Environmentalism as Religion Run Amok
1) After reading the article, I immediately think Crichton is correct. He has a point with the whole ‘leave Religion out of it’ statement. People do not need faith to make the Earth a better place to live; they need to actually do something.
2) Crichton’s tone clearly is on the offensive, trying to persuade the reader to take some action and not just believe in ‘Someone’ to magically do it for them.
3) I believe that his main claim was “…our straggle to determine what is valid is the need to decide which of our perceptions are genuine and which are false.” He goes on explaining that we as people of this Earth should become smarter and recognize the correct way to think.
4) He uses factual information from reliable sources, which he does not cite, to support his claim throughout the paper.
5) He refers to his sources as “…the most prestigious science journals currently in print”. He should have included the sources so they could be verified.
6) I believe it to be strong. My reason for thinking in that way: he has certainly convinced me.