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As to denominations of Christianity and their acceptance or rejection of AS. I don't know if most would come right out and discriminate, but they're as likely as anyone else to believe if it can't be seen, it isn't really there, that you're just a whiner with a diagnosis, that if you pray hard enough, it will go away, or worse, that you're possessed by a demon and need to be exorcised or prayed over, with hands laid on. I don't think I would mention it until I had a sense of where a particular group's mentality ran. If a given church has parents with autistic children, that would be a good sign that the group recognizes it as a disability.

I know it's been said that this discussion doesn't belong here, but I thought I'd give a little info on the subject of evolution, as it interests me. Just got done with an anthropology class this semester. And a general science class where we talked about radioactive materials (and the like) quite a bit. So, combined, I know a bit about carbon and uranium dating.

First, it is perfectly okay to take this kind of dating with a grain of salt. It is in no way an accurate marker of age. It is only a rough estimate based on the decay of the material (carbon and uranium). Carbon is only really accurate for an age of up to 50,000 years, anyway.

Secondly, all of the evolution talk I've been exposed to in anthropology is subject to much speculation. This archaeologist thinks this. That archaeologist thinks that. It's pretty much a theory as to how we split off, where we split off from, etc.

HOWEVER, I will tell you that we share 98% of our genes with chimpanzees. Which does indicate that we have common ancestry and we went one way while they went another. So, I think this is some pretty good evidence of some kind of change going on.

Also, natural selection feeds into the story of evolution and I would suggest looking at Darwin's study of finches (pretty sure it was Darwin. If not, someone who was associated with Darwin's theories).

So, I don't know. I personally believe in evolution and I think there is a good argument for it. No doubt that the blunders that we've encountered along the way have cast a shadow of doubt on the whole thing. But we must remember, it is still a theory. Evidence for it for sure, but in no way proven as fact.

The same can be said about the creation of man as told in the Bible. Theory as well. It's up to you what you believe in. Nobody's really that wrong for believing in either theory.

That being said, I'll return to the point of the OT's post. I can't suggest any certain denomination. Even within dominations, there are differences from church to church. I would take the advice that someone else suggested; that being to hop around and see what closely aligns with your own beliefs. Also, a group of people that will accept you and embrace you. I have this belief in the "You'll know it when you feel it" kind of thing. Don't settle for anything less.

Poll about Churches acommodating persons with disruptive autism

I'm not sure a religion's creation stories qualify as a "scientific theory" as according to empirical theory. But now we're just bandying around man-made terms

I have my own religion based on Christianity.

I would say it's probably not denominations that do or don't discriminate. It's probably individual churches. So look at the ones in your area, stop by one Sunday, ask questions. You'll either find one or not, and if not, just stick to studying the Bible on your own.

Evolution has been show to occur in a lab. Below is a wikipedia link on how e-coli was seen to evolve to be able to metabolize citrate.

Wikipedia LINK - e-coli and citrate

When people speak of debate about evolution amongst scientists, it is not that evolution occurs. All reputable scientists agree that evolution occurs. What is a subject of debate is the specific details of how it works. Stephen Jay Gould proposed the punctuated equilibrium approach while Richard Dawkins prefers the tiny, incremental approach.

Remember that Darwin's was proposing a theory of evolution through the means of natural selection. He did not know what the mechanism was that caused traits to be transmitted from one generation to another, but predicted that there would have to be one. What he was saying, however was that events in the natural world would influence how likely an animal was to be able to reproduce. Adaptations that made that animal less likely to reproduce would tend to get culled out. Ones that improved the ability to reproduce would tend to remain. Without knowing the mechanism, it was obvious that some sort of random mutation would have to occur to provide the seed of change.

Gregor Mendel provided further information on how traits are passed from one generation to another in predictable patterns and with the discovery of DNA, the coding mechanism and trait selection process was discovered.

A good theory has predictive qualities. If you can take a theory and say, "if 'A' is correct, it means 'B' will have to happen." and then you discover 'B' that gives a great deal of weight to your theory. This is exactly what keeps happening with evolution.

Some people bring up the transition from land mammals to sea mammals (whales, manatees etc) For a long time there were no fossils that showed transitions of mammals returning to the sea. But in the past decade there have been a number of fossils found (I believe in the middle east) that show exactly this.

If evolution were a weak theory you would not expect to find so many confirming pieces of evidence.

But that said, I think you should go to whatever church is accepting and welcoming.

Gnostic

You could try pentecostal. But they might try to pray the autism out of you. Just kidding. They once tried to pray the demon of depression out of me.
Their meetings get a bit loud so you'd wanna take some ear plugs just in case. Or noise cancelling headphones.

I mentioned them before. I actually grew up in that denomination. Needless to say I wasn't suited to it. I actually don't regret being brought up in it though. The experiences really backed up some choice things voltaire once said...