Anthropogenic Global Warming - a Cult?
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Climategate:
100 reasons why Anthropogenic Global Warming is a cult
Is belief in Anthropogenic Global Warming a cult? Apply this 100 point Cult Test and you tell us. Read each one, adding one point for each statement that rings as true. Total up the score and tell us, on a scale of 0 to 100, what you come up with. Well, it really should be a score between 1 to 100, as there can be no person alive, even if a member of the cult, that could not agree with point #1.
Cult leader Al Gore, is so �always right� that his devotees don�t even question the fact that he will debate no one. Ever. Anywhere. They laugh at this absurd notion, for He is The One. Others are unworthy to even stand in his presence.
In a comment here on our site, Gord alerted us to the test when he posted the first 10 points of �The Cult Test.�
It describes the Cult of Anthropogenic Climate Change near perfectly. Following are the first ten points, with a bit of description from the extensively documented list.
1. The Guru is always right.
�The Guru, his church, and his teachings are always right, and above criticism, and beyond reproach.�
2. You are always wrong.
�Cult members are also told that they are in no way qualified to judge the Guru or his church. Should you disagree with the leader or his cult about anything, see Cult Rule Number One. Having negative emotions about the cult or its leader is a �defect� that needs to be fixed.�
3. No Exit.
�There is simply no proper or honorable way to leave the cult. Period. To leave is to fail, to die, to be defeated by evil. To leave is to invite divine retribution.�
4. No Graduates.
�No one ever learns as much as the Guru knows; no one ever rises to the level of the Guru�s wisdom, so no one ever finishes his or her training, and nobody ever graduates.�
5. Cult-speak.
�The cult has its own language. The cult invents new terminology or euphemisms for many things. The cult may also redefine many common words to mean something quite different. Cult-speak is also called �bombastic redefinition of the familiar�, or �loading the language�.�
Five more with explanations and ninety more line items at the post.
Something to print out on a card to show people...
Posted by DaveH at February 25, 2010 3:51 PM