There are bound to be contradictions in AA simply on the basis that it is so huge, and actually not dogmatic... the members kind of make it their own don't they? And people are kinda fallible. It also is a good thing about it because it allows room for interpretation. I'm betting my reading of the Big Book is totally different from someone else's, especially because I'm an atheist too.
Zencat, your links should be made a sticky somewhere!
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