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#1 User is offline   Wickian 


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Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:55 PM

Climate change belief given same legal status as religion

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An executive has won the right to sue his employer on the basis that he was unfairly dismissed for his green views after a judge ruled that environmentalism had the same weight in law as religious and philosophical beliefs.

In a landmark ruling, Mr Justice Michael Burton said that "a belief in man-made climate change ... is capable, if genuinely held, of being a philosophical belief for the purpose of the 2003 Religion and Belief Regulations".

The ruling could open the door for employees to sue their companies for failing to account for their green lifestyles, such as providing recycling facilities or offering low-carbon travel.


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Posted 06 November 2009 - 09:59 PM

LOL I do believe it should have the same weight in law as religion because it is.
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Posted 06 November 2009 - 11:09 PM

View PostCaesar, on 06 November 2009 - 03:59 PM, said:

LOL I do believe it should have the same weight in law as religion because it is.



i agree and expand to some who believe in science.
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 01:07 AM

View Postdanielost, on 06 November 2009 - 11:09 PM, said:

i agree and expand to some who believe in science.


Science is not a religion. Its facts.

Gee i wonder what made it possible to create, i don't know your fridge, microwave, computer, car, house, dishes, etc. etc. OH! I know now! Science!
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 02:32 AM

View PostPerdition, on 06 November 2009 - 07:07 PM, said:

Science is not a religion. Its facts.

Gee i wonder what made it possible to create, i don't know your fridge, microwave, computer, car, house, dishes, etc. etc. OH! I know now! Science!

the way some protect it it is a religion to them
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 02:42 AM

View Postdanielost, on 06 November 2009 - 07:32 PM, said:

the way some protect it it is a religion to them


No, no it is not. It may be an obsession a hobby or just an interest but science is not worshiped or prayed to, well unless your religious and sick then you pray to science but come on. Science is about truth, if science lies it will be discovered. I'm more worried about people that believe a left or right wing controlled media myself.

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Man is where man is because of man...

How could you not look? It was like a (well) orchestrated train wreck !

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Posted 07 November 2009 - 02:58 AM

Uh, Silver, I hate to break it to you, but science and global warming aren't really, um, related.
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 04:46 AM

View Postdanielost, on 07 November 2009 - 02:32 AM, said:

the way some protect it it is a religion to them


No. If you really understood science you would understand why it is important. Science is not a religion, it is a way of understanding life.

You cannot compare science and religion because one actually improves the world around us. Physics is the reason why we have beautiful architecture, why we have electronics, why airplanes work etc. Chemistry is the reason why we have our medicine, every single object that man kind has created. Biology for medical research and how you are able to live even though you are going to a heart transplant. THAT is why people get defensive about science. THAT is why science is funded by the government and not religion. THAT is why many students in college study sciences. To enhance society and to learn more of the universe.

Without science say bye bye to everything you ever owned, everything that makes your life easier.
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 04:39 PM

View PostPseudo Intellectual, on 06 November 2009 - 07:58 PM, said:

Uh, Silver, I hate to break it to you, but science and global warming aren't really, um, related.


How so? and you mean climate change right lol
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Posted 07 November 2009 - 04:41 PM

View PostPerdition, on 07 November 2009 - 01:07 AM, said:

Science is not a religion. Its facts.

Gee i wonder what made it possible to create, i don't know your fridge, microwave, computer, car, house, dishes, etc. etc. OH! I know now! Science!

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 02:02 AM

View PostThe Silver Thong, on 07 November 2009 - 04:39 PM, said:

How so? and you mean climate change right lol


Yes, they changed the name to "Climate Change" when it appeared that more and more people were coming to the realization that the planet was actually cooling, not warming.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 02:11 AM

Now finally! They say Atheism is a belief? After this I can apply for position of Roman Pope with Vatican, and sue them if they reject my application on religious grounds.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 02:48 AM

Atheism has two definitions:

1) The belief that no god exists.
2) The lack of belief in a god's existence.
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Posted 08 November 2009 - 03:16 AM

Science is not a religion. Its facts., can't believe this. >.<


Agonistic aren't atheists. They are two different things.

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I herd about Global warming, before I heard of Al gore.

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Posted 08 November 2009 - 03:24 PM

View PostRyinrea, on 08 November 2009 - 03:16 AM, said:

Science is not a religion. Its facts., can't believe this. >.<

will star trek is a religion, in it's own way, to some people.
and that's sci-fi.

so climate change can be made into a religion based on the fact that there are believers and disbelievers, and money can be made from it...
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