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Originally Posted by AltaGuy
Rather than a community center, I've often wondered if a shared cause could fill the void left by religion (if that's what we're trying to do).
We do have a ready-made cause already in climate change, and since many environmentalists are already quasi-religious in their verve, I wonder what would happen if more (useful) people joined the movement and whether some good might happen.
We are kind of talking about the potential end of humanity, or civilization; at the very least we're speaking of the potential deaths of billions over the next couple hundred years. As a shared experience to fill the void, a collective effort toward mitigating/reversing/stalling climate change has always intrigued me. I certainly find it easier to believe in than religion.
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Deaths of billions? Deaths of a few million maybe. And really those deaths are attributable to poor distribution of resources rather than global warming. We have the ability to do nothing about global warming and survive. We will choose not to help the peopl greatest affected though.
I think the politics as religion is the scary expression of this concept. Whether as an extension of religion on the right or a replacement on the right it is dangerous to have passionately misinformed people.