Interesting! I've recently gotten into learning about the Bible, even going to a well-educated and motivated Pastor for classes. Can you elaborate on making St Matthew autistic? Is he known to have autistic traits, or is it more of a thought exercise?
Feel free to infodump. I want to know more about this!!
The Chosen takes a LOT of creative liberty for character building, a lot of decisions they make you can kind of see how they came to that decision. The Bible doesn't have much indication of St Matthew being autistic (unlike it implying Joseph, Mary's husband, was dead by the time Jesus' ministry began), but here's why I think the writers of The Chosen came to the conclusion,
First, here's some things we know about Matthew:
He is a disciple of Jesus
He is Jewish
He is the most likely candidate for writing the gospel of Matthew
He was a tax collector, but Jesus called him out of that.
The first doesn't really carry any bearing, I just thought it was important to note. The second point affects the third. The Gospel of Matthew starts with a genealogy, and throughout the Gospel a lot of references are made to Jewish Scripture/Old testament. There's also quite a lot of detail in Jesus' teachings (It carries the most detailed account of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7 and Jesus' teachings), so the writer of it was basically a nerd in Jewish scripture and tradition and very well educated in it.
Fourth point about being a tax collector, tax collectors needed to be well educated and the job was well paid but generally meant taking money from people who couldn't afford it. It was also a role carried out by Jews for the occupying Romans. So basically anyone who did it was immediately an outcast, but it required good education and had good pay. So it would make sense for an autistic person who would struggle with social concepts and would already be seen as an outcast of sorts but was fine with education to take up the job.
Also, Windows NT is no longer supported while the support for brains running autism has only grown over the last few years and no general end-of-life date has been announced for that support.
Once I figure out who's shitty (especially after delayed processing days, weeks or months later) I just stop positive engagement with them. They never have to know what I figured out. Leaves room for other to fill the void and life is better.
If I really don't like them I tell them exactly why. I've got sputtering responses that fill me with warmth years later each time I remember or tell the story to someone I care about.
People are not often bluntly confronted on their own shitty behaviour and there is a power over them when they know your know.
i got a friend who says to me now, "I get where you're coming from and that's really kind of you, but it isn't really all good, is it?" and it's been e n l i g h t e n i n g
When you spend your formative years trying to 'fit in' (like most autistic people) you quickly learn that standing up for yourself is a failure in your attempts to not stand out. Those chidhood habits are incredibly hard to unlearn.
This meme isn't an exclusive trait for autistic people, just one that many autistic people struggle with.
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