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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (204160)	4/25/2007 7:03:35 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793990

People are not just chanting a few mantras and going about their business. They are putting their cash and serious efforts into it, like people used to with real religions. Maybe it has become a global identity litmus test and people instinctively want to be on the side of good, the numbers, safely in the herd, it's a world issue, Gaia, brotherhood of man and the all-in Haj. Anyone can join a religion just by learning a few chants and songs. One doesn't have to have a theological or teleological clue - and people are specifically prohibited from thinking for themselves when the religion gets a good grip. Heresy trials, excommunication, inquisition, burnings at the stake [though those will have to be different to avoid CO2 and other pollution] are the norm. Already, the expression "Climate change deniers" is being used. Yup. Seems people need religion. You forgot to mention 'carbon credits'. Buying indulgences was once fashionable in Christianity too.