There are two reasons why I think we all need to get rid of the religion of environmentalism.And so it runs. Environmentalism is a religion; religions kill people; therefore environmentalism is evil. This one is called guilty by association. If this one is in your bag of tricks, no doubt you've used this one: "Adolf Hitler believed that 1+1=2. So, you shouldn't believe it."First, we need an environmental movement, and such a movement is not very effective if it is conducted as a religion. We know from history that religions . . .
The claim that religions "know it all" is such a sweeping generalization that perhaps Crighton might try this one some day: "women are all feminists, so don't marry."
I disagree. He is merely saying that we need a rational environmentalist movement, not one based on myth and faith. He is merely saying that a movement seeking to influence public policy that isn't based on rationality will likely do more harm than good. The key is that environmentalists want to run public policy, they don't just want to tell parishioners what to do, they want to tell all of us what to do.