Global warming: the bogus religion of our age

mkpdavies · 09-03-2007, 08:23 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...5&in_a_source=

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It is another dodgy dossier, where assertions are presented as facts and data is twisted to suit a political purpose.

I agree with the economist critic who noted: 'If a student of mine were to hand in this report as a masters thesis, perhaps if I were in a good mood, I would give him D for diligence, but more likely I would give him an F for fail.' We are shifting away from science and into the realm of religious fanaticism, where the followers of the creed, brimming with self-righteous fury, believe that they are in possession of a higher truth.

Like a religion, environmentalism is suffused with hatred for the material world and again, like religion, it requires devotion rather than intellectual rigour from its adherents.

It is intolerant of dissent; those who question the message of doom are regarded as heretics, or 'climate change deniers', to use green parlance.

And, just as in many religions, the route to personal salvation lies in the performance of superstitious rituals, such as changing a lightbulb or arranging for a tree to be planted after every plane journey.

What is so tragic is the way that this dubious ideology has achieved such dominance in our public life.

Politicians love the green agenda, of course, because it means more control, more regulation, more taxes, more summits, and more opportunities for displays of self-important zeal.

The tragedy is that the likes of Sir Nicholas Stern are using bogus science to push forward this agenda.

Richard Lindzen is Professor of Meteorology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Bullseye.

Feldoon · 09-03-2007, 09:20 PM

What a delightful parody MMGW-ism is to the RHP religions.

Wait? Not a parody you say? Oh, damn.

Oliver · 09-03-2007, 10:00 PM

I was saying this 15 years ago.

Pleasing to be proved right at last

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09-03-2007, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Feldoon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,003	What a delightful parody MMGW-ism is to the RHP religions. Wait? Not a parody you say? Oh, damn.

09-03-2007, 10:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
Oliver Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WHITBY North Yorkshire (but my heart is in Woking) Posts: 1,062	I was saying this 15 years ago. Pleasing to be proved right at last