by Kerry Thomas
April 6, 2007
“…and God created man, and gave him dominion
over the fish, and the birds, and the animals, and over all the earth, and over
every living thing upon the earth…and God said unto man, Be fruitful and
multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the
whole of the earth….”
Most of us have at least a passing familiarity
with the Genesis creation story. Somewhere
along the line of recent history, that Judeo-Christian religious message has
been replaced with a new religion, Environmentalism. And they’re indoctrinating your children and grandchildren with
this newfound religion in the schools.
The environmental movement has managed to elevate Mother Nature to Goddess status, elevating anything “natural” to a high reverence. At the same time, Mankind takes a back seat to “nature.” Under the tenants of Environmentalism, when it’s Man vs Nature, Man is evil, the default loser.
Environmentalism fails to see Man as a part of
nature. Nature would take care of all
things natural, absent interference from Man.
Man is evil. And the greatest
evil threatening earth today comes from the United States. It is the sacred duty of Environmentalists to
defeat evil, so that Nature can flourish on the earth, without Man.
It is somewhat paradoxical that these same
Environmentalists see themselves as exempt from this evil that is inherent in
Man. Because these zealous Environmentalists
care so much about the earth, because their intentions are so good and pure, they
are allowed dispensation to defend the planet from the threat of Man, by any
means, at any cost.
As is the case with every semi-organized
religion, there are those practitioners who are fervent in their sacred
devotions. Then there are those who are
part of the religion, but aren’t quite so zealous about it. While the zealots won’t stand by and watch
an innocent tree be murdered, the less zealous Environmentalists, those of the
Conservation wing of the religion, know that trees, for example, are a
renewable resource, one that can be harvested and replanted.
Conservationists respect the earth and it’s
inhabitants. But they realize those
natural resources can be utilized without causing irreparable harm to the
planet. They know fishing and hunting
doesn’t destroy the planet. They know
plants and minerals can be harvested in a safe manner, so as to minimize their
impact.
Environmentalists keep coming up with new revelations
about some human activity that is going to destroy the world. Thirty years ago we faced an impending ice
age from global cooling. Twenty years
ago it was acid rain. Ten years ago we
were killing the oceans by overfishing.
The current hysteria being preached by the Environmentalists is global
warming.
There is actual scientific evidence that the
earth is warming, slightly. But so is
Mars, Saturn, Pluto and every other planet in our solar system. The sun is putting out massive amounts of
energy, and it’s having an effect throughout our solar system.
Absent any real science, Environmentalism
preaches that global warming is caused by Man.
As with any religion, we just have to take this on faith. Those who know more than we do tell us it is
so, so it must be fact. And if we don’t
believe it, we’re just too damn greedy and ignorant and selfish.
The omniscient United Nations has found that Man
is the root cause of global warming. They
forecast melting of the polar ice caps, coastal flooding, desertification of
farmland, and extinction of half the world’s species. But, strangely, even though the U.N. finds Man is the cause of
all this, there is nothing Man can do to avert such a catastrophic future.
Our own Supreme Court just ruled that carbon
dioxide emissions are a pollutant and must be regulated by our government. So the act of humans breathing is now legally
defined as pollution. But only in the
United States.
According to Environmentalists, it’s all Man’s
fault. Specifically, humans living in
the United States. We waste energy. We drive gas-guzzling cars. We use wasteful and environmentally-damaging
snowmobiles, outboard motors, ATV’s, lawn mowers, and barbeque grills. We keep
our homes warm in the winter, cool in the summer. We light our homes and businesses with artificial lighting. We eat too much, and all that food
production harms the planet. And it’s
all the fault of President Bush. And
Halliburton. And big oil. And Republicans. And the rich. But mostly
President Bush.
Their solution?
From the Environmental rhetoric, you’d think, ultimately, it involves
getting Man out of the United States, so that the land is as it was before
Europeans arrived here. But failing
that, it always comes back to raising taxes.
Environmentalists want higher taxes on fuels, on automobiles, on energy
production, and on energy consumption.
Even though the High Priests of the Environmentalists and the U.N. say
nothing can be done to avert the catastrophes of global warming, Americans need
to pay higher taxes.
Keep the Faith.