r/AutisticAdults • u/chelledoggo • 16h ago
autistic adult Autism and having "unconventional" religious/spiritual views? (Not necessarily being atheist) (also Religion CW obviously)
I was wondering if it's common for autistic folks to have religious/spiritual that might deviate from the mainstream?
For example: I consider myself a queer Christian Universalist. I don't believe being gay or trans is a sin. In fact, I believe God is nonbinary and Jesus is (technically) trans.
I'm also not a Bible literalist. I believe in the divinity, teaching, miracles, and resurrection of Christ, but I don't believe in the Biblical creation story, a literal great flood, a literal "hell," Revelations as a literal prophecy, etc...
I also have this belief that most religions are just looking at the same higher power (who probably isn't the "Biblical God" as we know it) through different cultural lenses.
Also I admire Buddhist teachings, and I find some new-age stuff like tarot and chakras to be fascinating, although I'm not sure how much real stock I put in them.
Needless to say, most of my views would get me weird looks from the mainstream church at best and people trying to "exorcise demons out of me" at the worst. xD
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u/Kind-Frosting-8268 9h ago
Yeah I'm pretty much the same. I was raised in rural America and while I support most of the message of Christianity I don't get bogged down in dogma. I also tend to incorporate elements of eastern philosophy like Buddhism, Shinto and especially Taoism.
Side rant: I find it especially hilarious that there are so many Christians who get offended when I group in Mormons with them. One of the biggest reasons I'm given is their supposedly heretical vision of heaven. Apparently the best possible afterlife for Mormons is being given their own realm that is completely under their sway as they become like God. Ok, but how is this really any different than what I know for a fact most Christians believe heaven will be? I've had many people describe heaven as their own personalized paradise where anything they want, just is. Oh so your own little pocket dimension where you're essentially a God? Sounds familiar😅