When Climate Change Ruins the World, Will Religions Help



Since the 1980's, the reality of climate change has been known. Some dates were projected that did not prove to be accurate. This gave rise in some circles to the view there is no global climate change issue. The predicted apocalypse has not changed since the '80's. Weather continues to become more damaging.

In my long life, apocalypse was predicted at least once before. It was the atomic or nuclear bomb. There were movies about complete breakdown of society. The effect was political resistance to such weapons and use of nuclear power.

Even though the result of climate change is something similar, a potential breakdown in society, it does not lend itself to story telling like the nuclear power plant or bomb. I think the reason is that in climate change there is not the villain and hero necessary for a good narrative.

The Bible, war stories and every other story venue has the same plot, good over evil. In climate change, we are all evil. No hero will prevail. Who wants to buy a ticket to hear that? Who wants to vote for a politician who promises to punish us all for being the problem?

The science of global apocalypse is simple. Oceans can absorb only so much heat. There is no other explanation for a cause of the heat other than the carbon we emit. It allows more sun to heat the ocean.

The economics, psychology and sociology of climate change is more complex than the physics. How can we persuade each other to do something about either the problem or its consequences. The problem, of course, is all the carbon. The consequences mean a much larger power of government to enforce laws. More law enforcement means higher taxes.

The link points to a world with less food. Also, we can expect a world where there are more homeless people than there are people with homes.

Will preachers of tomorrow be able to blame sinners for all the problems of the new climate? No doubt many will try.

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