Re: I got another Best Answer on Yahoo Answers!!

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> You seem quite articulate for a developmentally disabled person. Are you

> sure you don't have high functioning autism? Sometimes HFA is misdiagnosed

> as mental retardation. I believe that a lot of what is called mental

> illness, mental retardation, autism, etc, is a social problem rather than

> a medical problem. That is, there is nothing that needs " healing " , you're

> fine the way you are. Instead, society needs to learn to accept different

> kinds of people, and differently abled people need to learn to focus on

> their strengths, compensate for their weaknesses, and accept themselves as

> they are.

>

> I am not a Christian, but I was raised Christian. I've been thru many

> attempts to " heal " me, even " exorcise " me. Turns out I have Asperger's

> Syndrome, a form of high functioning autism, and my difficult behaviors

> and thoughts were a response to society trying to make me hate myself as I

> am, and force me to be like everyone else. Now I am a panthiest, I believe

> that God is everywhere and in everything and far bigger than the god of

> any creed, and I know that God made me just like I am for good reasons. So

> I no longer worry about being different from everyone else, I just aim to

> be the best person I can be.

***Great answer! I couldn't agree more!

D.

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It was 28 Dec 2006, when Delila commented:

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> > Best Answer - Chosen By Voters

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> > You seem quite articulate for a developmentally disabled person. Are you

> >

> > sure you don't have high functioning autism? Sometimes HFA is

> > misdiagnosed as mental retardation. I believe that a lot of what is

> > called mental illness, mental retardation, autism, etc, is a social

> > problem rather than a medical problem. That is, there is nothing that

> > needs " healing " , you're fine the way you are. Instead, society needs to

> > learn to accept different kinds of people, and differently abled people

> > need to learn to focus on their strengths, compensate for their

> > weaknesses, and accept themselves as they are.

> >

> > I am not a Christian, but I was raised Christian. I've been thru many

> > attempts to " heal " me, even " exorcise " me. Turns out I have Asperger's

> > Syndrome, a form of high functioning autism, and my difficult behaviors

> > and thoughts were a response to society trying to make me hate myself as

> > I am, and force me to be like everyone else. Now I am a panthiest, I

> > believe that God is everywhere and in everything and far bigger than the

> > god of any creed, and I know that God made me just like I am for good

> > reasons. So I no longer worry about being different from everyone else, I

> > just aim to be the best person I can be.

>

> ***Great answer! I couldn't agree more!

My personal religion is Desideratism. I use the term " personal " here

advisedly; I am as far as I know the only Desideratist on the planet. My

whole religion is expressed in the Desiderata, and I don't see a need for

more. Favorite line, and probably best known:

" You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars;

you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no

doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. "

As a child of the Universe, I am who I am because somebody has to be me

right now, or it'd be a whole different Universe, now wouldn't it?

I don't disapprove of the People of the Book. But no Desideratist has

ever killed anybody to defend Desideratism, or forced anybody else to

become a Desideratist. That seems like a Good Thing.

But that's just me.

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> My personal religion is Desideratism. I use the term " personal " here

> advisedly; I am as far as I know the only Desideratist on the planet. My

> whole religion is expressed in the Desiderata,

Where does the word come from? I consider myself a Pantheist also (like the

writer I was commenting about), but like to say that I have a maverik

spirituality. Here in the religious south, people don't like to hear that.

> " You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars;

> you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no

> doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. "

>

> As a child of the Universe, I am who I am because somebody has to be me

> right now, or it'd be a whole different Universe, now wouldn't it?

Yes.

D.

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It was 28 Dec 2006, when Delila commented:

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> ----- Original Message -----

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> > My personal religion is Desideratism. I use the term " personal " here

> > advisedly; I am as far as I know the only Desideratist on the planet. My

> > whole religion is expressed in the Desiderata,

>

>

> Where does the word come from? I consider myself a Pantheist also (like the

> writer I was commenting about), but like to say that I have a maverik

> spirituality. Here in the religious south, people don't like to hear that.

There was a document that was something of a big deal in the '70s in the

US, called the Desiderata. It was (apparently) either translated or

written by Max Ehrmann in the 1920's. It has occasionally been described

as " Found in Old North Church " and a couple of other places with various

ages, but probably Max Ehrmann probably wrote it. It is hard to describe

without quoting it, but it's a statement of fundamental spiritual

principles, very simple. The word Desiderata is probably of Latin

origins, but I dunno exactly.

You can websearch easily for Desiderata and find a copy of the full text.

I think it's worthwhile, but then I'm a Desideratan. Probably -the-

Desideratan, for that matter.

> > " You are a child of the Universe, no less than the trees and the stars;

> > you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no

> > doubt the Universe is unfolding as it should. "

> >

> > As a child of the Universe, I am who I am because somebody has to be me

> > right now, or it'd be a whole different Universe, now wouldn't it?

>

>

> Yes.

Exactly.

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> My personal religion is Desideratism. I use the term " personal "

> here advisedly; I am as far as I know the only Desideratist on

> the planet. My whole religion is expressed in the Desiderata,

> and I don't see a need for more.

I would say that it was sufficient, for one to have a healthy

attitude toward life. I have a copy that I made a few years ago

myself, by looking it up on google, then transcribing it into a

nice calligraphic font, then downloading it through my printer.

I put it in a nice oak picture frame. It was a nice song, too.

Clay