Re: Blasphemy Day

Bob Casanova wrote:
> 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.


that's a nice dream.