didn't miss his targets (IE... sure I could see the god of the bible letting a hurricane kill millions in the bible belt on it's way to hit LA or New York... but doesn't seem those storms have a great track record of reaching the people they think god wants to punish.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Kids mock a bald man... God sends a pack of bears to kill them.

Based

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When I grew up evangelical, I was told that it didn't matter because god was going to renew the earth when he shows up any second now.

That's what they believe, that climate change is a distraction and we shouldn't worry cause god will just medically deal with it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Renew? Like exactly as it was in late Cretaceous?

That suxs, we all know Earth peaked mid Permian. I want the glory days.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Other comments are wrong to blame this on "stupidity" instead of corrupt profit seeking incentives.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

The system works not only as planned, but as excruciatingly maintained - it takes so much work to keep this clusterfuck alive at peak status quo of financial gains & wealth accumulation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Right. They're a lot of things, but stupid isn't one of those things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some people believe that God writes destiny, meaning that industrialization is an act of God

Its the right of corporations, as people, to be able to believe what they choose without being discriminated against

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If God made people in his image and people are also corporations, then that means God is a corporation?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Omg, and since corps are legally people god is just some dude? Not a stranger on the bus, but a polluter on a private plane?

So not like bring out the 9" nails kind, the oil megacorp shareholder megarich kind.

So eat the rich is just a religious ceremony we must follow.

Ok, sounds like a (gods) plan.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Well Jesus said it is easier for a camel to pass through an eye of a needle than a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. Does that mean God can't enter heaven? Maybe they can start selling indulgences again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

Yes, thats where the god-money scam/loophole comes in!

He's just gonna give it to himself!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh don't worry. They believe it's man made, just not in the way you want.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

"Democrats are creating hurricanes to kill republicans"

Also

"Climate change isn't man-made"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

"It's not a lie, if you believe it."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

It must be the asshole druid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

People are generally ignorant and stupid.

Neat, huh?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yup. Which is why we need to bring back the guillotine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

The proper one, I really don't want to see any plastic parts.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is true if we ignore monotheism and go with one of the -isms where humanity is god.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

David J. Darling, renown astrophysicist, proposed that we are actually God, capital G. That we evolve into a universal collective God consciousness and reach back through time to create ourselves.