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Environmentalism
(Sustainable Development) is a Religion On
December 12, 2007, Pope Benedict released his remarks criticizing the climate-change prophets of
doom. The article was published in the
UK Daily Mail and without a doubt the Pope referred to environmentalism as a
religion. The
article ended with these definitive remarks: “In the spring,
the Vatican hosted a conference on climate change that was welcomed by
environmentalists. But senior
cardinals close to the Vatican have since expressed doubts about a movement
which has been likened by critics to be just
as dogmatic in its assumptions as any religion.” The
Pope’s remarks will be made in his annual message for World Peace Day on
January 1, but they were released as delegates from all over the world
convened on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali for UN climate change
talks. “The leader of
more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made
emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters
were nothing more than scare-mongering. 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.” The
Pope agreed the world needed to care for the environment but not to the point
where the welfare of plants and animals was given a greater priority than
that of mankind. He
further warned them that any solutions to global warming must be based on
firm evidence and not on dubious ideology. I want to define a few words …that
have been used here so far to insure I understand. A
word used by the Pope was dogma.
Merriam Webster states dogma
is a noun and defines the word as meaning: 1 a: something held as an established opinion;
especially: a definite authoritative tenet b: a code of such tenets
<pedagogical dogma> c: a point of view or tenet put forth as
authoritative without adequate grounds So
what does tenet mean? Once again,
according to Merriam Webster the definition of tenet is: a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be
true; especially: one held in common by members of an organization, movement,
or profession But
the key word is religion and Merriam Webster defines religion as: Religion
Function: noun 4: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor
and faith So
environmentalism has dogma that certainly is filled with tenets and without
doubt fits Webster’s definition of religion sub 4. But what else makes it a religion? Religions
normally have some form of written text that provides guidance, such as the
Bible, Torah and Koran. Well
so too does environmentalism, it is called Agenda 21, Sustainable Development. It is 40 chapters long and covers some
three hundred plus pages. In
the Jewish and Christian religions they acknowledge the Ten Commandments as a
guide of how they should live. Well
so too does environmentalism have its guide on how you should live and it is
called the Earth Charter. In fact
its authors hope it becomes the Ten Commandments of human behavior. Here
are a couple quotes from the authors and presenters of the Earth Charter: "My hope is
that this charter will be a kind of Ten Commandments, a ‘Sermon on the
Mount,’ that provides a guide for human behavior toward the environment in
the next century and beyond," Gorbachev stated in a 1997 interview with
the Los Angeles Times. "The real
goal of the Earth Charter," said Strong,
"is that it will in fact become like the Ten Commandments." So
where is the Earth Charter housed, this “Ten Commandments” of
environmentalism? Ah,
yet another parallel to main stream religion.
The
Jewish and Christian religions’ Ten Commandments are believed to be held in
the Ark of the Covenant and
the
so called ten commandments of environmentalism are held in, where else, the Ark of Hope. The
Ark of the Covenant has been lost for millennium but some say it is buried
beneath the Temple Mount. The Ark of
Hope seems to travel around the world and may well end its travels at the
United Nations’ headquarters in New York. Further,
every religion has a God or Gods they pray to for spiritual guidance,
intervention and to whom they give thanks.
So
who or what is the spiritual guide for environmentalism? To whom do they give thanks for their
existence? The Earth The
Earth Charter by definition is a contract (charter) with the Earth. And one of the main architects of the
contract was Mikhail Gorbachev. In
an interview he is very candid about what he believes and who his god is: “Well, I believe in the cosmos. All of us are linked
to the cosmos. Look at the sun. If there is no sun, then we cannot exist. So
nature is my god. To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests
are my cathedrals.” The
message of any main stream religion is about eternal life. Live by the Ten Commandments and you will
be given eternal life. The
message of the religion of environmentalism is eternal Earth? If humans live by the ten commandments of
the Earth Charter the message is the Earth will live for eternity. The message is called “sustainable
development”. It
has been my experience that if you copy something it is because you want
something similar to the original, therefore, since environmentalism has
copied main stream religion it only computes that its founders wanted a
religion. The
religion of environmentalism has Agenda 21 Sustainable Development as its
bible, the Earth Charter as its ten commandments, the Ark of hope as a
religious symbol, the worshipping of the Earth as its god and eternal Earth
as it message of hope. So there
you have my reasoning for saying environmentalism is a religion. The
Harvard School of Law states there is “no legal” definition of
religion so we are left to compare with those popularly accepted major forms
of religion to make a determination. Environmentalism
was designed as a religion, it emulates religion, it parallels main stream
religion, therefore, it is a religion or, none of them are religions. So if you agree that environmentalism is
a religion, …why
is it being taught in our schools and why is it being promoted by all levels
of our government? The
First Amendment of our Constitution states, regarding religion: Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof… Yet
Congress has done exactly the opposite regarding the first part, and has made
environmentalism mandatory regarding the second part. Madison
wrote: "practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government is
essential to the purity of both, and as guaranteed by the Constitution of the
United States." Yet
here we are. If
you are an elected official or anyone who is serving this country where you
have taken the oath to defend our Constitution, then you are obligated to act
to remove this religion, environmentalism, from our schools and all laws of
this United States. Else you are
betraying your fellow citizens and your sworn oath. You
must hold the same standards for the religion of “environmentalism” as you
would for any other religion. ©
Bill Wink December 14, 2007 |
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