Since %26quot;Global Warming%26quot; has to be %26quot;Believed%26quot;, why is it hard to see people are going to have different views? Global warming has to be believed as no one knows if it will be warmer or colder in the future.

So if it is a belief system based in science, why are the believers so hateful of those who don%26#039;t believe as much as they do?

Since it%26#039;s a belief, isn%26#039;t there room for all levels of beliefs?
The consensus was quantified in a Science study by Prof. Naomi Oreskes (Dec. 2004) in which she surveyed 928 scientific journal articles that matched the search [global climate change] at the ISI Web of Science. Of these, according to Oreskes, 75% agreed with the consensus view (either implicitly or explicitly), 25% took no stand one way or the other, and none rejected the consensus

A very small percentage of people don%26#039;t understand that the earth is warming. Most of them either haven%26#039;t looked up the data, or they are incapable of understanding it.

Yes, there is room for those people. For example, about the same percentage of people don%26#039;t believe in the Apollo lunar landing either:

%26quot;A 1999 poll by the The Gallup Organization found that 89 percent of the US public believed the landing was genuine, while 6 percent did not...%26quot;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Moon...

They are all brainwashed sheep. If I could afford a multi-billion dollar campaign to convince people the earth was flat, I could get a lot of people to believe it too, but there would be the few who can think logically and for themselves, who would call me out on it.

And littlero.. what does physics have to do with global warming?

I%26#039;ve never imagine anyone could base their ideology behind (%26quot;What If%26quot;) scenario%26#039;s,... %26quot; computer generated at that%26quot;. Plausible cause and effects should be accepted on this type of subject. It just keeps getting blown out of proportion into a realm that has no dimensional boundaries. Now I understand what they mean by artificial intelligence (AI).

%26quot;Global warming has to be believed as no one knows if it will be warmer or colder in the future. %26quot;

LOL. Yes, it%26#039;s a theory, but that doesn%26#039;t mean all alternative theories are equally legitimate

Whats funny is that many of the people how believe in global warming are atheists.

I know its real and its happening but I very seriously doubt its going to end in some dooms day event.

%26#039;i believe the laws of physics to be a fairly accurate representation of the real world.%26#039;

People get very passionate about their religion.

hear hear, i put my opinion across and get a load of abuse for it as if i%26#039;m some kind of evil freak

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  Because those silly believers don%26#039;t consider it a belief, they consider it a fact. Thats scientists for you, never want to consider the opposing view!