But part of his problem is his administration s failure to confront the agenda of the radical environmental lobby with one voice in a principled way. He should start with the centerpiece of the environmental activist groups, the precautionary principle. In other words, all new innovations are guilty until proven innocent. The spirit of the Kyoto Treaty, which Bush has said is fine , is soaked with this principle. The premise is flawed, and we should say so.
Radical environmentalism is a religion.
Unfortunately, this version of paganism has been mainstreamed, even among some Christian denominations. Most environmental activist groups are now Deep Ecology sympathizers, believing that the human species is simply one of many, not ordained by God, consciousness, or intellect to a privileged status on earth. Fighting radical environmentalism and its flawed science on purely scientific and economic terms is not enough. Bad policy based on bad philosophy must be countered in philosophical terms, head on. C. S. Lewis C. S. Lewis, 1898-1963, has been an indispensable companion on my spiritual journey these past 25 years.