(September 9, 2019 at 8:18 pm)Belaqua Wrote: Yes, I completely agree with you that the Internet insulates us, and makes us less conscious of the reality of the people we're talking to. We should be careful about what we say, and do our best to avoid causing personal insult.
Everybody here has a personal life off line. We don't know what's going on with that, or what they are going through.
So I want to avoid any statements that might inadvertently cause pain, and stick to the historical questions as much as possible. I am genuinely sorry if anything I've said ended up looking like a personal insult against you.
Beautiful. Now you're trying to back out of this. Amazing, Bel. Bravo, really. Thanks for showing us who you are.
(September 9, 2019 at 8:18 pm)Acrobat Wrote: Uhm, because one aspect of people on the spectrum is that they’re prone to systemizing, which leads them to have trouble interpreting non-literal expressions.
It seems that something similar to such systemized way of thinking are fairly common here as well, though perhaps independent of being on the spectrum.
I’m trying to figure out why that is. One possibility is that I’m from the East, and there and noted differences in how westerners and easterners think, the later tend to take a more holistic approach to thinking, while the former tends to take a more rule based on approach.
So your idea is that Biblical literalism might stem from people being autistic? What's your hypothesis here? What's this thread really about?
If you're frightened of dying, and you're holding on, you'll see devils tearing your life away. But if you've made your peace, then the devils are really angels, freeing you from the Earth.
