Now that the Vatican has listed pollution as a sin, can we now call global warming a religion?

Question

The Pope has come out to say that protecting the climate is gravely important for the entire human race, and polluting is now a sin in the eyes of the Catholic Church.

Does this make so-called "global warming" a religion, and should it fall under the separation of church and state?

Would showing Algore's movie be the same as showing the movie "The 10 Commandments" in schools?

Answer 1

It's thinking like yours that got us to the Moon!

Answer 2

I know you were just being silly, but we already know that the belief that humans cause climate change is a religion of sorts.

It takes such a leap of faith to believe that humans can actually cause warming, cooling, hurricanes, tornadoes etc etc.  

Also it constitutes a religion because it ignores any conflicting science and will not allow debate on the issue.

This religion also allows for indulgences in the form of "carbon credits."  People who violate the commandments of this religion can buy absolution by purchasing these things.

When you think about it, AGW is a state run religion.

Answer 3

yeah it is a religion lol...

Answer 4

global warming already is a religion - a belief system bound together by faith, not science.

On that stupid "movie":  no it wouldn't be the same: at least the Ten Commandments has a socially redeeming quality to it's theme.

Answer 5

Nope.  It's just scientific fact.

This is science and what counts is the data.

"I wasn’t convinced by a person or any interest group—it was the data that got me. I was utterly convinced of this connection between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change. And I was convinced that if we didn’t do something about this, we would be in deep trouble.”

Vice Admiral Richard H. Truly, USN (Ret.)

Former NASA Administrator, Shuttle Astronaut

Here are two summaries of the mountain of peer reviewed data that convinced Admiral Truly and the vast majority of the scientific community, short and long.

http://www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/Ima...

http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/wg1/wg1-report....

summarized at:

http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report...

There's a lot less controversy about this is the real world than there is on Yahoo answers:

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/a...

And vastly less controversy in the scientific community than you might guess from the few skeptics talked about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_...

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu...

"There's a better scientific consensus on this [climate change] than on any issue I know...  Global warming is almost a no-brainer at this point.  You really can't find intelligent, quantitative arguments to make it go away."

Dr. Jerry Mahlman, NOAA

Good websites for more info:

http://www.nrdc.org/globalWarming/f101.a...

http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/sci...

http://www.realclimate.org

"climate science from climate scientists"

http://environment.newscientist.com/chan...

Answer 6

The Pope simply said that pollution was a sin. Schools don't teach children to pollute the same as they don't teach children to murder or steal. The Catholic church isn't really in the practice of creating entire new religions, either. Really, your question (or series of sub-questions) is a non-issue.

Answer 7

Your question makes NO sense.  This is the merging the social consciousness and religion.  The pope is attempting to spin the seriousness of global climate change in a way that religious folks can understand it since they have chosen to ignore and reject all scientific evidence.  If anything, it makes the argument for global climate change MORE valid.  

Nice Try Dr. Jello.  ????

Answer 8

there is no sense in what you ask, no relation whatsoever.

Pollution is a sin, whether the Church dictates it or not, whatever you do that harms people should be considered a sin, being YOU , yourself or  a greedy corporation.

Answer 9

Say fifty Hail Mary's. Then do it all over again.

You couldn't show the t*t movie because it would break some of the commandments... "Th'all shalt not lie."

"Th'all shalt not bear false witness."

If anyone is concern the above is an acronym for (The Inconvenient Truth)

Answer 10

The Vatican says nothing new.

Wait only 80 years and remember that you have laught about sin.

Answer 11

It's great when you deniers post stuff like this.  It is solid proof that you don't have anything sensible to say.

Answer 12

Global warming is NOTHING to do with religion; never look at them equally.

Global warming is science, religion is morality. Climate change debates are based on actual evidence, religious debates have no evidence either side.

Answer 13

meh.. only for those people that start to "hinder pollution" because "its a sin". But really, global warming doesent fill the criteria for a religion (it doesent even fill the criteria for an ideology for that matter! enviromentalism.. i think that is what you meant. Enviromentalism is an ideology but its surely not a religion lol) just because the christians cover something in theyre dogma doesent make that subject religious in it self (thats like saying: "christianity said that killing is wrong; thus, not killing would be a religious thing to do so lets kill!") lol. total nonsense xD

Answer 14

I'm afraid the Catholic church's proclamations have no impact on the reality of the rest of the world. Ergo, it doesn't make "global warming" a religion, anymore than it makes a religion out of gravity.

Answer 15

No, even people willing to make a leap of faith can't deny science when the evidence is overwhelming.

Global warming theory has been studied and confirmed more than the theory of evolution.  Do you deny that theory too?  Are you going to claim next that the earth is 6000 years old?  Maybe you'll stop believing in gravitational theory and simply float away?

Unfortunately denial not only won't make it go away, it will bring on the consequenses faster and with more severe effects.

Answer 16

Religious diction has been preoccupying the political and scientific arena for ages.Whats another one going to hurt? It does make one wonder when we are going to escape primal philosophies though. Each and every generation under goes some type of Apocalyptic dilemma. Whether spawn by the consensus of science,religion, or politics.

Answer 17

The church also bans murder.  Should murder also fall under the separation of church and state?

Answer 18

Why not? Some Christians are calling evolution an "atheist religion." Your suggestion makes as much sense!

lol

Answer 19

their  churches  should all  be powered by  solar energy.. thats  the  sun  giving back to the father!

Answer 20

i thought God made the rules, who gave the pope the right to stick his ore in

Answer 21

Well, Al Gore's degree is in Divinity......

I think it's a convergence of the "repent or the end is near" crowds.......   There are clear similarities between one's "carbon footprint" and original sin - - - the notion that human life is itself a pox on the earth.