Claim that biblical figure Joseph was Autistic

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25 Jun 2019, 9:32 am

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Maybe Jonah was autistic. He went to a lot of trouble to avoid preaching to people. He reminds me of me.

Jonah refused to go to Nineveh because he thought that the people there were irredeemable and that they should have been wiped from the face of the Earth.

I think that he was also afraid of the notion of doing so. I’m not sure if he would’ve run away unless there was also some fear there. Of course, given that Nineveh was an enemy of Israel, fear would make a lot of sense.

Likely. Then again, he did make camp outside the city to see what God would do to it.

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25 Jun 2019, 9:37 am

Joseph was definitely gullible

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As a child, Jesus asked his mother, "Who am I?"

"The angel of the Lord came down and laid his hand upon
me. You're the Son of God," was Mary's reply.

Overhearing this, Joseph intoned, "He damn well better be."

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25 Jun 2019, 9:41 am

Joseph just wanted to make sense out of what was going on. So he chose to listen, unconditionally, to what was being told to him.

Gullible, yes-----but probably no more gullible than people were at that time when confronted with God.

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25 Jun 2019, 11:09 am

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I think diagnosing people way after they died is more of an intellectual parlour game than anything else .

It is often an overcorrection and a way to make people feel better about themselves. After a lifetime of negative consequences for ones autistic traits it is tempting to believe that a whole lot of historical figures and celebrities are or might have been autistic. In that way one can dismiss ones difficulties as a matter of misunderstanding, the sheepie NT’s just don’t get my gifts. Some parents of autistics also buy into this. Better that my kid is a misunderstood savant then an outcast.

There is nothing wrong with pure speculations as long as it is understood that it is speculation and nothing more.

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25 Jun 2019, 11:13 am

I'd venture to speculate that Alan Turing and probably Nikola Tesla were almost certainly on the high functioning end of the spectrum.

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25 Jun 2019, 12:00 pm

Ironically, it was determined that the “real Rain Man” was not autistic.

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26 Jun 2019, 1:38 am

kraftiekortie wrote:

I wonder if Jesus went through an "autistic" phase.

We really don't know much about him from the ages of 12 to 30. What happened during those 18 years?

I knew an autistic person who was very religious and always saying that if Jesus had been around today, He would have probably been diagnosed with autism.

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26 Jun 2019, 1:53 am

Given the story of Joseph is about a mythical figure this is about as relevant as wondering whether Anniken Skywalker was an Aspie in star wars...

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