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   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   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.   
   >   
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