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bignevermo
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Date: June 01, 2012 04:07PM
This is a reprint of an earlier thread 10 days ago...
so are leprechaun and unicorns ok Steve...that didnt seem to bother you at all in the last thread!
I like how you use Tom Flynn's quotes so much...he is a folkorist...not any expert in child development. yeah he wrote a book...so what...when he gets his PH.D in child psychology...then quote him...other that that he is just like the rest of us...he has his opinions! also here about TF>>>McGowan is a critc of Flynn's.
"Flynn argued that early immersion in the Santa myth predisposed children to accept absurd religious teachings in later life; McGowan argued that the discovery that the Santa myth was untrue prepared children to reject religious dogmas in later life. Both agreed that the subject demanded further research by the child-development community.[12]"
wow...just look at that last sentence. Even the author of most of your Citations agrees there should be more research by the experts...what about that Steve?
and what about another of your citations Steve? here...
“'Once they [children] start to question, you know they’re getting ready to want to hear the real answer.' . . . .
"Curry recommends to parents that '[w]hen the child starts to ask the practical questions, then throw it back to them and say, ‘Well, what do you think?’"
and here another citation...:
"Scheibe said it is best for an adult to confirm the truth only if a child has strong doubts after wrestling with the question of Santa Claus’ existence.
"'If kids come to the conclusion on their own, they feel a sense of accomplishment,' she said.
“'It’s sort of a rite of passage.'”
Neither of them suggest that it is wrong to have a Santa fantasy...they seem to be saying tell the truth when appropriate!
...very few parents try and keep the lie going like your parents did...perhaps you need counseling for your recovery from santa! Ya know this is too easy Steve...maybe you should not cite any more of your experts!! :)
I see also you were referring yesterday to my "losing" the argument...LOLOLOL...losing /winning?
so who was the judge i was "debating" in front of?
sorry i gotta leave...<<sigh>> I have to go down to the Florida Keys and pick up a friend...I may not be back for a couple hours...and even then i will be busy tonite...have fun with your "winning: Steve!
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Posted by: steve benson ( )
Date: May 22, 2012 05:56PM
thread:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,508315,508786#msg-508786Then SB posted: "ignored, (n/t)"...the first one...
this post was after SB had addressed me without the ignore... even though i had used the "Fantasy Nazi" phrase...also in reference to above... please note the name "Curry"...that is one of SB's citations as is Scheibe...this is just one example of SB's citations not matching his assertions...
NEXT is:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,508315,508763#msg-508763My "dastardly" post where SB claims i have called him a Nazi...i was referencing the soup nazi character from Sienfelds show...i even have a smiley face to show comedy.
This my post(untouched) on the "Santa subject" and subsequent "ignore" policy that is now SB's "mantra"
According to a tradition which can be traced to the 1820s, Santa Claus lives at the North Pole, with a large number of magical elves, and nine (originally eight) flying reindeer. Since the 20th century, in an idea popularized by the 1934 song "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Santa Claus has been believed to make a list of children throughout the world, categorizing them according to their behavior ("naughty" or "nice") and to deliver presents, including toys, and candy to all of the well-behaved children in the world, and sometimes coal to the naughty children, on the single night of Christmas Eve. He accomplishes this feat with the aid of the elves who make the toys in the workshop and the reindeer who pull his sleigh.[6][7]
from wiki of course!
just sayin!
Hey look it is SB...his premise is in the Virginia letters:
"The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished."
thats what SB wants...hr wants children right out of the womb to start training in critical thinking...SB is the "Fantasy Nazi"...NO FANATSY FOR YOU!!
the big Grinch!!! :)
end of prior posts:
so i guess that makes me an SB kicker...not in my view though.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 06/01/2012 04:35PM by bignevermo.