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December 12, 2007

Pope Finds Fault With Gore's New Religion

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Pope Benedict XVI has attacked Al Gore's cadre of climate change prophets of doom (if only by inference and association), warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology:

[...] The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement.

[...] "Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow," he said in the message entitled "The Human Family, A Community of Peace".

"It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances.

[...] His remarks reveal that while the Pope acknowledges that problems may be associated with unbridled development and climate change, he believes the case against global warming to be over-hyped.

A broad consensus is developing among the world's scientific community over the evils of climate change.

But there is also an intransigent body of scientific opinion which continues to insist that industrial emissions are not to blame for the phenomenon.

Such scientists point out that fluctuations in the earth's temperature are normal and can often be caused by waves of heat generated by the sun. Other critics of environmentalism have compared the movement to a burgeoning industry in its own right.

By suggesting that assessments about the ecological balance of tomorrow be performed and discussed by "people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions," the Pope has in essence excluded Al Gore - who probably still believes in his heart of hearts that he invented the Internet and indeed has used an newly created ideology of "global warming" as the cornerstone of both a "burgeoning industry" and a new religion. And although they may be making him lots of money, Al Gore's self-serving prophesies are not necessarily gospel truth.

Posted by Abdul at December 12, 2007 9:19 AM

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