JOYFUL BBC – CLIMATE CHANGE IS A BELIEF….
Wow, further to my recent post on ‘Christianophobia‘, it looks we might be able to add the new term of ‘environmentalistophobia’ or perhaps ‘climatechangeophobia’.
A judge in an employment tribunal has declared that Tim Nicholson can take his former employer to court for discrimination, because his beliefs on climate change amount to a ‘belief system’ or ‘philosophical belief’ and is therefore protected by the 2003 religion or belief regulations.
This all raises an interesting question. When churches give their undying support to the alarmist mantra of climate change (as embarrassingly they so often do), is this a case of one religion backing and siding with another religion? Is this acceptable from a Christian perspective, personally I think not.
Here is a previous post for some background:-
Climate change beliefs ‘like religion’
And here is a response to this ruling from one of my favourite blogs:-
This was regarded as so important that it was on the BBC News website front page
A man has been told he can take his employer to tribunal on the grounds he was unfairly dismissed because of his views on climate change.
Tim Nicholson, 42, of Oxford, was made redundant in 2008 by Grainger Plc in Didcot, as head of sustainability.
He said his beliefs had contributed to his dismissal and in March a judge ruled he could use employment equality laws to claim it was unfair.
But the firm appealed against this as it believed his views were political.
After the hearing on Monday, Mr Nicholson said he was delighted by the judgement for himself and other people who may feel they are discriminated against because of their views on climate change.
His solicitor, Shah Qureshi, said: “Essentially what the judgment says is that a belief in man-made climate change and the alleged resulting moral imperative is capable of being a philosophical belief and is therefore protected by the 2003 religion or belief regulations.”
Naturally the BBC is delighted. For years they have been shilling for the likes of Monbiot and Gore, pushing man made global warming as a political message and doing their best to ignore or demean anyone who questioned the theory. With judges veering towards the classification of the theory as a “belief” it could mean that critics could be identified as “climate change deniers”. From that it would only be a short step to the creation of denial as an offence against the “believers” and – hey presto – more money for Carter-Ruck and Schillings.
Stay tuned for the man made global warming message to become even more fervent as the true believers do their best to ratchet it up to messianic levels. Doubters will be demonised as servants of the great beast Anthropogenor (I’m not making that up – you’ve seen the end of days doomsday prediction that cost £6 million of your money) and cast out into the darkness –or, more likely sacked, fined or jailed.
Normally, of course, the BBC’s heart usually bleeds for people punished by the courts – but there are certain crimes that strike at everything the BBC holds dear so don’t hold your breath for any Newsnight features pimping sympathy for climate change deniers being hit by the full force of m’learned friends…..
FURTHER INTERNET LINKS
Court Ruling on Environment – the New Religion – is a clear sign of ‘social, moral and legal chaos’
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