Am I the only Aspie out there who belevies in a God?

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Catholic Christian so yes, I believe in God.

I am a Christian Catholic, yet respect other religions.

Even though I have no way of proving it, I believe in a higher power. (I'm agnostic theist btw.)

I believe in God

I believe in something like a god, don't know what he/she looks like or even if it takes any kind of form at all other than the form of the universe and the forces of creation and change, of churning and drift, concentration and dispersal, of destruction, both immediate and violent, as well as the slow erosion of one form and the forming of another, of death and birth. My place is to look on in awe, to experience with thoughtfulness and wonder, and to share this with others when I am able.

I have the great fortune to witness and observe this, in nature and in communion with others. I am part of this universal creation so I take comfort in that, though I make no assumptions that I will ever know anything but a sliver of the truth. So I would never be able to say "this is the truth as god proclaimed" and I would never want to.

I also believe in a god and religion too.

I believe in a "something greater" that deserves praise and glory, but whether this is an omnipotent deity or just nature itself, I am not sure. I wouldn't really say that I am a practicing Christian, but if he is the God that I think of/pray to when I'm feeling particularly spiritual. I mentioned nature, because I believe that even if a God doesn't exist that people should believe in some sort of higher power.

I wanted to answer with a one liner, but I can't.
I was raised Catholic and at various times in my life found great solace in sitting in an almost empty church meditating on ?life?. I do believe that there is something greater, a higher power, interconnectedness, but I don?t believe that it is limited to deities as the only religious truth.

Something that confused me greatly as a child was the significance of Mary, every May we had a special shrine area for her statue and fresh cut flowers, as the only noteworthy (equal to males) female in a religion lacking in female role models she was very important to me. But, when I learned about her less significant role in other Christian faiths, it made me question their validity on the basis of gender representation. This and other inconsistencies between the spoken word and reality led to the eventual questioning of the validity of my faith.
In an Irish context, there were deep rooted religious and historical prejudices, I felt strongly about past injustices which I learned about from most people in my environment, then I learned about the relationship between religion and politics. The concept of hypocrisy and manipulation set in and led to a deeper level of questioning.

I don?t know what is the absolute truth, but a faith as a spiritual guide encourages people to live a meaningful life, and this to me is incredibly significant in a first world consumed by corporate driven materialism; spiritual wellness comes in many forms and in my interpretation of well-being I consider most faiths as equally valid.

Thanks calstar2, tolerance is a powerful concept

The modern concept of 'tolerance' often excludes religious beliefs. That is also irrational.