Modern Global Warming Hysteria Just Repackaged Pagan Religion

By Bob Ellis on June 18th, 2009

j0437287Dr. Roy Spencer has an interesting piece on warming and causation. While his refutation of assertions that CO2 drives temperature increases is interesting, I found the closing paragraph of particular note:

it is interesting that the modern belief that our carbon emissions have caused the climate system to rebel are not that different from ancient civilizations that made sacrifices to the gods of nature in their attempts to get nature to cooperate. Technology might have changed over time, but it seems human nature has remained the same.

No kidding. Ancient pagan religions (and a few modern ones) sought a god that could provide to people a sense of purpose…while remaining controllable and ultimately under the thumb of the people if handled properly. In other words, they wanted a works-based religion where they could maniupulate and meet the approval of a higher power in order to sway that higher power to their benefit.

As Dr. Spencer illustrated, we may consider ourselves “enlightened” and “educated” and “scientific” nowadays, but human nature never changes.  We’ve traded in our old wooden, stone and metal gods for a god of the climate, a god of the earth.  If we just pay the proper homage to Gaia, if just make the proper sacrifices and tithes to the religion of global warming, then our acts of contrition will fuel our need for actualization and we can expect the climate gods to give us mild weather.

More and more people are waking up to the reality that this anthropogenic global warming nonsense is just a bunch of hot air, as evidenced by Dr. Spencer’s assertion and a Japanese researcher’s assertion that this hooey is along the lines of ancient astrology.

Are you ready to see your electric bill go up 40% or more so that our liberal friends can appease their false gods?  I know I’m not.

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  • Susan
    Fortunately, the majority of the population is becoming more enlightened about responsible consumption. The hysterical rantings of those who wish to maintain the status quo of reckless, wanton environmental destruction are shrinking in the minority. Perhaps the human race has a future after all.

    By the way, I'm a pagan, and my religious practices can be described partly as an acknowledgment that the human race is a part of the planet, rather than separate and apart from it. Mr. Ellis' skewed comments about modern paganism illustrate his bias and lack of knowledge on the subject.
  • If you want to limit your consumption, have at.

    Meanwhile, we are Americans, which means each of us should have the freedom to make personal decisions for ourselves without some elitist Big Brother government dictating everything we can and can't do. This attitude and these actions run counter to our Constitution and every principle of Americanism; they should disgust every American.

    And, as you said, I can tell your pagan beliefs are part of why you profoundly misunderstand both this issue, and what it means to be an American, since America was not founded on pagan values or intended to operate in a pagan fashion.
  • rbx
    In fact, the easiest and cheapest way to make more energy available for use is to improve efficiency of what we do use. So our efforts to ameliorate global warming will actually save us money. But the carbon-based fuels industries don't want you to do that, so they tell you that increased efficiency is unAmerican and not God's plan.
  • "But the carbon-based fuels industries don't want you to do that, so they tell you that increased efficiency is unAmerican and not God's plan."

    I don't think I've heard that argument from Exxon, Shell or BP, rbx, but I have heard similar assertions from many on the Left who have proven themselves to be anti-American and anti-God.

    "So our efforts to ameliorate global warming will actually save us money."

    How so? Most of the proposals that I've seen from radical "environmentalists" and global warming hoaxers call for increased taxes on energy, spending huge amounts of tax-payer money on dubious technologies, huge fines for companies and individuals that fail to adhere to every obscure regulation imposed by self-serving bureaucrats and enormous new government agencies to apply and enforce regulations that would impinge on virtually every aspect of our lives.

    Government needs to get out of the way and let the energy industries get to work solving our energy needs and our dependence on foreign oil.
  • Actually, the easiest and cheapest way to make more energy available for use is to drill more oil and built more nuclear power plants. Unfortunately, the earth-worshipping environmental wackos have a fit when you propose either.
  • Brilliant and true. I've linked to your post from http://www.jeremiahfilms.com/released/discernin... "Discerning Science - Global Warming - Debate" with a quotation.
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