[ OT ] Is Environmentalism a religion?

Read the whole article:

http://www.sepp.org/NewSEPP/GW-Aliens-Crichton.html

( excerpt below)

In past centuries, the greatest killer of women was fever following
childbirth . One woman in six died of this fever. In 1795, Alexander Gordon
of Aberdeen suggested that the fevers were infectious processes, and he was
able to cure them. The consensus said no. In 1843, Oliver Wendell Holmes
claimed puerperal fever was contagious, and presented compelling evidence.
The consensus said no. In 1849, Semmelweiss demonstrated that sanitary
techniques virtually eliminated puerperal fever in hospitals under his
management. The consensus said he was a Jew, ignored him, and dismissed him
from his post. There was in fact no agreement on puerperal fever until the
start of the twentieth century. Thus the consensus took one hundred and
twenty five years to arrive at the right conclusion despite the efforts of
the prominent "skeptics" around the world, skeptics who were demeaned and
ignored. And despite the constant ongoing deaths of women.

His intent is to make you think, considering ideas outside the herd...

NOT follow the herd your already in..


In article , Dan
writes:

ubject: [ OT ] Is Environmentalism a religion?
From: Dan
Date: 17 May 2004 19:11:22 -0500

On Mon, 17 May 2004 17:35:37 -0500, "Stinger"
wrote:

"Michael Bryant" wrote in message
...
From: "Stinger"

Do a Nexus search. You'll see that in the 1970's that the fear was
"Global
Cooling." It was actually a cover story for Time magazine.

And you'll see that that research was sponsored by the CIA to counter
global
warming scientists who were starting to emerge in the early 70's. Some of
the
reports even encouraged CO2 emissions to "balance out" cooling trends. Do
a
search on a guy named Idso.


The CIA?!!

Good grief, Michael -- whenever the evidence goes against the liberal belief
system, they start seeing black helicopters.

The problem with liberal "environmentalists" is that their belief system can
arguably be called a religion. That's why you have a tough time with data
that doesn't fit your belief system.

Don't take my word for it, though. Here are some remarks by Michael
Crichton (author of "The Terminal Man" and "The Andromeda Strain") that are
very thought-provoking.

-- Stinger

Remarks to the Commonwealth Club
By Michael Crichton

San Francisco
September 15, 2003

GREAT POST!!!!

I have saved this gem.

Dan

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