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What’s interesting to me is how much of atheism, rationalism, and the various fellow travelers is dominated by people who are clearly well onto the autism spect
by User23 4y ago
What’s interesting to me is how much of atheism, rationalism, and the various fellow travelers is dominated by people who are clearly well onto the autism spectrum.
Atheism is basically the result of an inability to read spiritual cues just as typical autistic behavior stems from an inability to read social cues. I feel for people who are spiritually blind, but I’m really not interested in their opinions on religion anymore than I am in a tone deaf person’s opinions on music.
- pstuart 4y agoI'm an atheist because I believe in one less god than you do. I'm spiritual as fuck, and while I may have my issues, autism is not one of them.
- User23 4y ago> I'm an atheist because I believe in one less god than you do. That’s not a reason, it’s just the definition of atheism. Why are you an atheist? > I'm spiritual as fuck, and while I may have my issues, autism is not one of them. I’m not sure we mean the same thing by spiritual. For example I believe, as St Augustine explains so marvelously in his Confessions, that God is a purely spiritual being. Do you believe that a spiritual reality exists independently of the material one and that human beings are both material and spiritual creatures? If not then you aren’t as spiritual as any vulgarity because you don’t actually believe yourself to be spiritual at all. I don’t want to impute beliefs to you that aren’t truly yours though, so unless you choose to clarify I’ll just consider that one possibility.
- pstuart 4y ago> Why are you an atheist? Because every single religion I'm aware of so far has seemed like made up stories meant to control people. I've seen no evidence of a God who is as actively engaged as those stories purport. My definition of spirituality is "one's connection with the universe; seeing the magic in our creation". I don't need a holy tract for that. Speaking of such, the story I like the most in this regard is here: http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html I'm too lazy/distracted to start a church around that but the appeal of that idea has not faded.
- anon291 4y agoIf you believe the universe is created, you are not an atheist.
- pstuart 4y agoAre you citing my comment: "seeing the magic in our creation"? Let me try speaking more slowly so you get it. An example might be taking in a sunset and the scenery therein and feeling happy to be present for it, and to feel like one is part of that picture. If you read The Egg and think that I literally believe its true then you are projecting yourself and any further conversation is pointless. The Egg is a wonderful story and if I was forced to choose one and "believe it", I'd take it over any of the official offerings.
- blep_ 4y agoI'm genuinely curious: as an autistic atheist, what spiritual cues do you think I'm missing? What even is a spiritual cue? I can conceptualize what a social cue is even if i miss them sometimes, but you seem to be describing an entirely new thing that doesn't map onto that concept in any obvious way.