Television or Theology, the hell should I pick?

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I don't believe in God--so theology is out.

That is a possible career option... if you have no personal integrity whatsoever.

Thankfully, the majority of people who go in ministry don't do so to get rich. While televangelists and many megachurch pastors do make ridiculous amounts of money, the typical pastor of a small-to-medium church in America makes about the same amount of money as a teacher. Many work a second job to make ends meet. It's definitely not a field for those looking for the fast-track to financial success.

Should I become the next St. Thomas Aquinas?

Or should I become the next Wink Martindale?



I don't know why your dilemma cracks me up. I guess because it's just such an odd juxtaposition.

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I don't believe in God.

But I'd take the career of Aquinas over Martindale any day!

I do not believe that an aspie can be a believer. If so, he should be in the lower spectrum being more likely a neurotypical.
It's because aspie's brain do not permit him to have feelings like a NT has.
And feelings is what makes us act in a very different way from NT's.
Aspies also do not like tv series: they cannot read between the lines (emotions).
I also think that depressed aspies don't kill themselves.

Tell me if you agree or not. (Of course this is a complete generalization.)

@Mecatoi, You are generalising far too much. Maybe because all Aspies see everything in black and white?

but martindale had a more pleasant life.

I think it's beyond a generalization, and you are making some unwarranted assumptions about the very nature of belief.

I am persuaded intellectually of the content of my beliefs, not merely on the basis of an emotional response to religious sentiment. Where I am typically Aspie, is that, if anything, I tend to intellectualize my faith more than most NTs. Because I do often fail to read between the lines, I'm driven deeper into doctrinal pursuits. I don't take teachings on authority or by osmosis like some believers do.

It's true that people on the spectrum tend to be less religiously oriented than the general population. But that doesn't mean all of us lack the capacity for belief. Ever heard of Hugh Ross? He's a scientist, an Old Earth creationist and also on the spectrum.

Thanks for your comments, Lantylam and Toucan. I give you an exemple. If Wrong Planet was a databank about "personal suffering" (so to say, because we're here to find "inspiration" or talk about personal issues and everything one can talk about), we can say that more than 85% of the posts don't talk about religion nor mention "God" at all. In posts about religion (or God etc) here, the rate of persons who declare themselves as believers in the common sense is very low. Very.
If anyone knows researches on this matter, send us the links, pls.
I also would love to hear the "rejoinders". Thank you all.