A Fiery Scylla Or A Frozen Charybdis

Modern Science, in all its worshipful glory, likes to think that Boorish Religion is spoiling the world. Modern Science (a brief pause here for reverential humming) also likes to think that the World is speeding toward a global warming-induced purgatory. But, if the World is going to end in a blaze of glory, how is Boorish Religion the culprit? Boorish Religion has done some dastardly deeds, but it can't be indicted for The Iceberg-Melting, New-York-City-Drowning, Rita-And-Katrina-Causing, El-Nino-Forming Apocalypse. Or, to put it another way, those tree-hugging Druids committed some real doozies, but producing carbon gases wasn't one of them. So which is it? If Boorish Religion will be the end of us, please stop preaching about the greenhouse gases bit. If we are all going like polluting moths to the atmospheric flame, get off the back of Boorish Religion--it makes plenty of mistakes all its own, you know. Modern Science has a lot of good work to do (such as improving the pasteurization process for keeping draft beer fresher longer, to cite one example). So stop giving Boorish Religion the cold shoulder (oops!). There's more important stuff afoot.