Re: Blasphemy Day

% <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:57:44 -0700
Newsgroups alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic
Message-ID <[email protected]>
jojo wrote:
> % wrote:
>> jojo wrote:
>>> 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!!
>>>
>> because you're a mouthy little dick face
> 
> you dont think she is being totally unfair to me? i will go mad without 
> net.
> 
she doesn't support your theories and it's her right not too ,
she don't think much of me either but she doesn't ,
say the things to me she says to you