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Pagekeeper · 07-21-2009, 11:36 AM

I attended the NC state conference this past weekend. Very cool experience--1300 people, great speakers, excellent fellowship.

One discussion that caught my attention was how a pamphlet for Atheists/Agnostics was shelved at the General Service conference (at the state level, I believe, but not sure, don't quote me). A bit troubling . . . one thing we can do as secular members of AA is become more active in these types of discussions. Share our ESH and let our voices be heard. There are pamphlets for young people, gays and lesbians, the elderly, the drug addicted in addition to alcoholic, those with mental illnesses, and on and on. Why not a pamphlet for the atheist/agnostic? I know for myself, it was THE single most difficult hurdle to jump.

One of the arguments against the pamphlet was "taking God out of AA." Sounds like fear to me, and don't we have a pamphlet for that too?

Any thoughts?

07-21-2009, 11:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
Pagekeeper Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 574	Atheist/Agnostic Pamphlet--shelved I attended the NC state conference this past weekend. Very cool experience--1300 people, great speakers, excellent fellowship. One discussion that caught my attention was how a pamphlet for Atheists/Agnostics was shelved at the General Service conference (at the state level, I believe, but not sure, don't quote me). A bit troubling . . . one thing we can do as secular members of AA is become more active in these types of discussions. Share our ESH and let our voices be heard. There are pamphlets for young people, gays and lesbians, the elderly, the drug addicted in addition to alcoholic, those with mental illnesses, and on and on. Why not a pamphlet for the atheist/agnostic? I know for myself, it was THE single most difficult hurdle to jump. One of the arguments against the pamphlet was "taking God out of AA." Sounds like fear to me, and don't we have a pamphlet for that too? Any thoughts?