Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 2025-05-29 09:36, Paul S Person wrote:

On Wed, 28 May 2025 16:21:14 -0600, lar3ryca <larry@invalid.ca> wrote:
 

On 2025-05-27 10:13, Paul S Person wrote:

On Mon, 26 May 2025 10:54:47 -0700, Bobbie Sellers
<bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
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On 5/26/25 08:37, Paul S Person wrote:

 <here, I will try some snipping -- the reference was to a list of
religions that /do/ admit to being religions>
 

And you somehow left out: atheist, anti-religious bigotry, secular
humanism, and any other religion that denies its own nature.

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I strongly disagree that atheism, for example, is a religion, ...

Feel free to disagree.

I do.

Freedom of religion is guaranteed to all in the USA.
Not in the USA? Check your local laws.

The laws of Canada guarantee freedom of religion, but that did not stop me from getting severe corporal punishment because I refused to participate in the morning 'service', consisting of a bible reading and a bowing of the head while the teacher recited the lord's prayer.
Full details can be supplied on request, should you so desire.

Note that many of these admit to being philosophies or even
ideologies. But when those function as a "Myth-OS", they act as a
religion.

Nor is it a philosophy.

Ah, so you don't believe that atheists are friends of wisdom.
("Philosophy" is "friend (or lover) of wisdom").

That's the origin of the word. MY philosophy seeks truth, but there are very many things I won't consider to be part of it. One happens to be the claims, throughout recorded history, that there are gods.

But of course it is a philosophy. Theology was originally part of
philosophy, and "God doesn't exist" is a clearly theological
statement.

Clear to whom? Clearly it's clear to you, because without a shred of proof, or even a glimmer of a rationale, you choose to have faith in your belief.

I don't believe that the world is being run by an intelligent giant
purple octopus either, and you would be hard put to describe that as
either a religion or a philosophy.

 Nobody claims that it is. That's the problem with adopting a negative
proposition as the basis of life.

It's not a problem for me. Sure, nobody claims that said octopus exists, but there are literally a near infinite number of things I don't believe exist, and whether or not others claim they do, is of no consequence to me.
Feel free to tell me atheism is a religion. You'll be wrong, but I really don't care.
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The greatest tragedy in mankind’s entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion.
— Arthur C. Clarke