You'll find a whole lot to sigh deeply about in this article but there's a notion that's interesting to ponder at the same time: our search for meaning and our desire for a cause. Is there truth within the diatribe? Where do followers of Jesus fit within the dialogue? And what does it reveal about human-kind, circa 2007?"Environmentalism has largely superseded Christianity as the religion of the upper classes in Europe and to a lesser extent in the United States. It is a form of religious belief which fosters a sense of moral superiority in the believer, but which places no importance on telling the truth."
- Ray Evans, Author of Nine Facts About Climate Change
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
A Convenient Religion?
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I spent several hours recently watching the videos of the keynote speakers and panel discussions at the ALP's National Climate Summit:
http://climatesolutions.alp.org.au/
It was fascinating. After introducing the event, Kevin Rudd and Labor didn't speak again until the end of the day, to close it. The job of the politicians, he said, was to listen. The speakers were all from science, business and ngo's.
Back to your point. Interestingly, the video from Al Gore is captioned thus: "A message from a global crusader on climate change."
Paul Kelly (The Australian) wrote: "The essence of climate-change is belief." He refers to "faith-based politics". Of course, Howard is painted a climate change "skeptic" also.
Kevin Rudd says, "Climate change is the great moral challenge of our generation."
Of course, the Liberals are using the language of religion as part of their propaganda, to turn people 'off' the ALP's climate change approach.
Malcolm Turnbull: "For Labor it's a religious issue. Labor is verging on becoming fanatical about this issue in the sense that they do not care how poor we have to become, as long as we become pure."
Exactly. I'm wondering if the truth is being clouded in "religious" gobbledegook
The religious language is "dog-whistle politics". ie. It sends an indirect, but clear message, to a portion of the population scared of, or opposed to, religions. Whether they are conscious of it or not, the language is intended to be a turn-off.
Listening to the scientists at the Climate Change Summit, "the science is in".
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