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25 Aug 2014, 8:18 am

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This kind of thing angers me. What fricken' century do we live in?!

A person's expressed beliefs (whether they are about religion or about Autism Speaks) are protected as free speech by the First Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America. As such, they aren't and shouldn't be affected by your anger. But, you are as free to your opinion as they are about theirs.


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25 Aug 2014, 8:21 am

AspieUtah wrote:
SilverProteus wrote:
This kind of thing angers me. What fricken' century do we live in?!

A person's expressed beliefs (whether they are about religion or about Autism Speaks) are protected as free speech by the First Amendment to the Constitution for the United States of America. As such, they aren't and shouldn't be affected by your anger. But, you are as free to your opinion as they are about theirs.


You're right, but people should be way better educated. That is my opinion on the subject.


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25 Aug 2014, 4:02 pm

No but the devil created Heavy Metal don't you know.....so in that regard.

Hail Satan!

I realize that might offend people :twisted:


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25 Aug 2014, 6:48 pm

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No but the devil created Heavy Metal don't you know.....so in that regard.

Hail Satan!

I realize that might offend people :twisted:


Hell, according to the fundies and holy rollers who immerse themselves in country (really great uplifting stuff about how you're so sad you want to die!) all Rock 'n Roll is a creature of the Devil. At one time before political correctness, they publicly called it n*gger music.


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25 Aug 2014, 6:57 pm

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Sweetleaf wrote:
No but the devil created Heavy Metal don't you know.....so in that regard.

Hail Satan!

I realize that might offend people :twisted:


Hell, according to the fundies and holy rollers who immerse themselves in country (really great uplifting stuff about how you're so sad you want to die!) all Rock 'n Roll is a creature of the Devil. At one time before political correctness, they publicly called it n*gger music.


And apparently in some states marijuana was made illegal in order to stop black blues musicians from seducing nice white girls with it..... :roll: and ridiculous things like that. I swear the musicians responsible for leading to rock music got no bloody respect...hell they'd even have white people like elvis sing songs written by black musicians so they could 'sell' it since people only wanted to listen to it from someone white......racism is stupid seriously.

But seriously if the devil is responsible for rock n roll, then he can't be that bad now can he.....lol


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25 Aug 2014, 7:04 pm

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No but the devil created Heavy Metal don't you know.....so in that regard.

Hail Satan!

I realize that might offend people :twisted:


Hell, according to the fundies and holy rollers who immerse themselves in country (really great uplifting stuff about how you're so sad you want to die!) all Rock 'n Roll is a creature of the Devil. At one time before political correctness, they publicly called it n*gger music.


And apparently in some states marijuana was made illegal in order to stop black blues musicians from seducing nice white girls with it..... :roll: and ridiculous things like that. I swear the musicians responsible for leading to rock music got no bloody respect...hell they'd even have white people like elvis sing songs written by black musicians so they could 'sell' it since people only wanted to listen to it from someone white......racism is stupid seriously.

But seriously if the devil is responsible for rock n roll, then he can't be that bad now can he.....lol


Absolutely racism's stupid. And while the business end of Rock had definitely taken advantage of black musicians, I have to think the music genre itself had helped in bringing down such blatant racism.


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25 Aug 2014, 8:11 pm

If Jesus wanted to heal my autism, I'd tell him not to go all the way with it. Just take out the bad stuff about it and keep the good stuff in. :)



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25 Aug 2014, 8:14 pm

Maybe the Devil is autistic himself. And just wants to spread the joy.



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25 Aug 2014, 8:24 pm

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If Jesus wanted to heal my autism, I'd tell him not to go all the way with it. Just take out the bad stuff about it and keep the good stuff in. :)


The thing is, I'm not convinced that high functioning autism is such a disability at all, but simply represents a diversity on how one's brain is wired - everyday socialization and common sense is impaired, but high IQ often accompanied my scientific or artistic gifts more than make up for it. In other words, Jesus I doubt would have healed Asperger's, as there was nothing to heal.


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25 Aug 2014, 8:54 pm

/\ The problem comes in when employers are using soft skills as criteria in addition to education and experience when hiring. Soft skills tend to be the area where we can really f**k up.
To those who want something more than to be bohemian bums or genteel poor this can be a problem.....


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26 Aug 2014, 12:25 am

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/\ The problem comes in when employers are using soft skills as criteria in addition to education and experience when hiring. Soft skills tend to be the area where we can really f**k up.
To those who want something more than to be bohemian bums or genteel poor this can be a problem.....


We genteel poor, bohemian bums, unlike the employers you seem to think so highly of, realize there's more to a person than just their "soft skills."
And plenty of NT's aren't qualified for every job - why beat up on Aspies for not being a perfect fit in every case?


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26 Aug 2014, 1:16 am

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To all christians, do you think theres a link between autism and the devil? Do you think Jesus can heal us?
I believe God has the ability to heal any ailment we face in this life...but whether autism's something to be cured is another matter. Faith also plays a part in it, because God can't work in those who refuse to trust Him.


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26 Aug 2014, 6:15 am

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Faith also plays a part in it, because God can't work in those who refuse to trust Him.


Can't! Really! I thought your God was omnipotent?

Surely you mean to say that your God "Won't" as he is somewhat petulant, churlish and petty.


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26 Aug 2014, 6:19 am

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noidentity0 wrote:
To all christians, do you think theres a link between autism and the devil? Do you think Jesus can heal us?
I believe God has the ability to heal any ailment we face in this life...but whether autism's something to be cured is another matter. Faith also plays a part in it, because God can't work in those who refuse to trust Him.


Here it comes...can god even heal amputees? :roll:


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26 Aug 2014, 6:28 am

SilverProteus wrote:
Moviefan2k4 wrote:
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To all christians, do you think theres a link between autism and the devil? Do you think Jesus can heal us?
I believe God has the ability to heal any ailment we face in this life...but whether autism's something to be cured is another matter. Faith also plays a part in it, because God can't work in those who refuse to trust Him.


Here it comes...can god even heal amputees? :roll:


God must like crabs. :P


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26 Aug 2014, 6:35 am

SilverProteus wrote:
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To all christians, do you think theres a link between autism and the devil? Do you think Jesus can heal us?
I believe God has the ability to heal any ailment we face in this life...but whether autism's something to be cured is another matter. Faith also plays a part in it, because God can't work in those who refuse to trust Him.


Here it comes...can god even heal amputees? :roll:


Hey don't scoff, I know someone, who has a friend, who's cousin knows somebody, who has a friend on the internet, who this happened to.


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