There is a book (an allegory) titled The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. It is the (religious science fiction) story of Christian going on a walk to Celestial City. Christian, along the way, must travel through a town called Vanity Fair; also, toward the end of the journey Christian and his companion at that time, Hopeful, are confronted by a person called Atheist. Christian goes on the walk in part 1; his wife, Christiana and their four children, go on the walk to Celestial City in part 2 . In my opinion, Asperger's/autism is Asperger's/autism. I do not see it as Buddhist Asperger's/autism vs Hindu Asperger's/autism vs Mormon Asperger's/autism vs Christian Asperger's/autism. Recall reading a book titled Nerves In Collision (about the many non-convulsive epilepsies) by Walter C. Alvarez, M.D. Dr. Alvarez, M.D. directly addressed the idea of the neurology of epilepsy as hinted at in the Bible vs what is known today about the neurology of epilepsy. I responded positively to what Dr. Alvarez, M.D wrote about the topic because I felt he was trying to be as honest as possible about the subject. Dr. Alvarez, M.D. was not driven by a theological or a political agenda. I also recall reading a book by Dale Carnegie about friendships and people. Dale Carnegie also addressed the topic of how society is described to be according to certain books, including the Bible, and what actually happens in everyday society and the possible thinking/lack of thinking behind everyday life. People are free to set up their own talk groups and if they wish, they can choose to allow only certain ideas to be expressed - aka intentional censorship - I suppose. It's up to them. For some reason, I personally prefer open discussions myself. I also realize that with open discussions there can be occasional, unwanted flak which can enter the discussion process. If a person sets up their own discussion board, that flak can be addressed in terms of footnotes/questions/whatever or if the flak is clearly hostile/malicious, the posts can be deleted by the moderator and the tomato throwers banned from posting there. The Pilgrim's Progress book by John Bunyan clearly suggests that the path to Celestial City is not smooth all the time but full of dangers here and there. That's probably why the book is still in print - it says something about life and the known difference between a Christian world view vs other non-profit religions/non-profit faiths/non-profit philosophies/non-profit politics world view. Alex said there are tons of religions (2010). Alex is absolutely right.
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