Autism and Jesus
September 30th, 2007Jesus is my basis for my faith, because I know He is real and no one can duplicate Him. I believe that He gives eternal life to anyone who believes in Him, for free. Whatever Jesus said is true. I can’t really put it all into words, but I know that He’s always watching me and telling me to stop doing vain things, and leading me toward things I know I should do. Over the course of the last 2 years, I know He has helped me get a good job after getting fired many times, a small house, and right now has almost eliminated my debilitating panic that has crippled me for years. And that is without SSRI medications. I just know that God understands me more than anyone and that He has an intense fatherly love for me, almost a mushy feeling. Like the love of a father towards a 3 or 4 year old. He doesn’t complicate things or taunt me with fears of things I don’t understand, but continually shows me that He is just there.
I suppose I could link autism to my faith in the way that it is consoling to know that Jesus doesn’t care whether I am capable of being acceptable socially, or laughing at people’s jokes. Jesus, although not AS or HFA, was autistically obsessed with the kingdom of God, along with John the baptist, and later on the apostles. He did not care in the slightest about impressing others, being funny, or getting kicked out of the Jewish synagogue. He did many awkward things which hinted that he beated to quite a different drummer, and was brutally honest in a very autistic way, which eventually lead to him being crucified. The world claimed that there was something wrong with Jesus because he didn’t follow their man-made standards. In a similar way, you will hear AS and HFA types claiming that the world of neurotypicals should not just assume they have a problem because they are different and don’t go by usual social standards. There’s probably more, but that’s all I can think of at the moment.
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