When religion is at odds with climate change research

[Cecelia]

My response to those people would be "How do you know that the scientists aren't God's way of stopping it?  You can't just assume his plan is to take care of everything.  Surely this god would want us to not be fully dependent on him for everything.  After all, there are starving children in Africa, and praying doesn't feed them.  You either think that God doesn't care about those starving children, doesn't exist, or he wants us to help them ourselves.  Pick one."

It reminds me of the old joke.

There was a priest who was drowning in the ocean. He called out to God for help.

All of a sudden, a canoe came and the guy said "Father, let me help you".

The priest replied "No, no my son. The Lord will save me."

The canoe leaves and the father calls out to God again. All of a sudden, a yacht showed up. The captain said "Father, let me help you". The priest again replied "No my son, the Lord will save me". The yacht leaves and the father is calling out to God again. All of a sudden, a big cruise ship showed up. The captain said with a megaphone "Father,let us help you". The priest again replied "No my son, the Lord will save me."

The priest drowns and he's in heaven face to face with God. He said "My Lord. I called out to you but you didn't help me. Why?"

God replied: "I did help you. I sent you three ships".

I mean "his plan will all work out in the end' is silly.  If he existed, it'd be possible for his plan to be to let us destroy ourselves and our planet if we get so bad that we ignore the planet as we have.  I mean according to the stories Christians believe.. he once drowned the whole world.  Letting us burn our world seems to be more our own fault than his.