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30 Jul 2012, 7:29 pm

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psy ... ad-atheism

I find this fascinating as I was forced into catholicism at a young age and never believed in god...although there was a time I believed in shamanism but I was conforming to nonconformity mainly.

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30 Jul 2012, 7:33 pm

Obviously this means that... atheism causes autism!

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30 Jul 2012, 7:40 pm

Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

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30 Jul 2012, 7:46 pm

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Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

I can relate. I became a Christian on my own terms when I was 9. But then I joined Student Venture in high school and you wouldn't believe how much socializing is involve in an organization where you basically in a competition with others to convert people. Needless to say I left the organization prior to finding out I had Asperger's because I was a total failure at coverting others to Christianity. When I was diagnosed with Asperger's it pretty much explained why.

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30 Jul 2012, 8:29 pm

raisedbyignorance wrote:

Yep, but even the idea of identifying with a higher Being might, in a sense, be a social skill.

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30 Jul 2012, 8:31 pm

nominalist wrote:

Yep, but even the idea of identifying with a higher Being might, in a sense, be a social skill.

I think you have made a large discovery there...I cannot have blind faith in anything.

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31 Jul 2012, 1:52 am

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Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

You don't need to join a church group. Your parents are all that you need to make you religious.

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31 Jul 2012, 4:47 pm

Strange, I thought it was sort-of the opposite. (I always thought my autism was the reason I'd go insane without belief in an afterlife)

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31 Jul 2012, 7:57 pm

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Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

This is genius.

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31 Jul 2012, 8:06 pm

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Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

I strongly disagree. There are many people with poor social skills who have faith in some kind of higher power(s) and/or a belief in the supernatural. I have also met a fair number of aspies(and yes, autists)who are religious, even though some of them do not attend church and are not part of any kind of organized religion. To me, faith is a byproduct of emotion. It comes from the extreme difficulty that many people have in accepting things that are beyond their control and the inability to see any signs of hope in this world we live in.

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31 Jul 2012, 8:09 pm

I ink faith is for those not strong enough to make up their own philosophies.

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31 Jul 2012, 8:19 pm

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nominalist wrote:

Spirituality and a belief in God is a social skill.

I don't think y'all disagree that strongly. There are lots of different social skills faith is prolly an emotion based one.

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31 Jul 2012, 8:30 pm

JakobVirgil wrote:

This is genius.

Thank you.

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31 Jul 2012, 8:32 pm

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I strongly disagree. There are many people with poor social skills who have faith in some kind of higher power(s) and/or a belief in the supernatural..

I have always believed in God. However, until I began meditating, my belief was mostly an intellectualization:

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This might already be obvious to enlightened souls, but researchers are discovering that meditation may permanently change the physical structure of the brain. Neural circuits linked to focus, happiness and empathy may be strengthened through long-term meditation, effectively rewiring the brain and “lighting up” certain sections with a life-long capability for stronger activity in those regions, scans have indicated.
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I developed this technique: The Echoing Practice

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31 Jul 2012, 10:08 pm

nominalist wrote:

I have always believed in God. However, until I began meditating, my belief was mostly an intellectualization:

What is it now?. Have you discovered decent objective empirical evidence for God? If so, pray do share it.

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31 Jul 2012, 10:18 pm

To my knowledge there is no god particle. I will still believe in the big bang though because it seems more logical considering the theory that the galaxy expands then snaps back to a cluster and back out again. It makes more sense than a story that goes agaisnt carbon dating.

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