Seeking self...while I don't cringe when God is mention, I cringe when people promise a newcomer sobriety conditional on a set of rules that they believe are set forth by God.
I choose to keep my sobriety and my belief in God separate....this is difficult in aa, but I believe it is possible to still utilize aa for the f2f support. I have been doing so for 9 months...I take what I want and leave the rest...we are in this together.
as far as the chapter to the agnostic.....it is simple a chapter that attempts to convert skeptics into believing his religious ideas. I find it demeaning and deceptive. JMO