tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post4595938059822403295..comments2015-04-14T23:46:28.459-07:00Comments on The Passionate Paradox: Learning the The Way Autistics Process Religious BeliefsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11446789297041579928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post-7393172415178432442012-07-29T08:43:15.540-07:002012-07-29T08:43:15.540-07:00Hello and welcome to the Catholic Blog Directory. ...Hello and welcome to the Catholic Blog Directory. I'd like to invite you to participate in Sunday Snippets--A Catholic Carnival, which is a weekly gathering of Catholic bloggers who share posts with each other. This week's host post is at http://rannthisthat.blogspot.com/2012/07/sunday-snippets-catholic-carnival_28.html<br /><br />Interesting blog. I have an autistic son and I'm always looking for infoRAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102249990885174107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post-33892060132750266282012-07-24T15:51:39.299-07:002012-07-24T15:51:39.299-07:00Thank you, Eric. I think it's commonplace in a...Thank you, Eric. I think it's commonplace in autists to be detached and yet fascinated with religious belief. "Autistic" neutrality is of great benefit to science. Neutrality helps me with political thinking. I see so many sides and facets at one time that party affiliation isn't possible. Of course, I'm not so neutral on this topic anymore. I do believe that God is the truth :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446789297041579928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post-43747165013147224152012-07-22T03:56:25.147-07:002012-07-22T03:56:25.147-07:00Laura, I found your post fascinating; it may help ...Laura, I found your post fascinating; it may help me connect my research interests with my Asperger Syndrome. I am an associate professor in Computing at Leeds University, and my research focusses on computer analysis of language. I recently ran a workshop on Language Resources and Evaluation of Religious Texts at LREC'2012 Istanbul, see http://ericatwell.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/computer-analysis-of-the-quran-and-other-religious-texts/ ... this attracted academic researchers working on computer analysis of Islamic, Chrsitian, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh religious texts. As an autsitic atheist, I can maintain objective neutrality in applying Artificial Intelligence analytics techniques. <br /><br />I was raised in a church-going Christian family - I can remember my Vicar saying "a family that prays together stays together" - but for various reasons my family split up and I became an atheist. I still have a fascination for religious belief but as an interested outsider - maybe this is my Autism, maybe it's because I've realised the truth?!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484487788247203993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post-57901123825213205642012-07-10T18:13:21.808-07:002012-07-10T18:13:21.808-07:00Some people find that analogies clarify things; th...Some people find that analogies clarify things; that's why language is built on millions of metaphors. Total literalism is actually impossible. But at the same time, everyone sometimes gets confused about what a parable or metaphor or analogy means. I've talked with folks who can't tell an analogy from a tangent. On the other hand, I deal really well with analogies but tangents frustrate me quickly. Yet, there are parables in the Bible I don't get yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4524525268566286163.post-77074117633998842382012-07-07T23:01:14.167-07:002012-07-07T23:01:14.167-07:00Well said. Unfortunately, my experience has been ...Well said. Unfortunately, my experience has been that a once size fits all approach is used even on "neurotypicals" that leave many of them cold and unresponsive to the message being conveyed. So, since "neurotypicals" can't seem to see the need for different approaches to each other I'm not sure they are going to be able to do it for autistics. It may take an autistic person to show "neurotypicals" how it's done.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911595917586836552noreply@blogger.com