Do you ever feel betrayed by god?

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This is a question that i really would like to hear some opinions on, do you feel that god is betraying you by giving you AS and making your life different and sometimes harder than NTs?

No.

No. This law-giver(God) gave the natural world the laws that it obeys, like the ability for mutated cells to metastasize into cancer. My getting AS was my AS parent's unlucky spin on the genetic lottery. You just accept it and make the best of it. At the end of the day, there's always someone whose in a better or worse situation then you, and it just depends on which shoulder you're looking over.

God gave me AS to prevent me from ruling the world.

What are called natural "laws" are not laws in the ordinary sense but are simply observed regularities of nature. So in that sense they do not require a law-giver nor do they need to be "obeyed" by the natural world. To be accurate, when one talks of "laws of nature" one is just describing a state of affairs, not presuming to imply a prime mover or first cause of such affairs.

Not for the A.S. but sometimes I am a little disappointed at him for not existing.
it a little bit of a betrayal.

No

What god?

Everyone has dark nights of the soul.... even atheists.

Who is this God you speak of? I would sure like to meet him.

I don't know why you disrespect the gods by refusing to mention them. Maybe you are angry with them.

No seriously, as complex as we humans are, things are bound to go wrong on occasion. Be it from genetics or contamination something went wrong for us. I don't blame anyone or anything, I adapt and keep going while trying to improve myself a little each day, and I'm glad that things didn't go bad enough that I am not able to do so.

No. It's the hand I've been dealt, that's all. And it is not without its advantages, even with the difficulties.

No, I don't feel betrayed at all. We live in a fallen creation as part of a fallen creation and bear the nature of our forbears. God did not make up the minds of my ancestors for them. All we can do is make the best of what we have and live with the consequences of our personal failings. Having AS, I think, is just part of that condition--something we have no control over, but by far it is as much a blessing as it is a curse. Without the ability to obsess over the things I'm interested in, I wouldn't be as good as I am at doing those things or developing related skills. I certainly think that having a "condition" can work to God's glory if we let it.

I do understand how it might appear that God has betrayed us. But keep in mind that what we want for ourselves or what we think is best is not always in line with what God wants for us. We may not understand it or like it, but the outcomes decided by a superior being is inherently superior to our own planned outcomes. When what we want is in opposition to what God wants, it's easy to feel that what God wants is unfair. One of the challenges of being human, I think, is to let go of personal desire in favor of the divine. It's possible to let it go though by our nature we find it difficult to do and perhaps more so to do it willingly!

I don't believe there is such a thing, but I will answer your question in the spirit in which it was intended.

Do I think that life has treated me unfairly? I used to. However, I ultimately realized that I was treating life unfairly, and that explained more about why I was unhappy than anything else ever did. I realized that the quality of my life would never be greater than the investment of care I put into it. The world owes me nothing, and it will never ever owe me anything. Even if I put all of my energy and resources into making it a better place, it still won't owe me anything. To be happy, though, whether I am richer or poorer, fortunate or less fortunate, all I have to do is have the patience to show it more appreciation for what it is.