The Religious Faith Behind Climate Change Fear Mongering

found online by Raymond

 
From Libertarian Michael A. LaFerrara at Principled Perspectives:

Humans have an unlimited capacity for self-delusion. Climate catastrophists “see” climate change in every weather extreme in the same way religionists “see” the Hand of God in whatever they choose. But wishing won’t make it so. Nor is it possible to rebut wishful thinking rationally. It can as logically be claimed that floods are caused by Martians screwing with our weather in retaliation for sending robots to their planet. People in the 1950s blamed weather extremes on Sputnik. People in the 1960s blamed weather extremes on nuclear weapons testing. People in the 1970s blamed the moon landing. People have always blamed God. People have always looked for easy explanations for “this crazy weather,” even though weather has not changed much over the centuries. Climate Change is no different. When it comes to weather, most people have the memory of a goldfish: The latest of a recurring weather extreme is always something that has never happened before—except that it has and will again.

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2 thoughts on “The Religious Faith Behind Climate Change Fear Mongering”

  1. Like Mr. Laferrara said, “Humans have an unlimited capacity for self-delusion”.

    And he doesn’t need science because it’s just like religious beliefs.

    Yup.

  2. I agree with him that such thinking is irrational, but so is believing that human-driven climate change isn’t real because the climate has changed in the past, we are too puny to impact the environment, it’s cold outside, or God wouldn’t let it happen. It seems to me that these four “arguments” account for the majority of climate change deniers.

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