Is there any aspie Priest, Pastor, Rabbi, Imam etc.

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I am a Catholic and I am not ashamed of my faith even though I sin sometimes

I wonder if you had not been addicted to uhm.. explicit image, If You Knew What I mean , Does I could be a priest, I would like to serve the Lord, generally I'm good person.

I wonder whether it is in this forum, a member of the clergy, who suffers from Asperger's Syndrome?

Or maybe you know such person?

I was an ordained Minister, whilst I managed to never look at porn if that's what you mean, a celibate life made me more and more of a sex addict, constantly thinking of woman and what I would like to do with them.

I left in the end, not wishing to be a hypocrite and feeling unworthy. It also harmed my relationship with God, wanting to be able to serve him and yet getting no help in combating my idolatry.

I think you would find it very difficult to be a Catholic Priest, as you cannot even hope to get married, even though I think it was Paul who said some of the Saints are better off being married if they cannot curtail these God given desires.

You can still serve God without belonging to a man-made religion, in fact God is now looking for people to Worship him in Spirit and Truth, ask him to use you, read the Bible, let others see you and know you are there for them if they need guidance.

Most people are now wary of organised religions anyway, doesn't mean they don't want to find God, you will find you can be a more approachable Minister of Christ without all the pomp and ceremony of a big religion frightening sheep away.

The other point you made, its not being good that makes you right with God, Jesus himself said nobody is good, even himself, only God is good.
What is more important is spoken of in the parable of the sinner who was judged more righteous than the Priest who considered himself so good that he didn't even need saving.

Where is it that Jesus claimed that He wasn't good?

Luke Chapter 18

18 Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”

19 So Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.

And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. Luke 18:19

I am a proud Muslim

I'm not a supernaturalist currently, but I did know 1/2 the Qur'an (14 Juz)

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Tallyman used to be a Zen monk.

I have thought about being a Buddhist nun before, but I'm very far from being nun material at the moment.

That's not a denial or refutation that Jesus is good. Jesus asked a question, and questions demand answers. It's a challenge designed to show the man that flattery cannot earn someone eternal life. It also exposes the young man's intentions. The parallel verse in Matthew has the man asking "What good must I do..." And finally, Jesus was calling him out to demonstrate his faith. If the young man truly believed that Jesus is good, and only God is good, then the young man was calling Jesus God. Someone who genuinely places his or her faith in Christ doesn't do this by accident, and that was a significant point made when Jesus issued that challenge. Don't forget, as far as we know the rich, young ruler never became a follower of Jesus.

It also set up the next lesson Jesus taught his disciples--that it is more important to place faith in Christ than it is to place faith in material blessings. Don't forget that Jews of that day believed that material wealth was an indicator of God's blessing on the righteous (which also is the foundation of word-of-faith theology and prosperity gospel). The richer and more powerful you were, the more supposedly righteous you were. Yes, it's backwards thinking and a misunderstanding of scripture, but it was apparently a predominant mindset among the religious leaders. Even the 12 believed that and asked Jesus how they could be saved if rich people can't be saved. In other words, if it is impossible for the rich to be saved, it's even worse for those who have abandoned their earthly possessions. Jesus responded by pointing out that all things are possible with God.

Misquoting Luke 18 to suggest that Jesus denied His own goodness horribly distorts the most important lessons Jesus intended to teach here. The rich young ruler is a case study of the difficulties many have in placing faith in Christ.

I knew an Aspie rabbi.

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I strongly suspect Luther may have been an Aspie.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Yes there is. I am a Catholic Priest diagnosed with Asperger's and my blog is at aspiepriest.wordpress.com

Also, you can google "Fr. Greg Schill" (that's not me) - I can't post a link coz I'm a newbie here.

That would depended on which day of the week it was. At one point he was telling people not to bother getting married as the end was near.

Thus far the end I no nearer, but he picked up quite a following.

What some men will do to get girls

The Paratheo Anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric assures you that you are a pope.

You can get your ID card here: http://principiadiscordia.com/downloads/pope_card.pdf

I gave my entire life to this purpose of serving God over many years. I did the induction course to become and anglican priest. It was decided I wasn't a suitable personality, there and at a fundamental church.. This was a very big heart break for me. I think it depends on who makes the decisions at a particuar time. Its down to people.

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