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03 Mar 2011, 7:28 pm

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I'm happy to be on the spectrum, due to the fact that it's made me a free thinker.

I'm pretty sure I've seen you post some stuff about God...

I'm pretty sure the existentialist thinkers must have made at least a few references to God.

And you're correct.
My existential viewpoints aren't pertinent to the conversation, though.

I was meaning to say that I have seen CR make semi-spiritual posts, and talk about church, yet she says that her ASD has made her a 'free thinker' (assumed she meant freethinker; I'm pretty sure we all know what that means here, as far as religion and spirituality goes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is the only context in which I have seen the word used.)

Yes, I was having a little bit of a pedantic joke with you. I thought I understood what you were getting at. But now, I'm not sure, what do we all know that means?

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03 Mar 2011, 7:31 pm

Moog wrote:

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Moog wrote:

jmnixon95 wrote:

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I'm happy to be on the spectrum, due to the fact that it's made me a free thinker.

I'm pretty sure I've seen you post some stuff about God...

I'm pretty sure the existentialist thinkers must have made at least a few references to God.

Yes, I was having a little bit of a pedantic joke with you. It's possible to refer to God without believing in or worshiping him/her/them.

It's also possible to be a free thinker and believe in God, or at least entertain the idea that God or Gods may exist.

I wouldn't use that remark on people, unless you want to make them angry and dislike you.

Terrible with jokes online, sorry. This isn't the first time a problem with them has occurred on WP.

What do you mean by your last sentence?

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03 Mar 2011, 7:35 pm

Sorry, JM. I edited my post, as now I am confused.

I thought you were making a rather rude remark about believers in God being inherently not freethinking.

Anyway, I do not think that is the case.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:40 pm

Moog wrote:

Sorry, JM. I edited my post, as now I am confused.

I thought you were making a rather rude remark about believers in God being inherently not freethinking.

Anyway, I do not think that is the case.

I didn't think I was being rude, but I'm sorry if you perceived my remarks as such.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:41 pm

jmnixon95 wrote:

Moog wrote:

Sorry, JM. I edited my post, as now I am confused.

I thought you were making a rather rude remark about believers in God being inherently not freethinking.

Anyway, I do not think that is the case.

I didn't think I was being rude, but I'm sorry if you perceived my remarks as such.

Well that's okay, I can always forgive... I'm just not sure if I'm thinking that in error now or not.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:45 pm

What I mean by being a free thinker is that my thoughts aren't influenced by my peers or my same sexed peers.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:47 pm

CockneyRebel wrote:

What I mean by being a free thinker is that my thoughts aren't influenced by my peers or my same sexed peers.

Thanks for the clarification; I guess I've just never heard it used in that context.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:47 pm

Another thing that I enjoy about being autistic is my extreme obsession with The Kinks that I've had since I was 9 that everybody in my life supported. The obsession that I was quiet about.

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03 Mar 2011, 7:55 pm

I think I'm probably someone who is happy despite his autism - that is, a couple of years ago I was in an unhappy place because of my poor communication skills and inability to handle my sensory issues, but now after making a concerted effort to improve in those areas I am a happier person.

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03 Mar 2011, 8:01 pm

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Some of you may wonder how any one of us can be happy with autism like I am. A lot of it has something to do with how you are brought up. My parents always made me feel loved as I was. They gave me self-esteem. My Autism has given me abilities beyond most of those who don't have it. I like my abilities. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am now smart enough to know how to stop other people's opinion's from ruining it for me.

If any of you understand this, please, let me know!

I am happy these days...I wasn't happy as a kid, or as an adolescent, but I think my happiness came to me before my AS diagnosis. I am fortunate to have a significant other who loves and respects me for being myself, and has done so much to help me interpret the world around me and help the world around me interpret me These past 8 years or so with my boyfriend (and his family and friends) is really what helped me to feel accepted and learn to be happy.

Now that I've been diagnosed I've come to think of AS as my secret super power. I love that I can see things that others don't notice, and find beauty and wonder in things that others think are mundane or even bad (the smell of a ripe pear, a good torrential downpour,a horde of aphids devouring my garden)

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03 Mar 2011, 10:55 pm

If I said I was completely content with my life I'd be lying, but I can get by each day despite my life not being where I want it. I have enough special interests to keep my sanity. I'm autistic. I neither love or hate it. I just live with it.

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04 Mar 2011, 11:43 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

Another thing that I enjoy about being autistic is my extreme obsession with The Kinks that I've had since I was 9 that everybody in my life supported.

The obsession that I was quiet about.

Why did you hide something that you perceived as being accepted by everyone, then?
Merely curious.

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04 Mar 2011, 12:12 pm

sandrana wrote:

Now that I've been diagnosed I've come to think of AS as my secret super power. I love that I can see things that others don't notice, and find beauty and wonder in things that others think are mundane or even bad (the smell of a ripe pear, a good torrential downpour,a horde of aphids devouring my garden)

Heh, super power. :lol: