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Obama is a true believer in the religion of Environmentalism. Not the science of the environment. Where that science survives, it provides us with a vital service; and it doesn’t take any faith to believe in the findings of genuine scientists doing science properly.

Read more below in the column by Orson Scott Card…

Freeman Dyson’s thoughts on the subject are stunning:

All the books that I have seen about the science and economics of global warming … miss the main point. The main point is religious rather than scientific.

There is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism, holding that we are stewards of the earth, that despoiling the planet with waste products of our luxurious living is a sin, and that the path of righteousness is to live as frugally as possible.

The ethics of environmentalism are being taught to children in kindergartens, schools, and colleges all over the world.

Environmentalism has replaced socialism as the leading secular religion. And the ethics of environmentalism are fundamentally sound. Scientists and economists can agree with Buddhist monks and Christian activists that ruthless destruction of natural habitats is evil and careful preservation of birds and butterflies is good.

The worldwide community of environmentalists — most of whom are not scientists — holds the moral high ground, and is guiding human societies toward a hopeful future. Environmentalism, as a religion of hope and respect for nature, is here to stay.

We have to be cautious of Environmentalism as a religion vs. a science… The Environmental Puritan movement is anti-American to the core. You can’t follow their advice while being president of the United States — we don’t need an anti-American president.

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If millions of Christians suddenly disappear from the face of the Earth, most non-believers will be too busy freaking-the-hell out to check their e-mail. But if they do log in, now they can be treated to some post-Rapture needling from their missing friends and loved ones, courtesy of the PAY web startup YouveBeenLeftBehind.com.

Check out the full story from Wired magazine.

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Lionsgate has released a movie trailer for Larry Charles’ documentary Religulous, which follows Bill Maher as he travels around the globe interviewing people about their God and religion. It looks well produced and extremely clever. Seeing so many religious points of views strung together serves to illustrate the absurdity of these widely varied beliefs. I clearly is not workable for all these religions to co-exist… in fact, the film appears to illuminate the bigotry of religious groups towards each other’s faiths. I hope this movie is able to find wide release. Look for me with my large popcorn.

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Truth conquers all…  I wish.  Clearly this is one of those maxims that requires its own brand of faith to believe.  The difficulty of the problem is compounded by the sheer number of “truth-tellers” that do little else than to spread myths, half-truths, and downright lies. 

I certainly have faith that this human race will slowly become enlightened.  The number of rational thinkers currently on this little blue marble FAR outnumber those at any prior period in human history… and that number continues to increase not just in absolute terms, but also in relative terms.

That’s all I have for today… thanks for reading.  Incidentally, do me a favor and let me know you stopped in by dropping me a comment.  I enjoy doing this for the cathartic effect, but wouldn’t mind an intelligent discourse on occasion as well.  Cheers!

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