The Pope Takes On the Religion of Global Warming

From London's Daily Mail: "Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.

"The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters were nothing more than scare-mongering.

"The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement."

He went on to say that it is important to care for the environment, but not to place a higher value on plants and animals than mankind.

That point is particularly significant given the loony ideas suggested by global warming alarmists, such as heavily taxing children in order to reduce births and "save the planet."

It's a fascinating article.