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   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: nospam@buzz.off   
      
   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.   
   >   
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   Bob C.   
      
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    the one that heralds new discoveries, is not   
    'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"   
      
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