Originally posted by TimOFromChicago
All of the meetings I attend close with the Lord's prayer, however it is not compulsory and not all members partake. It closes with the chair asking all those who would care to, to join in the Lord's Prayer. No one is singled out or ostracized for not doing so.
Don't you think that in a circle of 25 alcoholics all chanting the Lord's prayer in unison, that the one person who doesn't believe in that religion and doesn't recite it FEELS different.
Dont you think that the person might FEEL ostracized and probably be "talked to" by some of the more zealous members??
Try an experiment......at your next AA meeting, when they formthe circle for the LordsPrayer, recite a different prayer at the same time......see if you dont get some negative feedback.
Richie