Re: Blasphemy Day

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:59:04 +0000, the following appeared in
sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <[email protected]>:

>Bob Casanova wrote:
>> 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 “educates
>>>>>>> individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom
>>>>>>> of expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is
>>>>>>> criminalized in many countries”.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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".
>>>   
>
>
>i would regard religious people as fundamentally wrong, being on 
>the wrong side of history. being wrong also means it provides no 
>benefit to its adherents. they are choosing to become obsolete.
>
There was no need to confirm what I wrote; I already knew I
was correct.
>
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