Re: Blasphemy Day
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:46:12 -0700
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On Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:08:20 -0700, the following appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by Don_from_AZ <[email protected]>: >shogun <[email protected]> writes: > >> Bob Casanova wrote: >>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:16:28 +0000, the following appeared in >>> sci.skeptic, posted by sora <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> David Dalton wrote: >>>>> Sept. 30 is Blasphemy Day, which from Wikipedia Âeducates >>>>> individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom >>>>> of expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is >>>>> criminalized in many countriesÂ. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> religion from 2k or 1k or 200 or even 50 years ago is no longer >>>> relevant. >>>> >>> Relevant to what? >> >> >> relevant to helping people navigate life in 2020s and post. >> >It's relevant if you live anywhere in the Islamic controlled world, and >many other places as well. > Yep. The answer to which you replied is hopelessly parochial; "it's irrelevant to my immediate social circle, therefore it's irrelevant for everyone and everywhere". > -- Bob C. "The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" - Isaac Asimov