aspies or NTs have stronger belief system ?

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does aspies or NTs have stronger belief system ?

It's a very vague question.

If you're talking about religion, I remember reading something once that claimed that one of the mechanisms that helps people find the idea of God plausible is missing / subdued in aspies. Something about seeing purpose in objects, and asking "why" things happen. But there are other reasons to be religious, of course, and some aspies are religious.

When it comes to politics, I always find myself being able to argue all sides of an issue, and I find the best arguments for every position to be worryingly convincing. So I am suspicious of political ideologies, because I recognise how easy it is to be drawn into a simplistic worldview.

AS people sometimes might feel very strongly about certain ideas. While their beliefs sometimes might seem quite radical they are less likely to adopt random socially accepted views without a good reason and might have a deep insight in certain issues because they lack 'common sense' (so they feel the need to compensate) and their intuition primarily is based on certain (formal) logic as opposite to social logic, self-benefit. However as mentioned AS people might be somewhat idealists and might struggle to see other's point of views and thus these ideas might be one-sided, ideological. A person could die to defend some beliefs.
On the other hand NT people usually go along with the current fashions with a priority to fit in. They will convince themselves of anything without much thought and identify with that group. It is very important not to feel left out and social benefit one receives is the main factor. They are in touch with their feelings and become very attached to certain ideas, hence stereotyping and cultural rigidity. The arguments for or against do not matter much because they will maintain the idea at any cost. To do that they might create an elaborate story and use many advanced social defence mechanisms etc. A person could die defending that group.

Having said that a strong belief system is in the core of one's personality and might be a driving force. A person who is doubtful and unsure has a very hard time in the world. Most people hold on to what they know and this is tied with their feeling of self-worth. I am obviously not talking about religion. So I would say it's a tie maybe there's a difference in how people go about these things.