Autism and Religion

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How does Autism effect your view on god and religion? Do you believe in god? What are your thoughts on God and Religion in general? For me I believe in god even when I had hate towards him or when I go through my non-believer phrases. I always came back wanting to love him and I recognize how foolish I was. Right now my autism is pushing me more towards him because I really need him and I hate how people ruined God with their ego or hate. You know with the whole if you believe in god then you are dumb or if you don't then you have to.

I don't know mow much autism has played a role in this for me, but I'm guessing it's not a lot. My parents are Mormon and so was I up until not too long ago when I became an agnostic atheist. The thing is, my two brothers also independently became agnostic atheists. I left the church because I noticed that my belief was based entirely on bias with no evidence to back it up and the same could be said for my 13 year old brother. My 17 year old brother left the church because he noticed some questionable details in the church's history and since he is more of a conspiracy theorist type he started looking into it further until he decided that the man who founded the church was a con man. I was actually the last of the 3 to leave the church, so maybe autism caused me to be more trusting then I should have been hence delaying it? I don't know.

I love God.

The rules are very hard to follow, but I love God. Bottom line.

I don't believe in a mythical sky-daddy who pulls the puppet strings, bending us to his will and punishing us at his every whim. Besides, why would a "perfect God" make an imperfect, defective product like me?

I think it has a huge impact on my view, i can't believe in something i can't see or prove to exist, i mean, i get why other people can, it seems like a coping mechanism, and im glad people can have that sort of security in their life, good for them, i hope it brings them happiness. but its just not....there for me

I'm Diyinian.

I was never into the social club aspect. Most churches are primarily social clubs, designed for meeting people similar to yourself and hanging out, dating, etc.. That's why churches are so homogenous, why Christians often meet their spouses at church, and the reason for their laser-like focus on sex - who's sleeping with who is a very important thing to keep track of in a social club.

I do have an interest in philosophy and theology, but if you study religion rigorously for very long, the contradictions come out and it becomes extremely difficult to believe.

I am Catholic, but I no longer go to church because IMO, going to church is like being in HS all over again!

I believe in God.
Not sure whether autism has anything to do with it.
Though a couple of times, I've prayed for a normal life
and been told "no."
Anyways, methinks I'm better off just staying who I am.

My motto nowadays:

1. Acknowledge God.
2. Take the next right step.
3. Be a sign of hope to those around you.

Hebrew school drop out

Christian who reads bible almost daily.
Prefers small groups at Church to Sunday/Saturday service.

Falls short of the Glory of God.

I don't believe in god and I don't do religion because I don't need to be told how to live my life and what to believe in.

Despite being an atheist, I still do Christmas and Easter because I grew up with it and I want to share it with my kids. Religion has nothing to do with it.

Even before being diagnosed, I questioned religion altogether which has caused friction between my parents and I. I don't know what I am at this point but I've had a negative experience with church and I'm constantly condemned for trying to maintain religion on an individual level. So I slacked and now leave it alone. No one is happy unless I do exactly what they want.

I'm a Jain. Feel free to look that up when you have the chance.

@redrobin I had googled Jain originally and came up with a French singer. I thought you meant you worshipped her as a joke... then I realized that adding religion as a keyword would definitely help. Did you grow up with it?

i think the religious content of my upbringing was instrumental in teaching me early on that "it's important to think of others, accept them unless they hurt you, and help them when you're in a privileged position", which is contrary to my original disposition. my upbringing was "catholic", but figures such as saint francis of assisi and saint john bosco were much more prominent influences in practice than jesus himself, let alone anything from the old testament (which to me was never any different from greek or egyptian mythology, and nobody expected or demanded me to believe that it was. old testament = hebrew mythology)

as i grew up though, religion ceased to serve any purpose. it started to feel only pointless and frustrating, and as soon as i questioned it, it was clear that it was, so i dropped it. my father asked me "why won't you go to church anymore?", i said "why would i?", and that was it. he didn't have anything else to say, and neither did i

for a while there was a vacuum where the belief in god used to be, and it made me feel very alone. then i read some material about zen and tao. nowadays, as far as spirituality goes, i'm content with that, and i'm not looking for anything else. it's basically "the religion of irreligion". it's a matter of achieving practice through perspective rather than the other way around, which suits me perfectly