Re: Blasphemy Day
Bob Casanova <[email protected]> Wed, 02 Oct 2024 20:38:32 -0700
| Newsgroups | alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic |
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On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 02:06:06 +0000, the following appeared in sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <[email protected]>: >Bob Casanova wrote: >> 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 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". >>>>> >>> >>> >>> 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. > > >nice. so are you a pious person? > Why do you ask? It wouldn't affect the accuracy of my comment either way. > -- 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