Any other Christians here?

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Yeah, my name was in an obituary. I thought it was a friend of the family sending me kind regards but after looking up the address and finding it was a JW church really kept me on edge. We have a community of them in my town, but I never got anything from them. The address was a church from a town an hour away. When I told my dad, he told me the same thing you did as it happened to my family before.

I voted other. Officially, I'm a Reform Jew because I converted when I got married. I do observe the most important holidays however not as a more observant Jew would. As for actual belief, I have a hard time choosing atheist because I'm not comfortable with any sort of absolute certainty.

Interestingly, perhaps, is that my 2 most serious relationships were with people from "mixed" households:

GF1: mother New England Congregational (I think), father raised Catholic but not practicing.
GF2: mother Catholic, father Lutheran (both practicing)

I can't help noticing how many people here were raised in fervently religious Christian families. I don't see how that would correlate with autism. My parents were basically atheists which has actually made me feel like a sort of outcast.

It doesn't correlate with autism although sometimes religion, especially cults, appeals to people who are disenfranchised in some way because it's an instant community. If autism runs in a person's family, they could've grown up in a religious household for such a reason.

I was an outcast because I was shunned by my church. People can feel like outcasts if they dislike or disagree with the belief system they grew up with. It becomes increasingly difficult to find common ground with acquaintances. It's tough when people are sheltered because of religion, too, and haven't had the opportunity to form meaningful relationships with anyone outside of their church.

Maybe people who feel like outcasts are more likely to use online forums. I doubt it's related to autism in any way. I don't think that members of WP are necessarily a reflection of autistics as a whole.

In other words, it's complicated.

I was a loose Jehovah witness(annihilationism instead of fiery hell), then a loose seventh day Adventist(judgement then annihilationism), the former is perhaps a bit more heretical but they arguably both accurately critique mistranslations/misinterpretations of hell from the original scriptural texts(jews also believed in annihilationism for sinners), I waned away from whatever faith i did have but still interested in purely knowing about and speculating on spiritual stuff and my mother eventually became a catholic, I've never really been ABLE to commit to any spiritual belief system and thats a problem, I got into bad crowds/habits/wilful sin(4chan, incel communities, new age) that shaped my character. my life had more structure being a happy go lucky ignorant young boy going to church than the disillusioned mess im in now.

On a tangent I want to say that Near-Death experiences about jesus and hell are technically/arguably unbiblical even for me who's never finished the bible but sank my teeth into the book extensively enough, I think a creator exists but not everyone will get to enjoy an afterlife imo.

I am a Christian (Lutheran to be specific), but I am low-key about it.

Aside from Martin Luther, I am shaped by Mordecai Kaplan's Reconstructionist Judaism (states that God evolves like we do), and by liberation theology.

My approach is more of a philosophical approach, and my main criticism is religion's involvement in politics.

Given what you wrote here, I would be interested to hear your thoughts are about the following, if you feel inclined to discuss this:

- Rejection or welcome: Transgender Catholics encounter both by David Crary, AP News, February 26, 2022
- Critics say US bishops' new statement on transgender health care lacks sound science and trans voices by Katie Collins Scott, National Catholic Reporter, March 21, 2023
- Christianity and transgender people - Wikipedia

(Perhaps a new, separate thread would be appropriate, if you or anyone else wants to discuss this.)

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As for me:
Not Christian, not an atheist.
Agnostic with leanings toward polytheism.

Perhaps it correlates with some other aspect of Wrong Planet, such as perhaps the very idea of seeking out similar people? Or perhaps people in online forums generally (not just WP) tend to be disproportionately rural, and rural people tend to be disproportionately religious or from religious backgrounds?


Made you feel like an outcast where, and when? Here on WP, or in real life?

I didn't know people on forums were generally rural folk. Where did you learn this?

I am Christian.

This post sounds like it could be very Poignant ! considering amount of Aspies have seen here , with possible trends towards Trangenderism . imho

The Jehovah's Witnesses have called me and texted me and it freaked me out. Also our Mormon neighbors sent their little daughter to knock on our door to tell us about the Book of Mormon. I knew a Witness when I was in junior high.I dont know how they got my e-mail. I just knew it was a red flag when I saw "Jehovah" in a text.

I am a Christian and am diagnosed with autism. I linked to the journey of my faith in my signature.
I am non denomInational and attend an Anglican church now which is in my local area.
My faith is the most important thing in my life and religion is one of my interests.

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I've been a Lutheran for 22 years, but I've been questioning my faith lately.

I've been a Baptist since 2008. I grew up in the United Church of Christ when I was younger but a church split occurred and my family "church hopped" for a long time until settling in 2008. I've been in the process of exploring some other churches as the Pastor of my church had passed away in April and it was very hard. He was a close friend of mine and things haven't been the same since a new Pastor came in and felt God was calling me to look into some other churches. It's hard though also as the church I've been a part of for 16 years is like family to me.

I'm glad to meet some other Christians in this forum but also happy to talk with everyone regardless of faith:) My best friend is someone who I would consider to be agnostic/atheist. We bonded though over our love of video games and movies and is someone who I will always consider a best friend. Kind of funny but I also suspect he is on the autism spectrum but never brought it up.

Think my brain is a conceptual Christian belief person .. But cannot speak for my mind on this topic , at the very least
it is a non- denominational mind . with some astheist mumblings in its background .