Re: Blasphemy Day

On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 08:00:25 +0000, the following appeared in
sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <[email protected]>:

>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.
>
Hopefully, both "espouse" the same reality, the facts of
which are not subject to belief or disbelief.
>
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Bob C.

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 the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"

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