Re: Blasphemy Day

Bob Casanova wrote:
> 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 “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.
>>
>>
>> nice. so are you a pious person?
>>
> Why do you ask? It wouldn't affect the accuracy of my
> comment either way.


i have no qualms with its accuracy. i am curious and want to know 
the kind of views believers and non-believers espouse.