Autistic Theology

I have been asked why having Asperger’s makes being Christian difficult and why 90% of adults with AS are non-religious. This is the best way I can describe it.

 

Imagine, as it were, a parallel universe much more wonderful than our own. A universe in which emotions were not expressed through facial queues and body language, but through music. Imagine that instead of simply smiling and laughing to indicate happiness, an orchestra played to the tune of your non-verbal communications. Sadness, anger, joy, anxiety, disgust, and any of the other plethora of human emotions were expressed through a music that seemed to ooze out of one’s being.