I've noticed this among other autistics/non-autistics..Why?

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I believe in Jesus and am a christian. I don't go to church though because mainly because of the people, they just seem fake. I like my sinner friends, lol.
But yeah I can't stand atheism, especially those that try to tell me God isn't real.

I'm a Pentecostal christian and I have experienced and talked with God, so I know he's real. That's all I'm going to say.

What's it called? Is it also about your life on the spectrum?

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It's called My Five Autobiographies. When it is coming closer to the time of the release I will talk more about it. And yes, my life on the spectrum is definitely added, as well as my son who is also under the spectrum.. and that stuff is just a fraction of the book, I have tonnes of issues lol.

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Sometimes an aspie is just an aspie.

Love and let love.

Goths are satanic lol

Lack of evidence for his existence. I'm not discounting the possibility of his existence (lack of evidence for something is not evidence of a lack of something), but I'm not about to go saying that something definitely exists, when I have no proof of such.



If my parents do things that make me angry, I get angry with them.



Yes, but I just avoid family gatherings. Even if I had to go, losing my faith over them would have been something of an overreaction.



People who I know have been dying since I was 4. I'm very, very used to it.



Awww... poor little me... just like everyone else who's ever lived, I can't have everything that I want. This means that God is cruel and heartless and that he doesn't exist.



Yes, just the same as the possibility of depressed Christians. I don't see what one's religion, or lack thereof, has to do with temperament.



Now, as for my agnostic lifestyle which is leading me into a pit of darkness:
Today, I woke up. I went to greet the dog. After that, I had breakfast, which was raisin toast and a cup of tea, and was delicious, although it did give me strange feelings of hopelessness. What's the point of existing in a universe with raisin toast? *sobs* Then I changed from my pyjamas into clothes that are acceptable to wear in public. Currently, I am sitting at my computer, weeping uncontrollably at the unfairness of a Godless life in which I am forced to use a very nice computer to connect to the internet while there are children in Africa who don't even have anything that can run DOS. This afternoon, I am going to go and teach children how to burn their pastor at the stake and partake in Satanic ritua- uh... I mean... teach children how to play music. Possibly I will be despairing while doing this.
Yes, my life is awful and hopeless.

Yea.. I got into a huge fight with my ex-friend's mormon boyfriend about that one.. Which is why she's no longer my friend. (Apparently I was supposed to politely derail his racist BS.. as though there's any way to stop those obnoxious rants he goes on.)




To a certain extent she's right, though. A lot of people write off Christianity because they've had contact with nasty, bigoted people who called themselves Christian, so they assume that all Christians are hypocrites who don't practice what they preach. I think both religious and non-religious people are guilty of stereotyping each other. So while the way she put that was kinda offensive to a lot of people, she did have a point about why many people dismiss religion. Is there anyone here who has never pissed anybody off by phrasing something offensively?



Similar to my view.
My AP biology teacher ended most exciting explanations with "Isn't that amazing?! God must have gone to Villanova!"



Erm, sorry to nitpick, but Unitarians are not Christian at all (they believe that God is love, and other than that it doesn't matter what you believe.) and the American Episcopalian church may or may not be Christian, depending on who you ask. (Apparently the American bishop said that Jesus might not be God.. It was a big scandal that lead some churches to split away)

IHO intolerance should not be an attribute of a church built around forgiveness...

Deciding you don't believe in God because you met some nasty Christians seems awfully shallow to me - although it probably happens. Surely someone who wants to be taken seriously would have more valid reasons, otherwise we would end up hating everything...

I was bothered by the assumptions made - I think each of us has their own unique path towards balance and fulfilment and I'm tired of people thinking their way is the only one for everybody, that a different belief or view makes you ignorant, misguided or hateful - and in some cases even trying to force you onto the "right path". This is common practice in a lot of areas - religion, politics, alternative lifestyles, racial issues and so on.

For me, the beauty of this world lies in its diversity.

Religion is at its best when it's a one-to-one experience.

Somehow seeing a whole lot of "fake" people parroting ones own religious beliefs doesn't make me feel better.

Good to see that
(a) You've found a place that is good for you
(b) You're accepting of others who either found a different place, or haven't found a place yet.

RAmen!

When I was young, I was taught my parent's views on religion; they made no sense to me. I disagree completely with your suggestion that those who choose not to walk the same religious path you do are inherently damaged and 'digging a pit' - while I consider myself agnostic, my practices most adhere to that of philosophic Taoism. There was no 'turning away' from God, as I do not recognize that concept of personification... I find my way in life, and that in itself gives me purpose and hope.


M.

There is no "god".

I am a non-practicing evangelical.I went to a christian school when I was a kid, and I went to church as well because that was what the family did every sunday.Since I moved to Red Deer on my own, I stopped going to church.I believe in God and I do read the bible and such, BUT I am not into shoving my religious beliefs into the faces of others. Religion is a private matter and should not be shoved in anyones face.If people want to explore that religion, they can go to that particular church and do so themselves.

Moving thread to PPR.


M.

As you predicted, many people here are not captured by your delusions. I don't hate religious people any more than I hate any other psychopaths. I am just satisfied in accepting reasonable and logical explanations for things. I am fully aware argument is as useless with you as it is with any other mental pathology so I don't try.

You're right, that actually happens sometimes according to some anecdotes from few relating to their experience with Christianity, in those cases, their own personal experiences would lead them into questioning their beliefs and change them, and I believe that happens about everything, not only about religion, when someone goes through unpleasent experiences they would likely reject ideas and things related to it, so a new perspective would be developed based on it and more accepting of contrasting views.


well, in the case of a transition from Christianity to atheism/agnosticism or similar, people would be inclined to argue from empiricism and physicalism, which seems to be an easy available tool for arguments rather than using their own experiences which could be taken as meaningless in a debate, although the psychological issue from it is understandable given that people tend to select ideas and philosophies they find more convenient for them.


I very much agree with that.