Originally Posted by paulmh
Don't you agree abadun? I know you don't like some of the references to atheists and agnostics - though I think you do take them out of context quite deliberately - but can't we non-theists simply learn the benefits of tolerance and forgiveness from our theistic peers?
I don't believe that theists are any more privy to those qualities than non-theists. They are separate issues. I took those passages the same way as Abbadun. The bias against secular beliefs in AA literature and culture is quite salient, IMO.