Any Christian Aspies out there?

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i am a beliver too and i read gods word everyday god bless everyone

Christian Aspie here. And proud of it. Am in fact Lutheran if anyone knows what that is...

I consider myself to be a devout Contemplative Roman Catholic

I am a Roman Catholic but have wandered away from it for the last couple of years. One thing that appeals to me about the Catholic faith is the black-and-white nature of it--or at least that's the way I see it. Unfortunately, I have a difficult time grasping the concept of God's mercy.

Do any other aspies have problems like this? To me, there has to be a concrete 'do this first, then you can to the next thing' that Catholicism entails. That being said, it is too easy for me to get trapped into an endless cycle of guilt. What some people call scrupulosity, I call devout adherence to the faith. I'm not saying that I have not made my share of bad choices along the way, but I'm finding out how narrow the "Narrow Path" is.

I have also had a difficult time with one of my Aspie interests getting in the way of my faith. How can I expect to be absolved of a sin if I keep obsessing over the same interest (admiration of a celebrity sometimes leading to lust)? It is always in my mind. This path of questioning leads me to a pressing or interesting matter....

To the extent that you must have knowledge and intent to commit the sin, as George Carlin would say, "You have to WAAAAANNNAAAA", would an ASD interest fall under the perview of something that is totally controllable by the person? Would the Aspie or person with Autism have diminished capacity and therefore not be culpable of committing a sin? I'm not looking for an easy out or a Get out of Hell Free card.

I'm Christian. Graduated from Berean Bible College in 1984. My husband and I run our churches Children's ministry. Teaching future Apostles,Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers.

I'm Christian, and no one will convince me otherwise!

Glad to hear that you cannot be swayed! (or is it suede...no ... lol

Eamonn, there was a song that came out in the 70's, and some of it goes like this "We'll the Catholics and the Protestants are having themselves a war, and the World looks on and it asks, "Whats it for?" Oh the CHURCH needs Jesus." when Christians fail....thats on us. We will stand before God and give account for our actions. and as a church, we've not always done what we should do to bring glory to God. Unfortunately, we as a church have brought him alot of shame. So what do I do, I do my best, when issues are revealed to me in the Church I belong to, I try to help correct it, not just sit back and complain or backslide. But I try to help with a solution. Something to remember to, religion screws us up, but a relationship with our creator is what God wants from you. I heard a baptist Pastor say, "You can be a Baptist and go straight to hell. You need to be a Christian, you need to have a personal relationship with God, then you go to heaven." Baptist as he was saying is just our denomonation, it won't save you. You can get very religious, and not know God. He wants to know you, he can care less about your religion. If the Pharisees weren't so religious they wouldn't have given Jesus so much grief, and yet they were the religious leaders. You keep seeking, keep praying, God knows where you should be, and where he wants you. You're probably going to be a mover and a shaker. I recommend you read Josh Mc Dowells book, "Evidence that demands a verdic". Take care

I am officially Catholic, but unofficially agnostic. The only reason I got baptized was so that I don't have to go to church anymore.

I believe that God is way beyond my imagination or understanding. A human trying to understand God is like an ant trying ot understand science. I will never understand God and I will never know whether God exists or not, so I don't really take it too seriously or think about it too much.

It just annoys me when people try to force their beliefs or morals on you. I don't have morals, morals are just opinions. It's just pointless for me to label somebody evil just because I think something they do or believe in is evil and they think otherwise.

I am a Chriatian ... and after reading some of the things in the pol/religion forum I think I will not be posting here much or rading any more as my head would explode ... it is amazing to me considering how many aspies are posting here... how little logic there is here ... heh and all the out of control emotion ... my anxiety level is way too high ...

have fun here ... that is what it's for ... not like we'll convince each other of anything ... i mean the name calling and even the junk I just said about logic ... well it's pretty worthless ... it's one thing to get to know one another and help each other ... but trying to debate things as personal as religion or politics in a forum ... yeah ... that's bad news ... never works and only makes us mad at each other ...

soooo yeah ... lets get to one another and try to have a bit of fun

... X ...

I am a Christian mystic. I didn't under stand the mystic, until I had some spiritual talks with friends of mine online and off and they said that I was a mystic. I didn't know you could be a Christian and a mystic.

Yes, I am a Christian. I was brought up in the Roman Catholic Church. Later I joined the Anglican Church. After that I returned to the Roman Catholic Church and attended exclusively the pre-Vatican II Latin Mass. I joined the Orthodox Church in the late 1990's. In the mid 1990's I considered Judaism, even to the extent of studying with a rabbi, but ultimately could not reject Christ.

Since joining the Orthodox Church I have been quite happy. I have made a few friends and I have a wonderful spiritual father in the pastor. Interestingly, he has an understanding of Asperger Syndrome.

I grew up in a protestant Christian household and made my own comittment when I was about 5, having made my own mind up on the subject. Dad later became a Church of England vicar, and as a result of the other kids at school asking me awkward questions at school I got a lot of debating practice, and later joined a Christian debating group at university.

I found my faith to be a great help to me throughout school, especially as I went undiagnosed until starting university! And it was a great comfort after I left university medically depressed from lack of support, with my career plans in ruins.

I must admit that I do find that going to crowded church services wears me out, but I've joined a housegroup in order to get back into studying the Bible in more depth.

I'm lucky to go to a smaller church. I don't even always go into the sanctuary, as perfumes and other scents can bother me, but there is a setup to listen from the fellowship hall (it wasn't working for a while, but my dad turned it back on.) This helps a lot since it's a bit crowded on the pews and scents waft in the sanctuary. I will be teaching Sunday School, but only if little kids come, and they don't wear perfume--afaik!

I was Catholic before the Church of Garlic came.

Hello I'm a Christian and also a newbie Heard about this forum on another site.