Is Global Warming/Environmentalism a Cult?

[frodo82801]

From Cal Thomas:

http://920wgka.townhall.com/Columnists/Column.aspx?ContentGuid=9c4bb56b-52db-495e-9547-5bdad1462cad
The Church of Global Warming (CGW) is a cult. A cult has a number of definitions, among them this one from dictionary.com: “A religion or sect considered to be false, unorthodox, or extremist, with members often living outside of conventional society under the direction of a charismatic leader.” Cults wish to control others. Global warming fundamentalists wish to do the same through the power of government.

CGW members would reject cult status — which all cult members do — and Al Gore has never been accused of displaying charisma. But the CGW confers charismatic status on him because he tells them what they want to hear: salvation is available through the reduction of one’s carbon footprint. Gore regularly violates his own doctrines by flying on big polluting jets, leaving tracks the size of Bigfoot.

Al Gore does remind me of a slimy televangelist when he's pumping up the global warming junk.

[KitsapGirl]

Yup it has cult written all over it....

[ChristineMarie]

tree huggers

[BarbT]

Yes, IMO this is a religion and it's going to play a major role in the coming One World Religion.

People are choosing to worship the creation rather than the Creator.

[PiC]

Al Gore can't seem to move his shoulders. He's so...stiff. And scary-looking. How'd you like a poster with his face hanging above your bed? :fear

[Janh7]

Yup...worshipping the creation and not the creator.

[dramama]

Yup...worshipping the creation and not the creator.

My vote is yes....part of the whole darwin/global warming/secular humanist/anything but God movement with a little global governance and extortion thrown in.......JMHO

[spbluebird]

I think it is human nature to want to believe in something, and since many of them do not believe in God, they worship the earth instead. The leaders of this movement know this and are using it to further their agenda.

[Enoch]

I don't think enviromentalists per se are a cult as we areto be good stewards to the earth.

Rev 9 the locusts are commanded not to hurt the earth, then there's this warning..

Rev 11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Countless other verses about warnings of hurting the earth for all of creation groans to God.

Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

Heb 6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:


Many more verses along the same lines that the earth was given to us as a blessing to give us food and resources and all of God's creation here on earth is aware of Him, even the earth herself. So caring for the earth is a good thing. I think people in their polarity to find stereotypes have a hard time finding a balance that not all people who care for the earth are "worshiping the creation more than the Creator" and people who care nothing about environment concerns are wasteful.

There's a big difference between caring for the earth and worshiping creation. I think it's pretty simple, if the person states they are worshiping creation as God - gaia and mother earth stuff, then they are a cult. If they aren't saying that, then maybe they are into something you don't understand or don't know. It's better to err on the side of caution than to blaspheme that which God has laid into someone's heart which would be from the Holy Spirit ;)

If they dont say they are earth worshipers then how can you say they are?

I'm commenting on the original topic here, not really the article which I didn't find fitting to the topic. Is Church of Global Warming a cult woudl have been a much more appropriate topic imho, for that I have no clue I dont go there. But enviromentalism a cult? No, not anymore than carting for foster children or collecting baseball cards is a cult, rather it'sa concern and a passiion that is maybe one's calling in life.

[Enoch]

One last point, global warming is as real as ice ages but as I've said for years - is linked to sun cycles solar max and solar min and things we do not understand about space such as plasma, cosmic rays, and interstellar particles too small to even measure. These affect ages and climates and have been thoroughly documented throughout the ages from Egypt to the Mayans to NOAA weather and NASA.