Re: Blasphemy Day

Xx/v]andrak|≡xX 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.
> 
> I don't think a ban is necessary.  He is fixed in his atheism.  
> Utter sacrilege and blasphemy.   Blasphemy is a victimless crime.


i dont understand why dawn insists on oppressing me!!