SCIENCE AND RELIGION: ... ... {SCIENCE}: EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TONS OF EVIDENCE DOUBT WHAT YOU SEE: ... ... {RELIGION}: EVEN WITHOUT A SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE: ... ... IF CLIMATE SCIENCE IS SCIENCE THEN CHALLENGING CLIMATE SCIENCE IS ALSO SCIENCE, A GOOD AND DESIREABLE THING BECAUSE THAT IS HOW SCIENCE ADVANCES. BUT IF CLIMATE SCIENCE IS RELIGION THEN CHALLENGING CLIMATE SCIENCE IS A BAD THING AND THE CHALLENGERS ARE HERETICAL CLIMATE DENIERS. ... ... YET WHAT WE SEE IN CLIMATE SCIENCE IS A CLOSE LINK AND SUPPORTIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN CLIMATE SCIENCE AND RELIGION. ... ... THE LAUDATO SI PRESENTS A SEMINAL INTEGRATION OF RELIGION AND CLIMATE CHANGE THE STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM BEING THAT HUMANITY IS NOT ALLOWED TO QUESTION OR CHALLENGE ANY OF THEIR CLAIMS AND HYPOTHESES. IN THIS SEMINAL INTEGRATION THE ENCYCLICAL ACCEPTS, AND PROMOTES AND DEMANDS BELIEF FROM THE RELIGIOUS SUCH THAT YOUR RELIGION IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE CLIMATE CONNECTION. ... ... THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN RELIGION SCIENCE AND CLIMATE SCIENCE HAS EXTENDED BEYOND LAUDATO SI. YALE SCHOLAR MARY TUCKER AND HAS EXTENDED HER RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES TO CLIMATE ACTION FOR THE WORLD TO CONFRONT CLIMATE CHANGE SAYING THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE HEALTHY PEOPLE ON A SICK PLANET. 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS HAVE JOINED IN AS THE RELIGION MOVEMENT FOR CLIMATE ACTION SAYING THAT THE ENCYCLICAL STANDS ON MILLENIA OF CATHOLIC TEACHINGS THAT BEGINS WITH GENESIS MEANING THAT CLIMATE SCIENCE HAS NOW BEEN INTEGRATED WITH GENESIS AND THAT MEANS THAT CLIMATE ACTIVISM WITH THINGS LIKE DROUGHTS, WILDFIRES, AND HURRICANES IS NOW AN EXTENSION OF GENESIS BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER A DISTANT THREAT BECAUSE THEY ARE HERE AND NOW AND POOR COUNTRIES ARE HURTING THE MOST AND THAT MAKES IT THE DUTY OF EVERY ONE WHO BELIEVES TO JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE. THE LAUDATO SI HAS CONVINCED MANY DENIERS THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS A GRAVE CONCERN. AND SO WHAT WE SEE NOW IN RELIGION IS THAT IT INCLUDES AND MANDATES A GLOBAL CATHOLIC CLIMATE MOVEMENT. ... ... ... AND YET, ALL THIS IS BEING PRESENTED IN THE CONTEXT STATED AT THE TOP OF THIS POST WHICH IS ... ... {SCIENCE}: EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE TONS OF EVIDENCE DOUBT WHAT YOU SEE: ... ... {RELIGION}: EVEN WITHOUT A SINGLE PIECE OF EVIDENCE BELIEVE IN WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE: ... ... BOTTOM LINE ... ... IF CLIMATE SCIENCE IS SCIENCE THEN CHALLENGING CLIMATE SCIENCE IS ALSO SCIENCE, A GOOD AND DESIREABLE THING BECAUSE THAT IS HOW SCIENCE ADVANCES. BUT IF CLIMATE SCIENCE IS RELIGION THEN CHALLENGING CLIMATE SCIENCE IS A BAD THING AND THE CHALLENGERS ARE HERETICAL CLIMATE DENIERS. ... ...