Rep. Steve King: Climate Change is Religion, Not Science

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This is weird for several loopy reasons. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is seemingly knocking religion with this statement, which is odd, especially for him. It's also literally climate science he's talking about being a religion. Seemingly, this would be the reverse of claiming that "intelligent design," which is religion, is actually science, which it's not. King though, is not the sharpest tool in the shed, and I would expect nothing less than for him to be confused by the difference between religion and science.

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Steve King: Belief In Climate Change Is A ‘Religion,’ ‘Not Science’

Despite the fact that 97 percent of scientists agree that climate change is real, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is insistent that it is “not science” and that environmentalists are missing the potential upsides. . .

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