I too praise anyone who can make the twelve steps fit there deeply held suspicions about the uinverse. You do get people in AA with strong autonomey, and politily say ' this is how I see it'.
Something I could never manage. I was talking to a 12 stepper who is a friend of mine, and he asked why I left and I said that I felt it was f uc king with my humanity. In other words it was doing things against my internal grain. Which is always justified by saying 'yes, but thats what it is supposed to do - its supposed to change you'. So, maybe I was not ready to be changed that much. I think AA works very well for a certain type of drunk, and it is a very powerful tool in that regard. It just not for everyone. Thats well known now.
Peace, 5.