Carbon, human impact on climate and the Earth

Posted by jerry as Environment

How is Global Warming like God?

There appears to be an inverse relationship between the belief in God, and the belief that humans are causing global warming. Certainly, there seems to be an increasing acceptance of human impact on climate, even within the ranks of the religious right, but it’s happening slowly. I find the parrellels between the two quite interesting.

In religion, an authority figure tells you that you must believe in the power of God. You can witness his hand in all that you see. Any time something bad happens, God is testing your faith, and any time something good happens, God is responsible, too. In climate change, scientists or other authority figures tell you that humans are absolutely having an impact on the environment. You can witness the impact in all that you see. There are major wildfires, terrible hurricanes, droughts, floods, all having grave impacts on human lives, all clearly the impact of global warming.

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