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   % wrote:   
   > jojo wrote:   
   >> % wrote:   
   >>> jojo wrote:   
   >>>> % wrote:   
   >>>>> jojo wrote:   
   >>>>>> Xx/v]andrak|≡xX wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Dawn Flood wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> I don't think a ban is necessary.  He is fixed in his   
   >>>>>>> atheism. Utter sacrilege and blasphemy.   Blasphemy is a   
   >>>>>>> victimless crime.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> i dont understand why dawn insists on oppressing me!!   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> because you're a mouthy little dick face   
   >>>>   
   >>>> you dont think she is being totally unfair to me? i will go   
   >>>> mad without net.   
   >>>>   
   >>> she doesn't support your theories and it's her right not too ,   
   >>> she don't think much of me either but she doesn't ,   
   >>> say the things to me she says to you   
   >>   
   >> yeah, she is acting like a dictator with me, throwing me in the   
   >> gulag and telling others to guard the gate.   
   >>   
   > she has that option there's nothing in the faq's about liking   
   > someone   
      
   wrong is wrong.   
      
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