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Climate change debate has a 'feature of religion' to it
Published: Oct 19, 2021
Crawled: Sep 11, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Length: 136 words
Article Content
Psychiatrist and author Tanveer Ahmed says there is a feature of religion in the climate change debate surrounding a net zero target. Theyre sometimes called secular totalitarian versions of religion where you have a revelation, the revelation is available to only a set number of people, with climate change, maybe thats the wealthy urban knowledge workers if you like, Mr Ahmed told Sky News Andrew Bolt. And theres a chosen people who have the knowledge - in this case that we must cut emissions at all costs, and theyre obviously sinners, its a battle of good and evil. But then theres a story of rebirth, its almost like we have to go through some sort of sacrifice and pain and from the other side, theres a rebirth and a kind of Utopia. Read More Our Apps
Article Details
- Article ID
- 6166
- Article Name
- 38fc8635a2646076b4d77f9c95dc9f98
- Date Published
- Oct 19, 2021
- Date Crawled
- Sep 11, 2023 at 4:55 PM
- Newspaper Website
- skynews.com.au