An atheist advising the Pope? About science?

A climate scientist is concerned that the Pope is aligning himself with secularists rather than theologians over so-called global warming.

 

Dr. William Briggs, an adjunct professor at Cornell University, studies the philosophy of science and has been keeping a close eye on the environmental views of Pope Francis.

 

Briggs says it appears that politicians with radical environmental agendas such as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and California Governor Jerry Brown have the backing of the Pope.

 

Then, explains Briggs, you combine that with the fact that self-professed atheist Hans Schellnnhuber, a scientific advisor to the Vatican, influenced the Pope as he wrote his “environmental” encyclical.

 

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