Clarifier wrote:
What is your first name? Cary
Age: 63... God! I said it.
Location: California
Hobbies and Interests: Truth seeking with philosophical types
Why are you here? This seems like a place where I can find others closer to my own kind.
When were you diagnosed? I diagnosed myself when I learned of the symptoms - last night.
Favorite subjects: epistemology & other philosophical head trips, history,
Year/Grade: Huh? I have a bachelor's degree if that's what you mean.
Favorite music: Not any more. I think better in silence.
Books: I used to like C.S. Lewis. Now I find him wooden. I just use books for research.
TV shows: history & science channels
Movies: 2001 was my all time favorite. I saw it stoned 3 times - I think.
Now I like the biggies like Star Wars & Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter. Also the discussion worthy ones like Gone Baby Gone. Others like Schindler's List, Flags of Our Fathers, Saving Private Ryan.
Instrument: no talent for it.
Do you like sports? Yeah, chess.
Family: Pretty much dead, except for a cousin back east
Clothing: thrift store
How did you find this website? Googling around
Job: I have a janitorial company that gets me by.
Plans for the future? to keep on trying to figure out God
Any comments? Yeah!
I don’t think Asperger’s syndrome is a malady or a disorder or even an accidental aberration. I think it's the next step of human mental & spiritual evolution. At least our demand for justice would indicate so.
Is there a place for theological Aspies?
I think a just God is the next step in theological evolution:
A just God is the next step after a grace dispensing God: Christianity,
which was the next step after a legalistic God: Judaism & Islam
which was the next step after an amoral God: El, god of Canaan
which was the next step after polytheism.
And I self-published a book based on this position before I ever heard of Asperger’s.
The evolution is an evolution of understanding. Humans are relatively new at grasping The Endless, The Boundless, The Apiron, The Ayn-Sof. We have only been at it for about ten thousand years. All good things take time.
The Endless is the Endless and always will be the Endless. We just have to get used to it by degrees.
ruveyn
17 Jan 2009, 9:58 pm
