People used to be required to believe in a guy who died pre-emptively for their sins 2000 years ago, or they would burn in hell forever.
Nowadays we are required to believe that unless we dismantle our whole way of life, there will be an apocalypse in which the world itself will burn.
There's maybe not a lot of difference. Both are redemptive religious beliefs, and no doubt the collective needs them. Given the choice, I'd probably stick with what we used to have. The most I hope for is to be able to gnaw at the edges of dogma and foster islands of sanity. Meanwhile, the planet will carry on as before, oblivious of our attempts to save her
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