Clintos
Well-Known Member
I'm a Buddhist, and I don't see why it shouldn't go along with autism.
If you feel drawn to Buddhism, I'd encourage you to learn more about it. But I wouldn't recommend converting to another religion (or giving up religion altogether) just because some Christians have bad opinions on autism. Religion is not one thing. Since people are different, we will interpret things differently.
Buddhists don't agree on everything, and we are certainly not perfect. Just like Christians, atheists and all other people on this earth.
If you do decide to learn more about Buddhism, and maybe become a Buddhist yourself, I suggest you start by learning what you can about the core beliefs. The Four Nobles Truths and the Noble 8-fold Path are most important. There are many different branches of Buddhism, but this is the basis of them all.
Finally, I'd like to say that you don't have to be a Buddhist in order to incorporate some elements of Buddhist practice into your life. A lot of people use Buddhism to become better at whatever else they are doing. Buddhism was a part of my life for 15 years, before I recently decided to actually convert.
I hope this was helpful to you. And feel free to ask, if you have any questions. Buddhism is a subject that I'm rather passionate about, not just because of my personal beliefs, but also because I have a master degree in History of Religions, and Buddhism was my main reason to study this.
I like that Buddhism doesn't require someone to convert or throw away everything they learned from other religions. I find that to be the type of stuff that i am interested in learning more about.
I just opening a book called: Buddism a complete introduction and right away it states this quote:
"Don't take what I'm saying. Just try to analyse as far as possible and see whether what I'm saying makes sense or not. If it doesn't make sense, discard it. If it does make sense, then pick it up.
which already was how I view learning. I love quotes