It's a sacred cow for normies, but it's so fucking laughably indefensible. The only reason that the scam has gone on to the extent that it has is literally censorship.
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It's straight up pagan fear mongering. Believe there is a God called The Planet and we have sinned and must make up for it by doing what the overlords say. It's actually the narcissist's playbook to a tee. Gaslight and emotionally blackmail people into doing what you want them to do.