The Church of Our Lady of Climate Change

William F. Buckley's column on RealClearPolitics today had some interesting things to say. Reverend Gore has certainly been preaching some good ol' fashioned religion lately, and people are falling all over themselves to find room in the pews. Here's one particular quote:

The whole business [of climate change] is eerily religious in feel. Back in the 15th century, the question was: Do you believe in Christ? It was required in Spain by the Inquisition that the answer should be affirmative, leaving to one side subsidiary specifications.

It is required today to believe that carbon-dioxide emissions threaten the basic ecological balance. The assumption then is that inasmuch as a large proportion of the damage is man-made, man-made solutions are necessary.

Regardless of where you stand on the issue, there certainly exists enough other reasons for us to look for alternative sources of energy. And quite frankly, I'm getting sick of reading the "competing" stories/spin doctors regarding this whole debate. I wish that both sides of this (now) political issue would keep in mind that climate change is science-- and people should be able to question current theory (yes, theory-- we don't have reliable temperature stats going back far enough to to cement things as fact, folks) without being marginalized or dismissed.