In America, everyone seems to believe that their opinions are as good as everyone else. I blame religion for this delusion. It teaches people to believe an entire bunch of hoo-ha based on "faith." Faith is belief without proof or adequate evidence. Your uninformed opinion is not the same as a well documented one. We can have differences of opinion based on evidence. But to my mind, your belief that climate change is a hoax is not as good as the scientific concensus that it is happening and caused by humans.
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Agreed. Climate change is most certainly an observable event, so why do many people actively disbelieve it or attribute it to an act of god? It speaks to the old "god of the Gaps" argument: If we can't explain it (which we most certainly can), then let's blame it on god.
Digitalis
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Apr 22, 2018
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Well, they can have their own opinions; what drives me nuts is that they have their own ‘facts’. Belief is NOT the same as scientific, confirmed facts! The cognitive dissonance and willful ignorance is frustrating, too. I’d rather knock down a brick wall with my head, than try to have a discussion with those folks.
CarolinaGirl60
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Apr 22, 2018
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You are correct IMO concerning climate change. The evidence is overwhelming that climate change is real. But the Christians want to believe the rants of Fox News without any evidence that climate change is a hoax. IMO soon it will be evident to all that we have a climate problem.
nicknotes
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Apr 22, 2018
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The point I was trying to make was that belief in religion makes one susceptible to believing anything else without proof. I don't think I made that clear.
Very good point...I got it. @schwinnrider
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