Posted: Jul 12, 2010 12:32 pm
There are parallels but I see different ones:
Deniers of evolution prefer to 'believe' (or with evolution disbelieve) because to them it is emotionally more satisfying than looking at and trying to understand the mass of evidence. We also have massive evidence to show that the world has warmed and cooled many many times in the past and most likely therefore will do so in future. The fossil record proves both evolution and climate change.
However some who accept accept evolution insist upon an outside guiding hand ('Intelligent Design') because it is beyond them to understand a purely natural process operating over millions of years.
Similarly some of those who recognise that warming and cooling have taken place also insist that it can no longer be a natural process. It must be caused by mankind. This makes as much sense as insisting that after billions of years the evolution of the natural world has come under human control and natural processes have stopped.
The same natural processes that warmed and cooled many times before do still operate today. That is emotionally unsatisfying for some people but it is nevertheless the truth. Emotionally it is more satisfying to believe that somebody up there is looking after us or that we can control the weather by sacrificing goats, buying carbon credits or paying pots of money to fatty Gore to make another speech.
Deniers of evolution prefer to 'believe' (or with evolution disbelieve) because to them it is emotionally more satisfying than looking at and trying to understand the mass of evidence. We also have massive evidence to show that the world has warmed and cooled many many times in the past and most likely therefore will do so in future. The fossil record proves both evolution and climate change.
However some who accept accept evolution insist upon an outside guiding hand ('Intelligent Design') because it is beyond them to understand a purely natural process operating over millions of years.
Similarly some of those who recognise that warming and cooling have taken place also insist that it can no longer be a natural process. It must be caused by mankind. This makes as much sense as insisting that after billions of years the evolution of the natural world has come under human control and natural processes have stopped.
The same natural processes that warmed and cooled many times before do still operate today. That is emotionally unsatisfying for some people but it is nevertheless the truth. Emotionally it is more satisfying to believe that somebody up there is looking after us or that we can control the weather by sacrificing goats, buying carbon credits or paying pots of money to fatty Gore to make another speech.