I might have a hunch some of the really obsessive religious types have at least some autistic traits. But then again you can say about people who are obsessive about anything really.
Although I do think (feel free to correct me) that people on the autistic spectrum are more likely to be left brained as opposed to right brained. Hence less likely to engage in lateral "out of the box" thinking. Such out of the box thinking makes people more likely to interpret certain things in religious writings and doctrine symbolically rather than literally.
Given that line of reasoning, I guess the lower level of lateral thinking for people on the autistic spectrum would make them more likely to be hold to views which are considered quite extreme (such as "strong" atheism or say Fundamentalist Christianity).
Although I do think (feel free to correct me) that people on the autistic spectrum are more likely to be left brained as opposed to right brained. Hence less likely to engage in lateral "out of the box" thinking. Such out of the box thinking makes people more likely to interpret certain things in religious writings and doctrine symbolically rather than literally.
Given that line of reasoning, I guess the lower level of lateral thinking for people on the autistic spectrum would make them more likely to be hold to views which are considered quite extreme (such as "strong" atheism or say Fundamentalist Christianity).
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