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[margo]

April 12

"We agnostically inclined would not feel satisfied with a proposal
which does not lend itself to reasonable approach and interpretation.
Hence we are at pains to tell why we think our present faith is
reasonable, why we think it more sane and logical to believe than not
to believe, why we say our former thinking was soft and mushy when we
threw up our hands in doubt and said, 'We don't know.'"

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 53~

[lanie67]

That is an interesting quote, it's a little confusing to me. I just know that I allow myself to be whatever faith I feel like I am when I wake up in the morning. If I am feeling agnostic, then for that day I'm agnostic. Some days I'm scientifically atheist. Some days I feel sort of pagan, some days I feel new age, others I'm very Taoist. I was Buddhist for a while. Some days I feel a little Baptist, which is the faith I grew up in. I know lately I've been thinking and leaning on a quote from the bible that goes "Trust in the lord with all thy heart, lean not unto thine own understanding." I don't 'ban' myself from taking a little bit from each faith. I think this works for me. When I first got into recovery I thought I had to 'pick a lane' so to speak, and I really don't, and that's a relief.