XPost: alt.atheism, alt.agnosticism, talk.philosophy.humanism   
   XPost: sci.skeptic   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   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   
      
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