Re: Blasphemy Day

jojo wrote:
> % wrote:
>> jojo wrote:
>>> % wrote:
>>>> 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
>>>
>>> yeah, she is acting like a dictator with me, throwing me in the gulag 
>>> and telling others to guard the gate.
>>>
>> she has that option there's nothing in the faq's about liking someone
> 
> wrong is wrong.
> 
and we all get a turn at that