They call them peddlers of religion, and they do not mean that in a positive way, but rather are referring to people they believe are trying to push their own agenda of a
psuedo - religious toxic mix of some sort of religious something, politics, power, control, personal profit (think $ $ $) and efforts to feel good about ones self while at the same time
looking down on neighbors (condescension) rather than loving neighbors.
Judith you should have a
look at her stuff, Emile was there but I did nt have a chance to say hello (his work was cool as well) there was also a presentation on using perturbed physics GCMs (part of the paleo
psuedo proxy stuff) She was very very sharp.