Asked the priest why God made aspie people

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the and me are tired of filthy christians, of any kind!

The OP is a known troll.

So true. I remember when I was 17, I had a female friend that was 20 years older than me (my friends have usually been much older) that wanted to go to girl's camp with the rest of the females. She was denied because she and her husband had been unable to conceive.

That was the final straw for me. I just couldn't pretend I found the church a good place to be anymore.

screw religion.....i'm also a lefty which makes me even more unloved by the gods/god....either way i need no love from any entity that i cross paths with

That really does not sound like an answer a priest would give.

I second this.

If a priest actually was asked (doubtful), your theoretical answers sound a lot more plausible. I don't believe for one minute that a priest actually said this.

Just like my minister at church. His strong curebie line was the start of me disengaging with the church.

Thank you for pointing this out.

You really put him on the spot, didn't you? I assume that most seminaries (I'm Protestant personally, but I don't think it's that different) don't really train their priests in disability issues. His answer was a traditional one, but it comes straight out of popular culture--not out of the Bible. The Bible doesn't seem to touch on it very much, either, except for one circumstantial reference:So, basically, from this we know that disability isn't a punishment from God; in fact, it's something God apparently plans for. There's also the interesting fact that Jesus, in cases where the person in question was conscious and aware, always asked permission before healing someone--none of this "for your own good" stuff. (There are also a few passages in the Old Testament, but they are generally quarantine regulations and ceremonial law--parts of the law that aren't in effect anymore.)

That's not a whole lot of an answer, I know; but your priest (much as I hate to disrespect the fellow) was wrong: God doesn't make disabled people to make everybody else grateful; he makes them because he either wants them to be the way they are, or lets them be the way they were going to be; and he allows it for a reason that in the end makes things better than they would've been if he hadn't.

Beyond the scant passages that address disability directly, though, there are a lot of general things that can be applied: Namely, the many times God talks about equality and human rights, about the way one ought to treat others, and about the way people ought to take care of each other. Disabled people are no exception to any of that--When God talks about people, that includes autistic ones.

The Catholic priests I know say that suffering (including disabilities) are part of carrying the cross as Christ commanded, a way for individuals to share in Christ's sufferings.

The "health and wealth gospel" is totally un-Catholic. Many or even most of the saints suffered some kind of illness, poverty or other suffering, often extreme suffering, and I frequently hear prayers at Mass saying things such as, "May all who suffer pain and mental or physical illness know that they are specially chosen by God." (That one was just a few days ago.) These prayers are part of the official liturgy, not just something made up by the individual priest.

So aside from the fact that the OP has been obviously trolling for a while, I find it difficult to believe that what he reports the priest having said is accurate, but even if it was, it certainly does not represent Catholic teaching, at all. Those who wish to bash Christians will find any excuse, I suppose. Heaven forbid we should check our facts, it might interfere with Christian-bashing.

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I think this is an apocryphal story.

Thank you for saying this. I'm not Catholic nor am I a fan of many religious leaders. Nor do I belong to a religion. I so badly want to comment on this because my interpretation of Christ is a part of my main "special interest". I'll only say this here.

One of Jesus last words was, "my God, my God, why have you forsaken me?", taking up the voice of all outcasts and the dispossessed. I believe this includes the so called "godless".

I do not say this to debate or argue, this is my special interest, which I've hyper-focused on.

I second this.

Does God really have any choice on our mental differences?

I believe in God but I don't think he has that much control over us. Or if he wants to. My mum prayed for me to live. God answers prayers but doesn't decide who will be autistic or NT. He doesn't even use those terms.