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26 Nov 2017, 1:46 am

pgd wrote:
If there can be a Church of Scientology, there can be a Church of the Autism Spectrum/even a string of Churches of Autism around the world. It might require declaring that God is believed to have Autism but that's just a matter of paperwork/stated dogma/belief of the faithful.

And what would be the justification for this belief? Traditional concepts of God (at least the ones I was brought up with) have human beings as the crown of creation, the only beings that exist for their own sake, the only beings created for a relationship with Him. Autistic individuals tend to care more about things than about people. So if God is autistic, why do we exist? Were people made to serve things rather than the other way around? And what does that say about morality? For instance, wouldn't greed be a moral good?

Aspiewordsmith wrote:
What about a Church, place of worship/ faith that sees God through the spectacles of Aspergia? :idea:

Do you mean seeing God as autistic (see above) or seeing God through our Aspergian eyes? What would that look like? How would our concept of God be different?