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   From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   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".   
   >   
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