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[Citizen Tom] Crichton goes on to explain how Environmentalism has become the religion of modern urban atheists. Instead of providing age old wisdom that informs, Environmentalism teaches the restoration of an Eden that never was. What worries Crichton is that by making a religion of environmentalism, we have so politicized environmental science, we must inevitably make bad decisions.
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[Anthonares] Anthonares » Blog Archive » Post-Apocalyptic Environmentalism: Michael Crichton’s State of Fear article and book was actually on some of this very concept. The critics slaughtered him in the media, saying that he was an author who didn’t know anything about environmental science, but his response was that he was a sociologist who knew plenty about religion and religious movements, and that for all intents and purposes, a large part of the environmental movement, especially global warming, was a religious movement.
[Everything English] Comp II: Environmental Sustainability « Everything English: In the article “Environmentalism as Religion Run Amok” author Michael Crichton says that the biggest issue with society is that people cannot tell the difference between truth and illusion. People are now debating all of their own .
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[Secular Right] Secular Right » Environmentalism as Religion: This is just the one millionth data point that shows that negating traditional religion doesn’t turn society into a bunch of secular Voltaires, it just turns them to other, newer, and infinitely tackier forms of religion - religious environmentalism, in this case, which is even one of the less kitschy.
[CO2sceptics News Blog] In global warming we trust | Climate Realists: Many in the environmental profession have come to an epiphany like the one the late Michael Crichton had - that contemporary environmentalism, with its authoritative, unchallengeable proclamations and rigid tenets, is analogous to organized religion. This environmental religion is headed by politicians (or former politicians) as the high priests and an established political cathedral (read Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).
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[The Spectrum Blog] The Spectrum Blog: A Petraeus video roundup: “Essentially, they want religious people to care less about abortion, homosexuality and gay marriage and more about poverty, war and the environment. That is, they want people to support pacifism, environmentalism and socialism”or in terms of specific policies, they want higher taxes to grow a larger welfare state, immediate withdrawal from Iraq and everybody to pay a pollution tax in the form of carbon offsets.”
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[MightyRighty.com - Conservative News, Discussion and Community] Michael Crichton on Global Warming - MightyRighty.com ...: The two main ones are environmentalism and Marxism, and they possess all the characteristics (minus God) of religion. As Michael Crichton (I don't know anything about his politics, so don't criticize me if he is a liberal) put it,
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