Whenever you adopt science as your religion, you should be prepared to deal with the atheists, agnostics, and general skeptics with grace, civility, and respect. Those who fail to do this do not deserve the honorable title of scientist.
The world is full of plenty of things to believe and plenty to doubt, and a real scientist withholds judgement on both sides, knowing that the jury is always out in the face of new evidence.
Scientists who have signed up to turn climate change science into climate change dogma by ridiculing or ostracizing any nay-sayers are giving all true scientists a black eye. Science is about open and honest inquiry. Leave the political jockeying to lesser minds.
© 2009 Scott Wiersdorf