And, so does the conception of evolution, that seeks to explain the origins of life on this planet.
The hype of "climate change" has the hallmarks of a cult. The science has gotten corrupted by politics and money, but that doesn't make it a religion.
Evolution seems to be a diffent question than origins, and the age of the Earth a different question than biology.
The crux seems to be whether, within the realm of Christianity, it's blasphemy to consider them separately, or to speak of them in contradiction to the literal account of creation in Genesis.
Beyond that, the question seems to be whether science becomes a religion if it commits that blasphemy.
Oh, now. "Climate change" has sin. "Climate change" has redemption. "Climate change" even has an apocalypse.
Evolution seems to be a diffent question than origins, and the age of the Earth a different question than biology.
Tell that to the Primordial Soup-Nazis, who promulgate the notion that all life originated in pond scum, zapped to life by lightning or some such.
As far as the concept of "deep time," necessitated by the truly astounding lengths of time posited, for life to have arisen from nothing and self-organized into the sentient beings posting on this FR Religion Forum today, it was originally conceptualized by an atheist, James Hutton. As it would have to have been. Christians in the late 18th century accepted a catastrophic, global flood and a six-day Creation.