Re: Blasphemy Day

On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 10:45:56 +0000, the following appeared in
sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <[email protected]>:

>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.
>
Isn't it, though?

Have a nice day, and try to expand beyond your parochialism
WRT the relevance of religion; the world isn't identical to
your social circle.
>
-- 

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