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Kid in class told difficult child santa isn't real!
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 102454" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Thanks, Star. I was able to do that for difficult child 1, but not for difficult child 3 because it is too abstract for him. That's what I meant about the problem when your kid is autistic - they really can be that concrete.</p><p></p><p>Something I HAVE been able to do for him is dig out the "Physics of Santa" email, about how difficult it would be for Santa to get around the world as he does, visit the number of kids he has to do and cope with the acceleration/deceleration of the sleigh, without being a thin red smear on the back.</p><p></p><p>But Santa as the spirit of giving - works for me.</p><p></p><p>And for the more concrete among us, wondering how to explain God - think Michelson & Morley, the ether concept. They tried to use science to prove the existence of ether, that mythical substance which permeates everything either solid or in vacuum. And they failed. But when you think of it, for most people they view God in the same way. And you can't prove God by using science (or anything else) just as you can't DISPROVE God by using science (or anything else).</p><p></p><p>I hadn't thought about the Tooth Fairy as the first example of selling off your body - but in Australia, we don't sell anything else to do with out bodies (apart from maybe prostitution - and there, the women aren't actually leaving anything behind, they're simply renting rather than selling). All our organ transplants, blood transfusions - all donated, nothing is ever purchased. A heart transplant costs enough, without having to buy the heart as well. After all, what does the original owner want with the money? Or the heart? </p><p></p><p>But it's a good point. I just wish this hadn't been started by other people, we'd been keeping our mouths shut about Tooth fairy, can't remember who was the idiot who told difficult child 3.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 102454, member: 1991"] Thanks, Star. I was able to do that for difficult child 1, but not for difficult child 3 because it is too abstract for him. That's what I meant about the problem when your kid is autistic - they really can be that concrete. Something I HAVE been able to do for him is dig out the "Physics of Santa" email, about how difficult it would be for Santa to get around the world as he does, visit the number of kids he has to do and cope with the acceleration/deceleration of the sleigh, without being a thin red smear on the back. But Santa as the spirit of giving - works for me. And for the more concrete among us, wondering how to explain God - think Michelson & Morley, the ether concept. They tried to use science to prove the existence of ether, that mythical substance which permeates everything either solid or in vacuum. And they failed. But when you think of it, for most people they view God in the same way. And you can't prove God by using science (or anything else) just as you can't DISPROVE God by using science (or anything else). I hadn't thought about the Tooth Fairy as the first example of selling off your body - but in Australia, we don't sell anything else to do with out bodies (apart from maybe prostitution - and there, the women aren't actually leaving anything behind, they're simply renting rather than selling). All our organ transplants, blood transfusions - all donated, nothing is ever purchased. A heart transplant costs enough, without having to buy the heart as well. After all, what does the original owner want with the money? Or the heart? But it's a good point. I just wish this hadn't been started by other people, we'd been keeping our mouths shut about Tooth fairy, can't remember who was the idiot who told difficult child 3. Marg [/QUOTE]
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