Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Bob Casanova Newsgroups: alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic Subject: Re: Blasphemy Day Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 21:32:01 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 103 Message-ID: References: <2cf4512a-8be6-647f-8a7f-a2b3d81d7bc8@ashikaga.tokugawa> <57306913-713b-8fce-0173-9ed296c730f7@ashikaga.tokugawa> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 05:32:02 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="68e0239789241aaf30156f7136522083"; logging-data="672453"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/XKxGkJI/6rMSAUkF0KSxwGJh0y1hOjL8=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.20.32.1218 Cancel-Lock: sha1:84suzJ4PBCUMxVvkp3Ip3Znmi2o= Xref: csiph.com alt.atheism:3436338 talk.atheism:103119 alt.agnosticism:78394 talk.philosophy.humanism:1943 sci.skeptic:113182 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