text: Smog is an analogy. Smog is created by humans, and it makes the air hazardous to breathe. Global warming is created by humans, and it creates conditions that over time will make the planet increasingly uninhabitable. Oh well, the fire next time.
  
  Climate change is not a belief system (like religion) but a scientific consensus driven by evidence.
  
  Meanwhile you've evaded my question completely: Since you've not read the encyclical, on what basis do you accuse the Vicar of Christ of accusing God of not knowing what he's doing?
  
  If you bothered to actually read Laudato Si', you'd discover that like any rational person Pope Francis accepts the science on climate change and exhorts everyone, but especially Christians who believe the earth and the life it sustains is a gift from God, to become responsible stewards.
  
  Your comments seem inspired more by political ideology than even a basic acquaintance with the facts.