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Adult Aspie Compromise In Action

  • Posted on April 7, 2008

Unfortunately there are too many people who believe adults with Aspergers are unable to compromise. It’s also sad to see that people have a problem to respect a view if it’s one they don’t agree with. This is why I would like to show how sincere I am towards what I’ve said so far in my posts and comments by my removal of the prominent political symbol on my blog which reveals which party I lean towards. It’s not worth the upset I see it causing some people. I wish that people would realize that having a society run by a human government chosen by election is actually the outcome of reaping what mankind sows. Freedom to vote is far better than no freedom to vote, but woe to the country that no longer gives freedom to speak.

When people refuse to be under God’s rule (the Bible is God’s law book), then man must make his own rules (laws). The problem is that not everyone is alike, so what ends up happening is division. Humans fight against one another. They always have and they always will, because human nature is bent towards self-gratification. If I was unable to compromise and/or I was intent on gratifying myself, I would leave my political logo on my page. Since I don’t feel that would glorify God in any way, I would rather chose to honor His will by removing what’s not necessary to begin with. After all, no one really ‘needs’ to display their political stand when we can do that privately in the voting booth.

No one political party is totally wrong and no one side is completely right. But because there is such a thing in some countries as ‘election,’ sides need to be chosen. It is good to have opposite sides when each will allow the other to contribute for the benefit of the whole, but that’s not reality most of the time.

Imagine if the whole human race had to all of a sudden fight aliens from another planet or else become extinct. Would people be so busy with fighting against one another then? It is because almost all humans are not even aware of the fact that their enemies are not ultimately visible. We have to fight visible enemies when we do because mankind’s real enemy is invisible, highly deceptive, cunning, and evil.

That’s where faith comes in and that’s something I will never make a compromise with. Being unyielding with faith has nothing to do with Asperger’s Syndrome and/or being unable to compromise. What a person believes, along with how that person’s brain processes information, is who that person is. To change either, is to kill that person even though his heart might still be beating.

To Compromise or Not Compromise?

  • Posted on April 7, 2008

If an adult stumbles across the path of another adult who refuses to compromise in order for that ’stumbler’ to feel comfortable with the ’stumblee,’ then the stumblee is viewed as being ‘unable’ to compromise. But no matter which end one is at, everyone who refuses to compromise believes about his or her own self, “I am able to compromise. I just don’t want to, because I know I’m right!”

Who in the world has the ability to know the difference between someone being unable versus unwilling to compromise?! As with all things in life, there is a time to compromise and a time not to compromise — just like there is a time to conform versus not conform. If no one ever refused to conform, there would never be any reformers. If no one ever refused to compromise, there would be no integrity left or principles valued.

If people think that debates get hot over conflicting political issues and faith, they haven’t experienced anything as hot as some conflicts can get within a neurodiverse mix of people! Those who don’t stand their ground, lose their ground to stand on.

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