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Old 12-11-2016, 08:02 PM
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ByHisLove
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Originally Posted by Algorithm View Post
Yes, this is exactly what I am saying. Your husband probably knows, both theologically, and from personal experience, that the 12-Steps will not "work" for him. The desire will never be removed by G-d, since G-d knows that he is already perfectly capable of not drinking without personal divine intervention.

Your husband knows that the "Higher Power" cannot possibly be G-d, because G-d, as he understands him, does not do that. Phrased a little differently, his G-d is not in the business of removing the desire to sin in order to have people not sin (drink).
I've been trying to understand what his feelings are about AA and I haven't been able to understand him the way that he was explaining it. After reading this, I now completely understand his perspective and his opinion that it is un-biblical.
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