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[scythe]

I came from WP as I find it rather difficult to have an intelligent conversation on PPR. To many people with a grudge for whatever reason interested in telling anyone who is Christian how foolish and oppressive we are. The scripture states to not cast our pearls before swine and that is a truth I have to be reminded of. My pastor once said "You cannot win anyone through debate. It has to be through love" He gave a long series on forgiveness. Something that I have struggled with because I have been hurt a lot. I can forgive most people but some things that expand over my life have made it difficult.

I am not official diagnosed but have tested for it at the college I graduated from. I learned of the disorder through a class called the Exceptional child. We had a guest speaker who was an expert on Autism speak and when he got to Aspergers it sounded like he was reciting my child hood. I have been diagnosed with ADHD, Severely emotionally disturbed and later with sever depression. I have little to no social skills and am considered very eccentric.

I grew up in a secular home. Ironically my father who currently does not believe in God first told me who God was when I asked him. As a child that is when I first came to believe in God. He did not mention him as if he really existed but defined him as something some people believe in if you know what I mean. Apparently at one time my father believed in God but I believe that was before I was born. Slowly in time I came to learn more of God but did not get a jump into it until I dedicated myself when I was 13. I have stumbled since then a lot but being a Christian is not so much a state of being but a Journey. Something most people I do not believe understand.

I have my Bachelors degree in English and write a lot of poetry. I am a heavy gamer as well. Video games were often the distraction from what was going on around me.

[Stephanie Mayberry]

Hi! Great to have you here. I grew up the "odd child" too. Over the years I had various diagnoses ranging from bipolar to depression to anxiety to ADHD. When a neurologist sat down with me and told me that he was 100% certain I had Asperger's and that I should pursue a diagnosis, the fog started lifting and I could see clear. He told me about it and I read about it, it all made sense. A year or so later I received my diagnosis.

However, it is so difficult to get a diagnosis for an adult, I truly believe that there are many, many Aspies out there who are living under a false diagnosis. I think THAT is the fight we should be fighting if anything.

It is so exciting that God reached you through an unbelieving parent! That is an amazing testimony! I would love to talk with you more. God spoke to your spirit and led you to Him.

I am so happy to meet you.
Stephanie

[scythe]

Yeah statistically I have around a 1% chance of being a Christian. That in itself is a miracle. The Aspbergers does not help much as a lot of Christians struggle in knowing how to work with those with Aspbergers.

[jackmt]

If God calls you, what does probability have to with it? You wanted to know about God and He answered you. 100%.

I am with you on WP. They think they are so intelligent, yet all they can do is spout other peoples' theories as if they were fact. They commit the very same fallacies they accuse us (most often wrongly) of.

I have a bachelor's in theoretical linguistics. Let's get talking.