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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm starting to doubt my lack of belief |
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Posted: 31 May 2010, 11:41 am
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Replies: 117
Views: 9,803
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| Belief in God, for me, is non-rational. In other words, it is possible that my belief that God exists is true since knowing such a thing is outside the scope of human ability, but I have no proof one way or the other that God exists. Belief in God, for me, is a matter of life and death. I, for one, ... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: A different kind of PMS |
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Posted: 11 May 2010, 7:13 pm
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,677
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| And I get this thing at mid-cycle where either my uterus or cervix seems to spasm into a hard enlarged knot, and I feel my core muscles pulling at it every time I f***ing move. Like it seems to be catching in the muscle wall somehow, especially on any side-to-side movement. It hurts, and is a f***i... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What are your religious views? |
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Posted: 11 May 2010, 2:35 pm
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Replies: 132
Views: 12,636
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| I am an agnostic theist Christian. I do not know, nor do I believe anyone is capable of knowing, whether God does or does not exists. I choose to believe that God exists. I also choose to believe that Jesus embodied the character of God, died, rose, and will come again. As a consequence of these bel... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: A different kind of PMS |
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Posted: 11 May 2010, 10:42 am
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Replies: 19
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| PMS seems to be a different animal entirely for me than it appears to be for NT women. I have full blown tantrums almost every month no matter how hard I try to control myself and over the most insignificant things too. Sometimes, I get so obsessed with identifying the source of my rage that I turn ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: An Aspie Christian issue |
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Posted: 17 Apr 2010, 5:02 pm
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Replies: 23
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| I agree that my outsiderness and Christianity combined protected me from my own naiveté. That is a very good point, musicboxforever! I did like the church affirming my being different and wish that I could still feel the confidence that message sent, but as an adult trying to participate at church I... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Dear "You"...From "Me"-Letters Unsent |
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Posted: 15 Apr 2010, 1:08 am
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Replies: 4,980
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| Dear FJ, I admire you more than I've ever admired anyone, you're my hero. I think about you often and wish that I could be more like you. I'm sorry I write so often, and I'm sorry I never write about normal stuff. I feel like I pester you even when you assure me I don't. I rarely feel the human conn... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: What motivates Self-Diagnosis? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 11:10 pm
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Replies: 69
Views: 7,761
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| I diagnosed myself with AS three years ago, then undiagnosed myself, and finally re-diagnosed myself a couple of months ago. The original diagnosis came from stumbling across a description of AS on the internet and finding myself understood on a profound level on which I'd never been understood befo... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Does anyone else... |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 8:48 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,605
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| Yes, I often care more about fictional characters than real people. I also get caught up in elaborate relationships (one sided, of course) with dead authors. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: how can I cope with maintaining friends? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 8:30 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,986
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: Feeling low after social interractions? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 8:28 pm
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,769
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| I am not sure why you are felling low. Personally, after a social interaction I replay and analyze the interaction in my head and become concerned about what I said, how it may have been interpretted and what is going to happen next. I may enjoy an interaction, but I get a horrible sinking feeling ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: An Aspie Christian issue |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 2:31 pm
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,845
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| Now I feel that the subculture of my religion actually kept me from trying to learn how to socialize effectively... If it's any consolation, I had zero religious subculture growing up and, I too, never learned how to socialize effectively. Strangely enough, this lifelong struggle has helped me to s... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: An Aspie Christian issue |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 2:22 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Though I feel an obligation because of the mutual love I feel I'm supposed to have with my fellow Christians We are supposed to love everyone, even atheists, as God loved us before we knew him, but that doesn't mean that we have to conform to their expectations. If people cannot accept you in spite... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why did God make us as aspies? |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 1:53 pm
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Replies: 132
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| As far as I'm aware, agnosticism is about the existence of God being unknowable, and theism and atheism are about belief. These are different concepts. I am agnostic because I don't think that the existence of God is knowable. I'm still an atheist, though, because I don't believe in God. you_are_wh... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: An Aspie Christian issue |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 1:23 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Church congregations are social constructs like everything else, and it's hard to feel like you belong when you don't tend to experience "chemistry" with other people in the first place. zer0netgain, I couldn't agree more! It has taken me years just to get to know people's names at the church I att... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: An Aspie Christian issue |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2010, 10:29 am
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Replies: 23
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| Naturally, I've always been outside the typical social sphere for my age and gender. I never fit in at school or at church. In my search to explain this phenomenon, before I happened upon AS as the likely explanation, I understood my outsiderness as a function of my faith. Growing up as a Christian,... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Irrational women |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2009, 3:08 pm
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Replies: 76
Views: 8,800
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| I am a woman. I am a logical person, and I am an emotional person. Logic and emotion are not mutually exclusive. I believe there is a natural ebb and flow between these two ways of relating to the world and to other people. Why are women so irrational, subjective and hyper emotional? Is it nature or... |
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