Warm Religion
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Is anthropogenic global warming a religion? Certainly, and one only slightly less militant than Wahhabism. To wit:
- Deity: Gaia/earth
- High priest: Al Gore
- Scripture: Al’s movie
- Disciples: Most everyone on stage at the Oscars
- Infidels: Anyone who questions scripture
- Jihad: Protecting for or acting on behalf of the deity
- Sacrifice: Driving a Prius
- Rituals: Earth Day
- Mysticism: (way too much material to list here)
- Good/evil duality: Carbon credits, SUVs
- Moral codes: Vilifying “deniers”
Granted, this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but all of the elements of a religion appear to be in place, including a belief in something that cannot (as yet) be absolutely proven.
Some have reviewed the IPCC reports and believe it is proof, as some have read scripture and believe they are proof of God. Others play the role of the skeptical atheist, finding enough holes and contradictions in AGW scripture to raise his doubts (having recently downloaded and processed ice core data sets, I have become a bit more skeptical myself).
What I do find ironic is that some of the self-admitted theological atheists are the same people who wage jihad against the global climate change atheists and agnostics. They are comfortable with their healthy skepticism of God, but loathe to give others the same latitude on different subjects. And that is when a belief becomes a religion — when it creates some who are holier than thou.
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If you have polite and articulate comments, please provide them. Rants and flames are discarded.
And as usual with religions the real issue (and in this case it is surely our relationship to our planet) gets overlooked by bickering arguements and fights for prestige.
With all religions it seems there are authentic seers, mystics, who experience first hand what the religion is about. In this particular religion of ‘Gaia’ or earth the seers could be likened to the shamans, using entheogens to help them on visionary journeys, giving them insight into things that modern science is still only guessing at.
Surely these shamans have a place within such a religion and wouldn’t a new religion be a change from the old.
It seems for too long religion have been about some Man in Heaven, so wouldn’t it be nice to worship something that actually exists in some physical form, bringing the spiritual down to the physical.
And perhaps such a planetary consciousness does exist.
I find this idea of the religion of ‘Gaia’ quite interesting.
Cynicism aside, there is quite a credible theory that a ‘global brain’ is awakening.
This video explains it quite well.
http://www.peterrussell.com/GB/GBVideo.php
I also did this ‘wiki’ page.
http://deoxy.org/wiki/The_Noosphere_and_The_Gaian_Mind
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