I was raised jewish (reformed), but became an atheist when I was 12 years old. My wife and I raised our kids as atheists.
Atheists sometimes (jokingly) refer to unitarians as atheists that needed to have someplace to go on Sunday morning.
Out of curiosity, I’ve engaged in street conversations here in south beach (Miami Beach) with both orthodox jews and jehovah witnesses in the last few months. They have some common beliefs, e.g. the earth is about 6,000 years old (vs 3.5 billion years), and thus, they deny the science of evolution.
People conditioned to believe their religious leaders, and deny facts, are prone to doing the same in politics, eg believe Trump’s many lies. And, the connection is made stronger when some of these religious leaders say he was sent by God to be President: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtfq4blS1I - 2.5min of clips put together by Vice News
But I’ve also worked with fundamentalists that are very good at compartmentalization. At work, it’s all about the facts. Outside of work, it’s all about their myths.
Although many/most evangelical christians are Climate Change deniers, there are some notable exceptions. Perhaps the most important one is Katharine Hayhoe, who is a well-known, respected climate scientist, with many peer-reviewed publications. For example, she was the lead author of 2 chapters of the 4th National Climate Assessment. She was the lead author of Chapter 4 (Climate Models, Scenarios, and Projections) in Part I (2017), and the lead author of Chapter 2 (Our Changing Climate) in Part II (2018). You can read more about her on her wiki page. She is excellent at communicating to evangelicals the importance of dealing with climate change. At this webpage, there is a 2min video clip at the top of her key message: https://climateone.org/video/katharine-hayhoe-climate-change-christianity-and-evangelicals . She is a remarkable person!
nice!
Ian Masters has the best show on radio. I will check it out.
I think you again provided incisive analysis and commentary. The quote about Orwell was particularly pertinent.
I was raised jewish (reformed), but became an atheist when I was 12 years old. My wife and I raised our kids as atheists.
Atheists sometimes (jokingly) refer to unitarians as atheists that needed to have someplace to go on Sunday morning.
Out of curiosity, I’ve engaged in street conversations here in south beach (Miami Beach) with both orthodox jews and jehovah witnesses in the last few months. They have some common beliefs, e.g. the earth is about 6,000 years old (vs 3.5 billion years), and thus, they deny the science of evolution.
People conditioned to believe their religious leaders, and deny facts, are prone to doing the same in politics, eg believe Trump’s many lies. And, the connection is made stronger when some of these religious leaders say he was sent by God to be President: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLtfq4blS1I - 2.5min of clips put together by Vice News
But I’ve also worked with fundamentalists that are very good at compartmentalization. At work, it’s all about the facts. Outside of work, it’s all about their myths.
Although many/most evangelical christians are Climate Change deniers, there are some notable exceptions. Perhaps the most important one is Katharine Hayhoe, who is a well-known, respected climate scientist, with many peer-reviewed publications. For example, she was the lead author of 2 chapters of the 4th National Climate Assessment. She was the lead author of Chapter 4 (Climate Models, Scenarios, and Projections) in Part I (2017), and the lead author of Chapter 2 (Our Changing Climate) in Part II (2018). You can read more about her on her wiki page. She is excellent at communicating to evangelicals the importance of dealing with climate change. At this webpage, there is a 2min video clip at the top of her key message: https://climateone.org/video/katharine-hayhoe-climate-change-christianity-and-evangelicals . She is a remarkable person!