{"id":49973,"date":"2023-11-17T19:04:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=49973"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:29:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:29:00","slug":"the-big-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/the-big-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Big Lie","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2026the apocalyptic language surrounding the climate <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nhas done a deep disservice to humanity. <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nIt has led to incredibly wasteful and ineffectual spending. <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nThe psychological costs have also been immense. <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nMany people, particularly younger ones, <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nlive in fear that the end is nigh, <\/strong><\/span>
\r\ntoo often leading to debilitating depression <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nabout the future. <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nA look at the facts would demolish <\/strong><\/span>
\r\nthose apocalyptic anxieties.<\/strong> <\/span>
\r\n\u2014Steve Forbes, Forbes<\/a> magazine, July 14, 2023<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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ONE<\/strong> of the more curious “now words” which came to me some eight years ago became the title of a reflection: Climate Change and the Great Delusion<\/a>. <\/em>The title is somewhat self-explanatory: the narrative that man is causing catastrophic climate change will become part of greater deception, what St. Paul calls a “strong delusion” or “deceiving power” that will ultimately sift the weeds from the wheat.[1]<\/sup><\/a>2 Thess 2:11<\/span><\/span>