Reducing the phenomenon of climate change to an event driven by a single factor was inane enough, but then to damn those who oppose futile (but draconian) measures to “correct” the situation is a bizarre distortion and misapplication of faith.

Advances in science reveal causal links between circumstances previously either undetected or considered unrelated. It is not astrology, for example, to be interested in the alignment of the sun and planets as they cycle predictably from conjunction to conjunction. The history of the sun’s behavior is now being studied more thoroughly, and it does display cycles that matter to humanity. Cosmic rays not produced within the solar system play a very important role in the Earth’s weather. It is no longer nonsense to ask, “What is the relationship between solar activity and earthquakes and vulcanism?”

The science is too complex to be summarized here, but you can begin to see the outlines of the matter if you watch carefully the video linked above. Don’t be put off by facts that are new to you, no matter how surprising they might appear; this is a new cooperative interpretation of reality, and its unfolding will be both a revelation and a shock.

Finally, this bears repeating, unfortunately: when the Gore-Hansen Cult blames catastrophic climate change on human activity, it comes down firmly in the camp occupied by religious fanatics who blamed crop failures on witchcraft. “If we were fastidiously correct Christians, the corn* would not have failed” is seldom heard these days, though of course some nutcases like Jerry Falwell blamed the Islamofascist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and (an unknown location in, presumably,) Washington DC on homosexuality and other behaviors denounced by the Old Testament.

Unfortunately few observers have remarked on the obvious religious nature of the Warmers’ critique; after all, the screed of their cult begins with human hubris and misdeeds, claims those sins produce utterly fantastic results, predicts catastrophe for generations yet unborn, and demands immediate reform and pietistic obedience to inerrant authority. The cult is Biblical in its self-assurance. Any belief system so constructed should bear a heavy burden of proof before it hijacks governmental power.

Of course the dispute continues, but note, please, that it is now fueled by the (simple, but irrelevant) fact that industry produces many tons of carbon dioxide each year. The statistic not mentioned is that the percentage of CO2 in the atmosphere is small, and humanity’s contribution of the gas is a minuscule amount of the total. Nor is it noted that CO2 has a logarithmic effect as a greenhouse gas, becoming less influential per additional unit of the chemical as its volume in the atmosphere increases. Finally, the fact is that while humanity currently struggles along with just over 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the air, everyone would benefit if that figure could be raised to 600 ppm. You know why that is true because you read this newsletter — but most people would be horrified by the claim that more CO2 in the air is an excellent idea.

No student of history can truthfully deny that religion can be extremely dangerous. What everyone needs to understand now is that climate alarmism is an inappropriate amalgam of religious prophesy, piety, and persecution.

Further, the concept of anthropogenic global warming is not science. It is not logical, nor is it supported by facts. Its believers intend to subsume the political power of governments in order to impose irrational regulations on people who cannot be expected to have access to, or an understanding of, the facts of the matter.