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Every meeting that I've ever been to closes with this prayer. I hold hands, do not recite it, but do say, "Amen" at the end.
For me it is less a personal affront, but out of respect for those to whom it has meaning. If I parse the words, it would be blasphemous and disrespectful for me to "go along," reciting it hollowly.
I believe in finding commonaltiy, in AA and in life. I can live with and accept, if not believe, in some of the spiritual aspects of AA. To me, these issues are not worthy of debate, as they are divisive and keep our "eyes from the prize."
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Warrens that is very similar to one of the shares last night.
I also shared that there are a lot of people who die because they feel AA is religous, I know this is not true, but sadly some folks in AA feel that every ones religion or lack there of should line up with theirs even though that flys in the face of what the BB says.