Believing in creationism is a sin

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Found this article very interesting ...still looking for the one from June 2012 that was very similar in outlook.

There is no such thing as climate change denial

Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/environm...z2NlWDgNMf

In a sense, there is no such thing as climate change denial. No one denies that climate changes (in fact, the most common climate myth is the argument that past climate change is evidence that current global warming is also natural). Then what is being denied? Quite simply, the scientific consensus that humans are disrupting the climate. A more appropriate term would be “consensus denial”.
There are two aspects to scientific consensus. Most importantly, you need a consensus of evidence – many different measurements pointing to a single, consistent conclusion. As the evidence piles up, you inevitably end up with near-unanimous agreement among actively researching scientists: a consensus of scientists.
A number of surveys of the climate science community since the early 1990s have measured the level of scientific consensus that humans were causing global warming. Over time, the percentage of climate scientists agreeing that humans are causing global warming has steadily increased. As the body of evidence grows, the consensus is getting stronger.

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Sorry. Just finished scanning the entire environment section and am unable to come up with the source.

Essentially it was taking pot-shots (criticism) at the "Global Warming believers" as nothing more than blind theists thus ensuring that there is a body of "Global Warming Deniers" on hand to persecute.

I am of the opinion that unfortunately, for the Climate scientists, this fundamental human trait has high-jacked important studies and accurate information getting to your average plebeians (self included).

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\0/ yay found it!

http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/politi...1fuu1.html

Climate change issue bothers believers and pagans alike

A few months ago, while browsing at a groovy music shop in Melbourne, the friend who was with me casually said, "You're a climate change believer, aren't you?"
The question took me by surprise. After a pause, I replied, "No."
I'm not a climate change sceptic. I don't doubt that climate change is real. But I haven't put my faith in climate change the way some people put their faith in God.
One serious problem with allowing the debate to divide into opposing camps of believers and nonbelievers is that it distorts our understanding of what responsibility for climate change entails. Sceptics and card-carrying believers tend to share a view of climate change that equates it to a charge of personal and cultural culpability which must be either denied or admitted.
If the message of climate change is that we are sinners, responsible for a massive crime against humanity and the environment, then it is little wonder that some people react by rejecting climate change as fiction, and others become fervent in declaring their exemplary willingness to make personally purifying sacrifices to atone for it.

Read more: http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/politi...z2Nlhizash