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XPost: sci.skeptic
From: nospam@buzz.off
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. ;-)
>
--
Bob C.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science,
the one that heralds new discoveries, is not
'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
- Isaac Asimov
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