Are all AS religious?

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I say "Christ!" and "God damn!" a lot. Does that count?

It might depend on the context.

and sometimes it's his way of refining us, trying to get rid of the impurities in our attitudes towards each other, other things, etc.

Would you believe me if I told you, I've asked some "NT"'s similar questions, and even they may find it hard to know what to say at the right time? And to be honest, even if you have aspergers that doesn't mean you can't go up to that person and try. I believe in "Know thyself" and learning about myself to see what things I can do better.

You can do the same with yourself. Go on, take that chance. Nothing's holding you back. Not even your aspergers. It may make things slightly more challenging at times, but that doesn't mean you have to be shy.

I believe in God. Maybe I'm a Christian...
Monday Morning I was taken to two wrong buildings before I got to the right place. Normally I'd freak out and panic. I did not let it make me meltdown. Instead I asked around for some kind people to help me get to where I needed to be.

I proved to myself that day, I can overcome some of my obsticles. If it will always go so smoothly, I don't know. I just take each day at a time and try the best I can.
I hope you can find this encouraging in some way.

That's a good post. Practicing social skills can pay off!

*shrugs with his hand on the back of his head* hmmm...tough question...
I've been Baptist, then Seventh Day Adventist, then Aethiest, now Seventh Day Adventist again....though, I have the indifference toward the whole idea of an Aethiest....soo..yeah.

you'll find a great many AS'ers are athiests
if there is a god I hate him or her for what he (or she) did to me

I'm confused Kilroy. If you're an atheist, why have hatred for God? Why would an atheist bother himself by hating something he doesn't believe in? And a God of Science wouldn't be personal or sentient or even an entity. Science is not an "entity" the same way as the Judeo-Christian God. The Christian God is naturally a God of science because He is the God of absolutely everything, even science.

For lack of evidence to the contrary, I will accept the idea that God created me as a Bipolar Aspie. But I'll never know if this was deliberate on God's part, or just as a casual outgrowth of other pre-existing phenonmena & processes. Oh, well. I'll ask Him about it when I meet Him. There'll be plenty of time for Q & A in the Kingdom.

^ Kilroy's just saying that if there was a god, he'll hate him. In the same way that you don't have to actualy belive in Santa Claus to agree that Santa's a good person.

If a creator being did exist I'd hate him/it because the fact that there is evil in the world would mean that such an entity is sadistic.

The problem of evil is one of the big things that caused me to reject religion. IMO the fact that there is suffering in the world maokes existance of an infinitely loving deity impossible.

I don't have a formal belief in god. I just don't see the benefits anymore.

Ancient chinese philosophers saw dualities such as good and evil as inseperable parts of a whole
Life and death
good and evil
long and short
high and low
before and after etc etc...

When making an omlette you have to break an egg
good for the cook but bad for the unborn chick
Good and evil are relative terms depending on whether your the cook or the chicken
maybe if the cook didn't want the omlette the chicken wouldn't die
but maybe without the omlette the cook will die
the chicken and the cook are both part of the same planet
Beyond duality lies harmony and unity

Right on Pixie!

I am agnostic, but I do have my principles.

One of the key ones is:

If good and evil exist, good is defined as anything beneficial to the human body while evil is anything detrimental to the body. Benefit is determined by the sum of the reactions, not the direct reaction.

"Are all AS religious?"

NO.

I'm gonna just copy this one right on over from that silly "indigo kids" discussion:

My only interest in any form of mysticism (other than warning of the myriad horrors they routinely unleash upon humanity) is in cataloging the various classic cognitive errors and biases employed by their adherents.

The history of mysticism is a virtual taxonomy of cognitive pathology.

Nicely written!