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   % wrote:   
   > jojo wrote:   
   >> % wrote:   
   >>> jojo wrote:   
   >>>> % wrote:   
   >>>>> jojo 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.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Dawn   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> dawn, dont be rude!!! also, i have a penis.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> where did you get it , by the train tracks   
   >>>>   
   >>>> i got it because my cells differentiated because i have a y   
   >>>> chromosome.. aaa capiche?   
   >>>>   
   >>> that's no reason   
   >>   
   >> that is all the reason and the only reason.   
   >>   
   > sorry , you have to post a pic with it beside your face   
      
   lol i am not posting it here or anywhere! now that i think about   
   it, i have never taken its pic...   
      
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