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   jojo to Bob Casanova   
   Re: Blasphemy Day   
   14 Mar 25 06:39:29   
   
   XPost: alt.atheism, talk.atheism, alt.agnosticism   
   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Bob Casanova wrote:   
   > On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:05:02 -0500, the following appeared   
   > in sci.skeptic, posted by Dawn Flood   
   > :   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >>   
   > No worries; flakes are always among us. I was inoculated   
   > long ago. ;-)   
      
      
   oh were you, BOOOOBBB?? why dont you and dawn marry each other?   
   just two nice innoculated people.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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