Re: Blasphemy Day

On 10/4/2024 11:10 AM, Bob Casanova wrote:
> 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.
>>

Hey Bob,

Heads up about Jojo -- Mom needs to take his (her?) Internet away, and 
until that happens, discretion is advised.

Dawn