I think most people don't like being lied to, which is why the fundamentalist branches of Christianity really offend me. The level of ignorance they demonstrate about demonstrable reality, the distortions they spread, and the most blatantly dishonest practice of "quote mining" found in many or most creationist sources really irks me, especially since they are pushing so hard to dumb down everybody else's children besides their own.
I am a very honest person who has been a seeker of truth my whole life. My autism probably has something to do with this as I have always been autistic, not to say that there aren't honest NTs. But I would say that my love of honesty plus the fact that I might know more about many subjects than many people do combine to turn me off some flavors of Christianity.
I can appreciate the lessons of eastern philosophies though (Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism) that are not in denial of demonstrable reality and that also seem to show some deep insights into the nature of reality, consciousness and existence. What's more, I can see those same teachings in western religions too, but usually not in the fundamentalist denominations.
It seems to be the fundies of whatever religion they are in (fundamentalist Hindus, Moslems, Christians or whatever) who cause the most problems in the world because that style of interpretation misses many levels of meaning that are not meant to be taken literally (and in truth, CAN'T be expressed but only hinted at...ineffable teachings). And it seems people at that level of interpretation are more likely than others to commit violence against anyone who doesn't believe a particular religion exactly the same way they do.
I am a bit puzzled that autistic people are supposed to be more likely to see things only in black and white. I most definitely have had Aspergers all my life, but I clearly see the flaws in black and white thinking. This is especially easy when there is so much evidence contradicting what fundies claim and when it is so easy to catch the blatant lies of their quote mining just by comparing their mined quotation to the original source to see what they left out.
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