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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Good Friday & WAAD lead me to think on autistic suffering |
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Posted: 02 Apr 2021, 5:33 pm
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| I have been spending a lot of my time writing in recent months on vaccines so have not spent as much on autism, but Good Friday made me think about how we suffer differently and how misguided "awareness" can actually increase out suffering rather than alleviate it. I go more in depth on my... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Don't Mourn for Us" Original Citation |
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Posted: 21 Jun 2020, 10:25 am
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| Hey, I want to cite Jim Sinclair's, famous "Don't Mourn for Us" article in a book I'm writing. I can find various versions online, but I can't find the original "Our Voice, Volume 1, Number 3, 1993" that all point back to and the publisher wants the original. Has someone uploaded... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 14 Jun 2020, 7:48 am
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| No matter the church, and I have been to several, whether Unitarian Universalist, Episcopalian or Roman Catholic, there is always a middle-aged to elderly woman that keeps an eye out for the newcomer and talks to him, asks questions and encourages him to keep attending. This figure may even be more... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: word association game |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 7:44 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Zodiac Killers |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 7:43 pm
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| Because, according to This Snopes Article, the story is ... https://www.snopes.com/tachyon/2018/03/rating-false.png False. On 20 April 2015 the web site Instant Checkmate published a blog post claiming that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had released a ranking that correlated the likelih... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 7:40 pm
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| Church & the Bible used to be obstacles for me, because men used them to promote this or that agenda in history and in the present. So I was atheist for a long time, before the Spirit found me in the darkness. They can be useful tools, but it is possible to set these things aside and form a dir... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2020, 7:36 pm
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| In some Catholic Spiritual practices such as St. Therese of Lisieux's Little Way, Opus Dei, and I think to some degree, the Benedictine practice of Ora et Labora , you can actually offer up little everyday rituals like brushing your teeth as a form of prayer. I practice St. Therese of Lisieux's Lit... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: word association game |
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 4:05 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 4:03 pm
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| Part two: 52 ~500 word devotions. Each of them will include a Bible verse and I'm guessing that psalms will make up a1/3 of those. The repeating structure can also help with constancy. We tend to be systems people and I notice that what most of us are looking for is specific applications. This is p... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 27 May 2020, 4:00 pm
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| If you consider every day habits as rituals, that is not the usual meaning of the word. Ritual: a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order. I may brush my teeth every morning, but that does not make it a ritual. :-) I think there are d... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 26 May 2020, 5:40 pm
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| I think if you were going to do this and really have it be resoundingly useful you'd want to focus on this: a) a Psalm-like approach, meaning focusing on specific problems and obstacles in life. b) The prayer is mostly centered on gratitude and thanks-giving but also has the solution and personal s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 26 May 2020, 5:38 pm
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| When Quakers pray, they are listening to God rather than talking to God. The occasional instance when I go to a church service I am astounded at how noisy it all is with all the verbal prayers, calls and responses. My thoughts are, How can anybody clear their mind and hear God under these circumsta... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 21 May 2020, 1:01 pm
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| Oh hang on. Love of rituals isn't an aspie thing. It may be a thing some aspies love, but it's not universal. Of course. However, multiple sources I've read noted that we tend to like rituals notably more than NTs as an overall average. There was that study a few years ago showing that each of a do... |
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Forum: Off the Wall: Forum Games, Quizzes, Roleplaying, etc. Topic: word association game |
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Posted: 19 May 2020, 4:56 pm
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 19 May 2020, 4:55 pm
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| I guess my first bit of advice is don't be scrupulous about what you say. In the past I've tried be overly specific with my prayers, and make sure I cram-in as many theological truths as I can, when addressing God or Our Lady; trust that God and Our Lady will understand you clearly and if you want ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Writing a Book on Christian Prayer for Autistics |
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Posted: 19 May 2020, 4:52 pm
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| Us autistic people need reasons for doing things. Totally, We will ask questions and not accept "just because that's the way things are" as easily. I think that can be helpful in the faith if we have someone (or some books) who knows to guide us but can result in the kid of nihilism Grisc... |
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