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Climate Change is now a Religion
Black Cloud
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Belief in climate change can now be considered to be a religion and has the protection of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/03/tim-nicholson-climate-change-belief
It was only a matter of time I suppose.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/03/tim-nicholson-climate-change-belief
It was only a matter of time I suppose.
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It's an old story from 2009 though.
This is bordering on the absurd (OK so it may have decided to bypass absurd and move on to something else). While climate change is no doubt happening - after all it did happen without any intervention from the monkey descendants known as Homo Sapiens. That said religion is about faith - requiring little in the way of absolute proof. Science however is about questioning any given hypothesis and refining it in light of new evidence.
I don't see where in the article having been made redundant how he was able to a claim to an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal.
They can cite anything they like - doesn't mean the court will accept it!
And njp and andykins are archangels, with you and jelliedeel both on 666.
True, but then again it might.
I wouldn't have thought a court would have accepted this claim but they did.
Well we are gonna be responsible for helfire and damnation right here on Earth, or so some would have you believe.
The judge may well have been a Green, someone for which climate change is the Holey Grail.
In this case I can understand why:
"He [Nicholson, head of sustainability at the firm] alleged that while the firm had good written policies on the environment it had refused to abide by them, and claimed that when he tried to encourage the company to become more responsible, he was obstructed by his bosses."
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/nov/03/tim-nicholson-climate-change-belief
That would be why the Judge ruled "It must be a belief and not an opinion or view based on the present state of information available."
According to some on here, it's already a mortal sin.
Not necessarily, Budhism doesn't have a deity as such.
That said it would be better if it had a deity so should we have vote on NJP, Andykn or Elfcurry for climate change godhead.
And despite popular misconception, Buddhism isn't a religion, its a philosophy. Ignore the oft incorrect Wikipedia and some so-called scholars who want to alter the meaning.
No, it's not a religion - the thread title is misleading!
Actually, you may be onto something: in the case of AGW deniers*, their belief is more akin to a religious one as it appears to be based on blind faith (usually in anything published on wattsupwiththat.com).
(* rather than genuine sceptics)
That's sceptics for ya, can't win an honest debate.
True but belief in climate change now has the protection of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations.
Suppose your right but I sure it will have the protection of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations.
I would imagine, in the future, climate change will be (dis)proved more easily than what made existence happen.