This article was provided exclusively to the New York Analysis of Policy and Government by the distinguished retired Judge John H. Wilson
Recently, 16 year old Swedish climate “activist” Greta Thunberg came to New York to lead a “climate strike” day of protests. Thousands of New York City Public school students attended the rally, having been excused from school for the purpose of protesting. In a display of their usual efficiency, however, the New York City Education Department would not give teachers the day off, leaving many children in attendance at the rally without adult supervision.
Thunberg became famous last year for beginning a one-person walk out from her school, stationing herself in front of the Swedish Parliament. Since then, she had become the youthful face of the “climate change” movement, and the subject of fawning articles by MSM sources like CNN, which claims that when Thunberg testified before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Climate, “the smallest and youngest person in the room came off as the oldest soul on Capitol Hill.”
The vehemence with which the topic of climate change is discussed by its adherents is nothing less than Messianic. In her speech to the British Parliament, Thunberg said “I was fortunate to be born in a time and place where everyone told us to dream big; I could become whatever I wanted to… You lied to us. You gave us false hope. You told us that the future was something to look forward to… Around the year 2030, 10 years 252 days and 10 hours away from now, we will be in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction beyond human control, that will most likely lead to the end of our civilisation as we know it…”
Compare Thunberg’s statement with this quote from 2 Peter, 3:10 – “But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare,” or this quote from Isaiah, 6:11-13 – “Astonished, I said, ‘And Master, how long is this to go on?’ He said, ‘Until the cities are emptied out, not a soul left in the cities – Houses empty of people, countryside empty of people. Until I, God, get rid of everyone, sending them off, the land totally empty. And even if some should survive, say a tenth, the devastation will start up again. The country will look like pine and oak forest with every tree cut down – Every tree a stump, a huge field of stumps.'”
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Similar to fundamentalists, supporters of the theory of man-made climate change are intolerant of those who do not share their beliefs. The National Center for Science Education published this statement on their website regarding “Climate Change Denial”; “Although scientists are in broad agreement about the occurrence, causes, and consequences of climate change, the topic is socially controversial. In part, the controversy is due to climate change deniers — people and organizations who deny or doubt the scientific consensus around climate change. In order to derail, delay, or degrade climate-related public policies they oppose, climate change deniers frequently seek to obscure or disparage the scientific consensus around climate change… Climate change denial is already threatening the integrity of science education in public schools and elsewhere.”
It should be noted that not all scientists are convinced that “the science is settled” on the issue of man-made climate change. One of the founding members of the Weather Channel, John Coleman, was a leading “climate change denier” before his death in 2018.
It is easy to make fun of the semi-religious fervor of those who believe in man-made climate change. But how can we explain the ardor of a person like Greta Thunberg, and the desire of her and her supporters to purge society of the heretical “climate change deniers?”
The article concludes tomorrow.
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