Christian Aspies
If it is, christianity must be more general one, not by a menmber of them. maybe you feel to much duty to fix christunity with other members for non-christian? maybe, as well or moreover for other members. it is certainly scared.
without duty in our mind.
we must reconstruct so.
perhaps, holy christ's words are too intense and strong in these days..
Let's get this thread rolling! Let's have all views represented and defended.
Yes, I am a born again Christian (Messianic).
I go through phases where I go to church all the time, collect all the feel bad I can handle, and then don't go anymore for a while and then start again.
Thing is, I never did find a church family. No matter what I join, ministry, service, whatever, I never seem to connect and make friends. Then there are sermons about how family and friends are the most important thing and, well, I don't have any so I feel so alienated I stop going for a while.
I like to think I have a personal relationship with God, I just don't understand why, if He created us to have fellowship with one another, I am unable to connect.
I go through phases where I go to church all the time, collect all the feel bad I can handle, and then don't go anymore for a while and then start again.
Thing is, I never did find a church family. No matter what I join, ministry, service, whatever, I never seem to connect and make friends. Then there are sermons about how family and friends are the most important thing and, well, I don't have any so I feel so alienated I stop going for a while.
I like to think I have a personal relationship with God, I just don't understand why, if He created us to have fellowship with one another, I am unable to connect.
If the purpose of being Christian is some kind of self-indulgence then it aint Christian.
I respect your way of thinking and understand what you are saying.
I am also humble enough to think that if I am not a descendant of some uni-cellular organism or simian, then "something" greater than me put me here, who would deserve my respect. I could very well be wrong, but I also could end up in heaven for eternity.
I am also humble enough to think that if I am not a descendant of some uni-cellular organism or simian, then "something" greater than me put me here, who would deserve my respect. I could very well be wrong, but I also could end up in heaven for eternity.
Pascal's Wager is not completely silly although it does assume an abysmal agnosticism... i.e. you cannot know anything about it all, therefore, go the way of greatest potential benefit.
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No matter what I join, ministry, service, whatever, I never seem to connect and make friends....
I like to think I have a personal relationship with God, I just don't understand why, if He created us to have fellowship with one another, I am unable to connect.
I can relate to this. I am puzzled that so little has been said recently on this topic. Maybe these discussions are banned from this forum - I don't know. I get the impression Aspies find being in church difficult with regard to things like fellowship. Do other christians here have any recommended coping mechanisms for attending church in such a way that one doesn't feel bad afterwards?
Now I know that I have suggested to some that they go to church to meet people -- and they will meet people -- but if they want to meet only certain types of people (i.e., single, attractive, same age, et cetera) with the goal of getting a girlfriend or boyfriend, then their behavior will make this obvious, the Christians there will notice, and word will spread quickly to "... keep an eye on the new person".
With all that said, I cope with the crowd by sitting in the back or at a side pew, my Sunday School class has only six members, and I avoid committees and congregational meetings as much as possible. Sometimes I sit in the overflow room where I can adjust the volume on the p.a. system to a tolerable level (usually, I am the only person there).
Otherwise, I try to talk to everyone after services, regardless of what they look like, even if only to say, "Hi! How ya doin'?"
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Hi again everyone!
I am still a non-born again Catholic, always will be, but in late 2017, I left my former Catholic parish and became a member of a nearby Catholic parish. I served as an usher at my former parish for several years (had a pair of mentors to help me fit in), but over the course of time, I slowly realized that the majority of people acted more like high school kids rather than "real" followers of Jesus.
After halfway through my tenure as an usher, my family and I went through a period of crisis and when word spread, many saw me and my family as a threat to the parish community. Even the parish priest wasn't much of a help because of his stereotyping of not only women, but also people on the spectrum. (He even called me "violent" many times.)
Even though my family and I fully recovered, we were still considered outcasts as lead by a prominent parish member. The irony is that at the beginning of this month, said prominent parish member was arrested over an attempt to seek revenge against the leaders of his daughter's school who didn't do anything about a negative experience a child of his went through about two years ago.
As for me, my new Catholic parish is welcoming to very much anyone regardless of background. Instead of being an usher (Sorry people from my old parish who want me back), I currently serve as a Lector and a Eucharistic Minister.
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