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National Day of Reason
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David Dalton
2024-05-02 03:08:36 UTC
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From a Google margin box (from Wikipedia?):

The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.

Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
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find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)
Dawn Flood
2024-05-02 10:44:34 UTC
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Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
I signed the FFRF petition. Give it another century, especially, after
people are arguing over whether the State of Florida should be regarded
as being part of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.

Dawn
Mitchell Holman
2024-05-02 12:53:12 UTC
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Post by Dawn Flood
Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
I signed the FFRF petition. Give it another century, especially, after
people are arguing over whether the State of Florida should be regarded
as being part of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
The bigger question is whether it is
part of 12th or 14th century.




Florida school district pulls dictionaries
and encyclopedias as part of "inappropriate"
content review
January 12, 2024

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-district-pulls-dictionaries-
and-encyclopedias-as-part-of-sexual-or-inappropriate-content-review/
Dawn Flood
2024-05-03 05:02:18 UTC
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Post by Mitchell Holman
Post by Dawn Flood
Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
I signed the FFRF petition. Give it another century, especially, after
people are arguing over whether the State of Florida should be regarded
as being part of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
The bigger question is whether it is
part of 12th or 14th century.
Florida school district pulls dictionaries
and encyclopedias as part of "inappropriate"
content review
January 12, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-district-pulls-dictionaries-
and-encyclopedias-as-part-of-sexual-or-inappropriate-content-review/
Let's see them pull "the Internet".

Dawn
Kerr-Mudd, John
2024-05-03 09:09:48 UTC
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On Fri, 3 May 2024 00:02:18 -0500
Post by Dawn Flood
Post by Mitchell Holman
Post by Dawn Flood
Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
I signed the FFRF petition. Give it another century, especially, after
people are arguing over whether the State of Florida should be regarded
as being part of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
The bigger question is whether it is
part of 12th or 14th century.
Florida school district pulls dictionaries
and encyclopedias as part of "inappropriate"
content review
January 12, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-district-pulls-dictionaries-
and-encyclopedias-as-part-of-sexual-or-inappropriate-content-review/
Let's see them pull "the Internet".
It's easy, ask the government in China.
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Bah, and indeed Humbug.
Dawn Flood
2024-05-03 20:05:36 UTC
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Post by Kerr-Mudd, John
On Fri, 3 May 2024 00:02:18 -0500
Post by Dawn Flood
Post by Mitchell Holman
Post by Dawn Flood
Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
I signed the FFRF petition. Give it another century, especially, after
people are arguing over whether the State of Florida should be regarded
as being part of the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.
The bigger question is whether it is
part of 12th or 14th century.
Florida school district pulls dictionaries
and encyclopedias as part of "inappropriate"
content review
January 12, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/florida-school-district-pulls-dictionaries-
and-encyclopedias-as-part-of-sexual-or-inappropriate-content-review/
Let's see them pull "the Internet".
It's easy, ask the government in China.
The Great Firewall leaks worse than a sieve. Here's one answer:

https://www.torproject.org/

After the Catholic Church's persecution of Galileo Galilei, the
Renaissance moved north, eventually leaving Italy. States like Florida
can ban whatever they want to ban, but enterprising young people can
always go online and read whatever they want. For instance, the New
York Public Library is offering a free digital library to any student in
the United States:

https://www.bklynlibrary.org/books-unbanned

Dawn
lef
2024-05-02 19:57:17 UTC
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Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
can materialists celebrate on this day
Borax Man
2024-05-11 11:23:33 UTC
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On Thu, 02 May 2024 00:38:36 -0230
Post by David Dalton
The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists,
atheists, secularists, and freethinkers. The day is celebrated
annually on the first Thursday in May, in response to the statutory
observance of a National Day of Prayer in the United States,
which many atheist and secular groups deem unconstitutional.
Date:Thursday, May 2, 2024
--
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
“Mary walks down to the water’s edge and there she hangs Her head to
find herself faded a shadow of what she once was" (Sarah McLachlan)
People who use "reason" can be as bad as religious fundamentalists.
"Reason" leads to evil, when based on false assumptions, or hubris.

We need to account for that which isn't quantified, that which is
qualitative, unknown. Leading by reason leads men astray as they
are led to believe that data is everything and means everything.
This results in a technocracy.

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