- there is tithing (donations to Greenpeace, Earth First, etc)
- there is the notion of sin (polluting)
- there are indulgences (carbon offset credits)
- there are oracles/prophets (GW researchers) and high-priests (Al Gore, celebrities)
- they rely on indoctrination at a young age
- it is considered blasphemy to go against their "wisdom"
- all evidence is to be interpreted only in light of their unquestionable "truths"
- they are moral busybodies that want to push their views on everyone else
- people who do not strictly follow their guidelines are considered immoral
- people who publicly support opposing views are said to be possessed by evil entities (corporations)
- violence is advocated by many adherents (ELF, ALF, Earth First, etc) to promulgate their "truths"
- they say we are DOOMED FOR ETERNITY unless we listen to them
- if we go against the will of their god (Gaea), their god will punish us (hurricanes, floods, disease, searing heat)
Man, maybe separation of church and state is not that bad of an idea after all...LOL.
Darn good analysis of the phenomenon of leftist worship at the alter of psuedo science.
Personally, what offends me most is not their religious fervor, but rather the deeply rooted psychopathy and perverse cruelty that underlies spoonfeeding supersticious and malignant notions of the world, as science, to twelve year olds.
Even if I was persuaded or agnostic on this issue of anthropogenic global warming, I would hesitate to be involved in the indoctrination of twelve year olds in an emerging topic of scientific concern.
It is especially offensive that the culprit in our 21 century version of the Salem witch trials (I think more analogous than mere religion), is of all things the evil CO2 molecule. No doubt the little kiddies have nightmares of squads of Toxic Suited men driving muncipal vehicles with flashing emergency lights breaking into their homes (BRAZIL) to round up unauthorized escapees of this dangerous substance. Good forbid one comes in contact with the offending compound, quite surely it would produce CO2 leprosy which might spread as the CO2 plague.