Comments for The Wrong Dog Blog http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com A very social quadruped and a very nonsocial biped getting through life together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:56:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on I know Santa Claus is real! by Anne http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/12/24/i-know-santa-claus-is-real/#comment-96 Anne Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:50:03 +0000 http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/12/24/i-know-santa-claus-is-real/#comment-96 I just wanted to say that I did not intend this post as an offense to Christians. For them, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. The <b>timing</b> of the festival is, however, about the winter solstice. Pope Gregory the Great created Christmas in the late sixth century when he instructed his missionaries to make Christianity more palatable to the northern European pagans by superimposing Christian stories on local pagan festivals, and the missionaries imposed the stories of the nativity on the northern European Jul, the celebration of the return of Freyr as the sun. Northern European and American Christmas traditions are, almost all of them, remnants of the pagan observances. Hence it is not inconsistent for a non-Christian glad to see the return of longer days to celebrate with American Christmas traditions. Again, may whatever observance you practice at this time of year bring you joy and peace. I just wanted to say that I did not intend this post as an offense to Christians. For them, Christmas is about the birth of Jesus. The timing of the festival is, however, about the winter solstice. Pope Gregory the Great created Christmas in the late sixth century when he instructed his missionaries to make Christianity more palatable to the northern European pagans by superimposing Christian stories on local pagan festivals, and the missionaries imposed the stories of the nativity on the northern European Jul, the celebration of the return of Freyr as the sun. Northern European and American Christmas traditions are, almost all of them, remnants of the pagan observances. Hence it is not inconsistent for a non-Christian glad to see the return of longer days to celebrate with American Christmas traditions.

Again, may whatever observance you practice at this time of year bring you joy and peace.

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]]> Comment on The Intrepid Home-Hunter by Foreclosure » The Intrepid Home-Hunter http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/09/15/the-intrepid-home-hunter/#comment-58 Foreclosure » The Intrepid Home-Hunter Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:36:32 +0000 http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/09/15/the-intrepid-home-hunter/#comment-58 [...] homebuying.guide@about.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptUnsolicited advice: even if you’re not interested in home-buying, go to one of the classes just to learn what they have to tell you about credit. Your credit rating in American society is essentially your value as a being, … [...] [...] homebuying.guide@about.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptUnsolicited advice: even if you’re not interested in home-buying, go to one of the classes just to learn what they have to tell you about credit. Your credit rating in American society is essentially your value as a being, … [...]

]]> Comment on Conformity, thy name is Human by Anne http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/06/09/conformity-thy-name-is-human/#comment-10 Anne Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:30:50 +0000 http://thewrongdogblog.autiblogger.com/2007/06/24/conformity-thy-name-is-human/#comment-10 I should note here that when I say "if I couldn't have been aborted," I am not saying that I would rather have been aborted than born autistic. I would rather have been aborted than born, period. My parents didn't want me, and my mother was at pains to make it clear to me exactly how much she hadn't wanted me. She would have been the same way if I hadn't been born an Aspie. In her eyes, my crime was existing, compounded by feminity. Asperger's syndrome, not even named at the time, had nothing to do with it. I should note here that when I say “if I couldn’t have been aborted,” I am not saying that I would rather have been aborted than born autistic. I would rather have been aborted than born, period. My parents didn’t want me, and my mother was at pains to make it clear to me exactly how much she hadn’t wanted me. She would have been the same way if I hadn’t been born an Aspie. In her eyes, my crime was existing, compounded by feminity. Asperger’s syndrome, not even named at the time, had nothing to do with it.

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