Protesting too much

Bully tactics could mean the global-warming lobby isn’t on to something | Joel Belz

Seems to me the global-warming folks just keep hurting their own cause, and weakening their own argument, with two silly tactical mistakes.

The first is that they exaggerate their evidence. The second is that they bully their opponents. Both tend to be signals that they aren't as sure of themselves as they'd like you to think they are.

You've watched other people do this same sort of thing. You've listened to people argue for the theory of evolution with the same kind of false gusto, acting as if they have museums full of missing links and heaping scorn on anyone who doesn't join their choir.

But we should be honest and point out that it's not just liberals who do this sort of thing. I've watched Bible-believing Christians pretend loudly that they have all sorts of detailed evidence for exactly how the end times are going to unfold—and then seen them dismiss their fellow believers as pagans when they don't buy into their theories. Sadly, their behavior weakens their case even for what is true.