Why do atheists make up 63% of people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder?

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

According to this study, adults with low and mid functioning autism are 63% more likely to identify as being an atheist over any other religion. Why is this the case?

 

[Beautiful Border]

If I had to guess it's probably a mixture of things:

1. They don't feel the same urge to socially conform to their peer group, which makes them less likely to adopt religious beliefs.
2. Their more analytical approach to thinking about things makes them focus on contradictions or inconsistencies in religious dogma that most people would be willing to gloss over.
3. Religion requires a level of abstract thought (i.e believing in something you can't physically see) that autists lack.

Also, just from personal experience, autists who are religious tend to be really into it and become super-devout. They're very much "all or nothing" when it comes to things like this.

 

[mannic]

imagine being retarded, that sucks.

 

[Xenomorph]

Because God hates retards.

 

[The Cunting Death]

God hates me.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Because only retards don't believe in a creator.

 

[Shidoen]

My question is does the autism cause disbelief in god or is autism the punishment for disbelief in god.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Why believe in God when you can be one?

 

[Idiotron]

Autistic people often overanalyze plots of movies and books and holy books have too many plot holes, they don't hold up to autistic criticism.

 

[SofondaCox]

I wonder if autism breaks an area of the brain devoted to faith.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

Much like how adults can't see why kids love the taste of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Autistic retards can't see God's divine light.

 

[CowPox]

Because the kike religions that dominate and oppress society are obviously false to anyone with a modicum of critical thinking ability.

 

[mannic]

Because the kike religions that dominate and oppress society are obviously false to anyone with a modicum of critical thinking ability.

rightoids stop mentioning jews challenge: impossible

 

[KittyGremlin]

Why believe in God when you can be one?

That and sexually assault your own mother.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Because severely autistic people are more interested in being pacified with fetishes than they are having an interest in philosophies that require critical thinking. On top of being the more retarded version of nonsentient beings.

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

Autisms have a hard time with intuitive thought

 

[WhiskeyJack]

Given the high level of mathematical ability among the autistic population, I suspect that Autism leads to a tendency for Materialism, in the philosophical sense:

Materialism - the view that all facts are causally dependent upon physical processes, or even reducible to them.

This would lead autists to want to quantify every aspect of the world in terms of mathematical values or relation to physical values, and anything not quantifiable (like human emotional bonds, religious experiences, moral beliefs, etc) become harder to grasp as part of the real world.

 

[Mariposa2.0 LTE]

Given the high level of mathematical ability among the autistic population, I suspect that Autism leads to a tendency for Materialism, in the philosophical sense:

This would lead autists to want to quantify every aspect of the world in terms of mathematical values or relation to physical values, and anything not quantifiable (like human emotional bonds, religious experiences, moral beliefs, etc) become harder to grasp as part of the real world.

I think we're saying the same thing. It's just characteristics of an autistic brain.