Climate Science Is Based On Evidence, But Science Denial Is Based On Faith
By Collin Maessen on comment![Webcomic xkcd - Wikipedian protester](https://i0.wp.com/www.realskeptic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Webcomic_xkcd_-_Wikipedian_protester.png?resize=200%2C108&quality=85&strip=all&ssl=1)
“Wikipedian Protester” by XKCD
Anyone who wants to debate a science denier often needs a thick skin, especially concerning topics like global warming. They often hurl words like leftist, socialist, communist, fascist, sheeple, useful idiot, and worse at you. Though why a political ideology is used as an insult still is something that I don’t understand. At most you’ll get a slightly annoyed roll of the eyes from me when you label me as something that I’m not.
But the one that truly puzzles me is when I’m accused of having a religious like faith in science. Science isn’t a religion, certainly not when you accept the scientific consensus on anthropogenic global warming (AGW). To me it’s climate science denial that looks more like a faith position.