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   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.   
      
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