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   % 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 :   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 08:00:25 +0000, the following   
   >>>>>>>>> appeared in   
   >>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun :   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 02:06:06 +0000, the following   
   >>>>>>>>>>> appeared in   
   >>>>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun :   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:59:04 +0000, the following   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun :   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:08:20 -0700, the following   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> appeared   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in sci.skeptic, posted by Don_from_AZ   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> shogun  writes:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:16:28 +0000, the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following appeared in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by sora :   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.   
      
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