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    From David Dalton@dalton@nfld.com to alt.atheism, talk.atheism, alt.agnosticism, talk.philosophy.humanism, sci.skeptic on Tue Sep 29 19:24:08 2026
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    September 30 is Blasphemy Day.

    From Wikipedia:

    Blasphemy Day, also known as International Blasphemy Day
    or International Blasphemy Rights Day, educates individuals
    and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of
    expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is
    criminalized in many countries.
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  • From Chris Abraham@chris@gerriscorp.com to alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic on Tue Sep 29 17:58:48 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.atheism

    On Tue, 29 Sep 2026, David Dalton wrote:
    Blasphemy Day, also known as International Blasphemy Day
    or International Blasphemy Rights Day, educates individuals
    and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of
    expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is
    criminalized in many countries.

    What about humantic blasphemy laws, currently called "hate speech" as I
    hope blasphemy isn't just anti-Christian or anti-Religion, but also
    addresses the Purity and Heresy tests of humanism, which is the current
    issue facing the West.
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  • From jojo@f00@0f0.00f to alt.atheism,talk.atheism,alt.agnosticism,talk.philosophy.humanism,sci.skeptic on Wed Sep 30 20:00:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: alt.atheism

    Chris Abraham wrote:
    On Tue, 29 Sep 2026, David Dalton wrote:
    Blasphemy Day, also known as International Blasphemy Day
    or International Blasphemy Rights Day, educates individuals
    and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of
    expression, especially the open criticism of religion which is
    criminalized in many countries.

    What about humantic blasphemy laws, currently called "hate
    speech" as I hope blasphemy isn't just anti-Christian or
    anti-Religion, but also addresses the Purity and Heresy tests of
    humanism, which is the current issue facing the West.

    racism is very much a given in non western cultures, but doesnt
    get highlighted enough. not something to aspire to.

    the difference between blasphemy and humanism is that for
    religion, the target of ridicule doesnt actually exist as such,
    whereas humans do.

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