Historically, Man has used “The Gods” as an explanation for the unknown.
“What is the sun?”
“It is [insert god] riding/flying across the sky in a flaming chariot/horse/carpet/shopping cart.”
“Why did this catastrophe happen?”
“It is the will of God.”
When Timmy was a wee lad stories were told that made him a very scared little boy. The average temperature seemed to be dipping and we were told of the coming global ice age that was going to return us to the time of when the dinosaurs died. We were told that because of the way we lived our modern lives, we were putting a blanket of pollution in the air that was blocking out the sun and we would eventually die – This was called global cooling. We were afraid, very afraid. All of we wanted to do was move somewhere south that had palm trees and would keep us and our pets warm when the ice age came.
Fast forward several decades and Timmy’s children are being told, “Because of the way we live our modern lives, we were putting a blanket of pollution in the air that was blocking out the sun keeping all of the Sun’s heat in and we would eventually die – This is called global warming. Again, people are afraid, very afraid (not Timmy – he learned his lesson the first time) and want to make sure that the penguins and polar bears have a place to live.
Maybe we should call these phenomena “Blanketus” the god of global coverage (or would that be CNNeous?) On that note, have a look at this $500 baby blanket. It is good for baby’s karma…
Although Timmy doesn’t have a Ph.D. in climatolology, godology, or fancynumberology, he is forced to wonder if this isn’t simply some sort of regular cycle inherent in nature. If only there were other examples in nature where regular periodic cycles occurred, and that at the extreme peaks and valleys of these cycles very negative behaviors were observed. If only…
Are you Agnostic? A good Christian? If so, then you should not be following the cult of global warming – because you would be following a “false god”.