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Old 01-15-2009, 11:57 AM
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spark42
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Yes, i know what you mean - it's usually enough to talk about a higher power in a fairly non-commital way, without it becoming a religious debate. As you say, it's not really relevant to the purpose of the meeting what that higher power actually is.

Occasionally there are meetings that end up with people giving proofs about god, usually in the form of coincidences. I remember one in particular where a guy was convinced god put a song on the radio as a message to him. The debater in me wants to respond to things like that but i have no need to convert other people to atheism. People are free to believe what they want in my book, so long as they're not acting on those beliefs to harm others.

It just seems ironic to me that religious people accuse atheists of arrogance and self centredness (this has also happened in meetings), when they believe the universe was created for them and that the creator takes particular interest in their daily lives!

I'm not bashing AA though, just want that to be clear!
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