Originally Posted by
Terminally Unique 
They usually are excluded by implication, especially if a program is associated with a parent organization that promotes Secular Humanism. Why should religious beliefs automatically be off topic? They may be quite relevant to a particular person's recovery. I ask this as a staunch atheist, BTW, the kind that doesn't even do new age spirituality.
For the same reason that politics would be off topic. It's inherently divisive, even at family dinner tables. I think in many situations it is better for a person to treat their religious beliefs or lack thereof like their genitals, keep them private. I've known a couple of people who were religious but preferred secular recovery groups for that reason. That said, in my experience, no one is attacked or alienated at a LifeRing meeting for bringing up religion, so long as they aren't proselytizing.