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Old 30th July 2010, 08:43 PM   #351
marplots
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Originally Posted by qayak View Post
There is little doubt that the A.A. higher power can't be anything other than a supernatural being, specifically, the christian god.
Even with the condition that it be a supernatural being (which is in dispute here in the thread) doesn't it seem odd that you could be worshiping Jesus and the guy next to you Satan and the gal across the room "The Divine Earth Mother Gaia?"

It just doesn't seem like a religion to me. Reading AAlfie, it seems like the object of worship is sobriety, or maybe the group meme coupled with that.

I wonder if you could set the two ideas at odds -- something like, "My higher power is, and always has been Bacchus. He wants me to drink."

From what I've read here, AA will accept atheists or even a whole group, but will not accept someone who doesn't wish to stop drinking.
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