Which of these two perils poses the greatest risk for humanity - fundamentalism or climate change?

Question

I asked a similar question earlier, and for some reason mostly got answers saying "satan".

I'm genuinely curious on what people think about this.

Both have potential to impact on all of us, and to a degree already have done.

One of the scariest things I think, is the potential for religious fundamentalism from both christians and muslims to interfere with the world uniting as it needs to for the sake of dealing with the climate change issue.

What are your thoughts?

Which poses the greater threat to humanity from these two issues (please, no "satan" answers this time, that's an answer to a completely different question.)?

Will one problem prevent us from dealing properly with the other?

Or will we rise to the challenge of both issues and put them behind us within a lifetime?

Answer 1

Climate change, not to say climate change will destroy all life, but it will affect nearly every human in some way and no one knows how exactly different areas will be affected.

Fundamentalist affect only the places people allow them to affect, so their affect will be much more minimal.

If New Zealand ( just an example) denounces fundamentalists of all forms while the rest of the world succumbs to them then New Zealand will become a safe haven by choice. However if New Zealand goes completely green their efforts won't matter if the rest of the world doesn't follow suit and the climate of New Zealand will still be affected.

Answer 2

Neither of them is threatening imminent doom.

Christian fundamentalism is bad in this country as in enforces the AIPAC's stranglehold on the US Congress and makes us an ineffective, biased mediator for Middle East peace. Extremist Islam is much less of a threat. The bigger threat there is non-Muslims not knowing anything about Islam or Muslims and not wanting to know, only desiring to spread their view of how innately evil Muslims and Arabs are. This draws a huge following and backlash and overreaction--much like the Iraq invasion recently. A little education can go a long way.

As for global warming, I'm not totally convinced there is as big a problem as people say. We've only been collecting climate data for a short time and the trend could span hundreds or thousands of years when we're sitting here thinking the trend is 10 or 50 years. Maybe we can't see the forest for the trees and are getting all hung up and worked up over a blip in the overall trend. I do support an effort to reduce pollution and crack down on big corporations and big polluters because environmental estrogens and pesticides have proven harmful for human health and development. Energy efficiency-I'm all for it.

Answer 3

Fundamentalism is the biggest threat by far. It much more immediate, and less under our control. Fundamentalism is where the unknowable is made into the irrefutable. Fundamentalism always wants to REDUCE human freedom.
Climate change is a big threat, but we are working on it. Look at all the 'GREEN' emphasis on this website for example.
Oddly enough, the thing which will conquer global warming is the same thing that could fix fundamentalism, if it were allowed: EDUCATION.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Curious that the U.S. is one of the few countries where people still think climate change is a scare tactic. The fundamentalist mindset and the inclination to presume reality works exactly the way one wants it to and why we're on the fast track to climate change.

Rising ocean levels and pressure on food supplies are the ways that climate change will create massive and fatal havoc in our lives. Well, that and more Katrina-size storms. But it's the unwillingness to look at what is actually happening that will make it that much more deadly.

Answer 6

I think the fundamentalists will head us down the nuke path before climate change affects us greatly. The jury is definitely still out as to mans' role in global warming. That global warming is happening is certain. The degree to which man is responsible or "helping it along" is far from a consensus. The earth has gone through warming and cooling cycles repeatedly. We happen to be in a warming cycle.Considering that one volcanic eruption puts more greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere than man has since he walked the earth makes me reserve judgment on man CAUSING global warming. Pollution and dependence on fossil fuels is another matter entirely. I see you post a lot about global warming, I just wanted to give an alternate view

Answer 7

I think Bill Clinton's blowie caused terrorism... He should have hanged for that. The Climate isn't changing, and the Fundamentalists are going to bring this country back to what it should be...

Now, if you'll all excuse me I need to change my boxers- I just laughed so hard at my own blatant stupidity I appear to have had an accident...

Answer 8

Fundamentalist Atheism.

Global warming? Where is that at? Didn't we have freak snowstorms this last Memorial Day weekend around the world? When will you look at the evidence of something so simple as the daily weather reports. Oh wait. I didn't get those from a science book in the 6th grade or hear them from Al Gore (shriek) (insert dramatic scary music here) so they must be a lie.

Answer 9

Secular Humanism and you push their campaign very well. The earlier answers that you got were accurate. Your thoughts are the thoughts of Satan. You are trying to destroy the world and you want us to stand down and let you.

It Is Written - "He that is in me is greater than he that is in you."
The Lord will stop you. You will lose.

Answer 10

I think the Ignorance that exists in both of them is the REAL peril!