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On Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:05:02 -0500, the following appeared
in sci.skeptic, posted by Dawn Flood
<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 <f00@0f0.00f>:
>> 
>>> Bob Casanova wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 08:00:25 +0000, the following appeared in
>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <f00@0f0.00f>:
>>>>
>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 02:06:06 +0000, the following appeared in
>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <f00@0f0.00f>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 16:59:04 +0000, the following appeared in
>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by shogun <f00@0f0.00f>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:08:20 -0700, the following appeared
>>>>>>>>>> in sci.skeptic, posted by Don_from_AZ
>>>>>>>>>> <djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid>:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> shogun <f00@0f0.00f> writes:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob Casanova wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:16:28 +0000, the following appeared in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> sci.skeptic, posted by sora <f00@0f0.00f>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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Re: Blasphemy Day Dawn Flood <Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 17:05 -0500
  Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-13 22:58 +0000
    Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 16:10 -0700
      Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-13 23:23 +0000
        Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 16:24 -0700
          Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-13 23:30 +0000
            Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 16:38 -0700
              Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-13 23:49 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 17:30 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day Xx/v]andrak|≡xX <xmfuller@t.query.com> - 2025-03-13 20:57 -0500
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 02:17 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 19:24 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 02:39 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-13 19:47 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 03:05 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 10:21 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 22:55 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 16:07 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 23:18 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 17:00 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day Xx/v]andrak|≡xX <xmfuller@t.query.com> - 2025-03-14 02:06 -0500
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 10:23 -0700
  Re: Blasphemy Day Xx/v]andrak|≡xX <xmfuller@t.query.com> - 2025-03-13 20:55 -0500
    Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 08:49 +0000
      Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 10:24 -0700
        Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 22:53 +0000
          Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 15:57 -0700
            Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 23:15 +0000
              Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 16:59 -0700
                Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-15 00:19 +0000
                Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 17:26 -0700
  Re: Blasphemy Day Bob Casanova <nospam@buzz.off> - 2025-03-13 21:32 -0700
    Re: Blasphemy Day jojo <f00@0f0.00f> - 2025-03-14 06:39 +0000
    Re: Blasphemy Day % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-03-14 10:30 -0700

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