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Lillie commented on Joe C's blog post AA is spiritual, not religious, now hold my hand while we recite the Lords Prayer
"I have been attending AA meetings now for a good many one day at a times. I have never had a problem with theists. In fact, I have been in many meetings where the use of "God" as a Higher Power is promptly clarified for the…"
Joe C commented on Joe C's blog post AA is spiritual, not religious, now hold my hand while we recite the Lords Prayer
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I think the cause of a conflict of creed in AA is that sober atheists are a threat to AA literalists. If, to the literalist, only divine intervention can relieve the obsession to drink, then the presence of sober atheists is a problem. In…"
Loren Miller commented on Joe C's blog post AA is spiritual, not religious, now hold my hand while we recite the Lords Prayer
"My problem with basing any kind of recovery on a putative "higher power" is that, in the final analysis, any change brought about on a person will ultimately source From The Person Himself. No supposed "higher power" has…"
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AA is spiritual, not religious, now hold my hand while we recite the Lords Prayer
Recovery from addiction is life-saving. That's good. In the program of Alcoholics Anonymous there is a pamphlet called, "Do You Think You're Different?" Everyone who struggles with addiction has a hard time owning up to the fact that the tail now wags the dog, that they are powerless over a process or substance that is making their life unmanageable. At least this is how the abstinence based recovery programs speak of addiction: A recreational behavior or substance use becomes habitual to the…See More
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AA is spiritual, not religious, now hold my hand while we recite the Lords Prayer
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Recovery from addiction is life-saving. That's good. In the program of Alcoholics Anonymous there is a pamphlet called, "Do You Think You're Different?" Everyone who struggles with addiction has a hard time owning up to the fact that the tail now wags the dog, that they are powerless over a process or substance that is making their life unmanageable. At least this is how the abstinence based recovery programs speak of addiction: A recreational behavior or substance use becomes…
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Pope's 'exorcism' caught on film video
Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:37pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
There is a video of the Pope's 'exorcism' caught on film. The man isn't demon possessed, there are likely no 'real' demons. He's just delusional and doesn't want to accept personal responsiblity for his own behavior for his own dysfunctional life.
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Do you support 'traditional' marriage, vot now ad
Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:28pm 2 Comments 1 Like
There is an ad that reads ' Do you support 'traditional' marriage? Vote Now"! .
No, I don't support 'traditional' marriage because there is no such thing. I support heterosexual and same-sex couples marry each other legally , yes. 'Traditional' marriage promoters largely do not believe that heterosexual women are co-equal to their husbands. Their only purpose in 'traditional' marriage is to sexually satisfy their husbands if they can and raise children and do all…
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Posted by matthew greenberg on May 21, 2013 at 12:18pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
i've got no problem with everyone saying "merry christmas" on christmas day. however, they've turned it into an entire holiday season where it lasts a month or more. in those situations it should be perfectly acceptable to say "happy holidays" or call it a…
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My first funeral as an atheist
Posted by Two Cult Survivor on May 21, 2013 at 11:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I posted the bulk of this on another thread, but wanted to add some context separately.
I finally confronted my faith and embraced the fact of my atheism late last August, 2012. Days after I revealed my "epiphany" to a few friends who knew me from another message board, my sister died from Lou Gehrig's Disease (which pissed her off because she hated catching a disease from someone she never f---ed).
THAT was my sister, understand? She was a beautiful, life-loving, potty-mouthed…
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