Atheist aspies?

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Hey

I am curious to see if my inability to accept the illogical and unsubstantiated claims of religious myths are common for other people with diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome?

Perhaps a poll is the best way to go about this.

What a tongue twister

The majority of autistics on this site at least are atheistic.

The wording of your post may put aspies who do believe in God or some equivalent entity on the defensive, since you're pretty much saying, "Believing in anything supernatural is illogical. Are you illogical?" If you want accurate data, you might rephrase the question.

Yeah, he is right, although I do happen to agree that the claims are illogical and unsubstantiated. Claims of the supernatural are backed by nothing, but the best part is that they don't need to be, since "we couldn't possibly understand"...which is why they try to, um, explain it to us? Hmmmmm...

the truth of the matter is that it is completely unknowable. You really need an answer up there like that since I am agnostic :/

Well sure. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Even so, being atheist is not the same as being anti-theist. It's like the difference between asexual and anti-sexual.

exactly, which Is why I feel there needs to be another option on the poll, since I also know there are quite a few others on here who view it the same way.

Let's face it - having aspergers, and understanding what that means, you'd need a pretty big incentive to go on believing in god.

Welcome!

I went with 'No'. I'm an agnostic when it comes to religious claims, and I don't hold beliefs in any other supernatural phenomena.

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One may point out, I am sure, that much of what is commonly labelled illogical is actually quite logical, simply resting on premises the other party refuses to take into consideration.

Thus if I shoot down every airpolans passing over my property, this is a very rational and logical action given my assumption that only the evil Binkerites - who eat humans and non-purebred dogs - have airplanes.

GIGO.

Any process - even one of yours, even one of mine - may be absolutely logical and dead wrong.

As of course a illogical conclusion may be absolutely correct, as those og us know who have ever lucked out guessing on an exam.

I said yes. I don't believe in the organized faiths, but I do accept there is more than just the physical world.

Yes.

And where might that be? And what are its laws of operation?
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ruveyn

How would I know? but i have experienced things.