Re: Blasphemy Day

% <[email protected]> Thu, 13 Mar 2025 16:38:17 -0700
Newsgroups alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic
Message-ID <[email protected]>
jojo wrote:
> % wrote:
>> jojo wrote:
>>> % wrote:
>>>> jojo wrote:
>>>>> Dawn Flood wrote:
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> dawn, dont be rude!!! also, i have a penis.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> where did you get it , by the train tracks
>>>
>>> i got it because my cells differentiated because i have a y 
>>> chromosome.. aaa capiche?
>>>
>> that's no reason
> 
> that is all the reason and the only reason.
> 
sorry , you have to post a pic with it beside your face