24 Hours A Day
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24 Hours A Day
*~*~*~*^Twenty Four Hours A Day^*~*~*~*
A.A. Thought for the Day
We alcoholics have to believe in some Power greater than
ourselves. Yes, we have to believe in God. Not to believe in
a Higher Power drives us to atheism. Atheism, it has been
said before, is blind faith in the strange proposition that
this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes
nowhere. That's practically impossible to believe. So we turn
to that Divine Principle in the universe that we call God.
Have I stopped trying to run my own life?
Meditation for the Day
"Lord, we thank Thee for the great gift of peace, that peace
which passeth all understanding, that peace which the world
can neither give nor take away." That is the peace that only
God can give in the midst of a restless world and surrounded
by trouble and difficulty. To know that peace is to have
received the stamp of the kingdom of God. When you have earned that peace, you are fit to judge between true and false values, between the values of the kingdom of God and the values of all that the world has to offer.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that today I may have inner peace. I pray that today I
may be at peace with myself.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
A.A. Thought for the Day
We alcoholics have to believe in some Power greater than
ourselves. Yes, we have to believe in God. Not to believe in
a Higher Power drives us to atheism. Atheism, it has been
said before, is blind faith in the strange proposition that
this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes
nowhere. That's practically impossible to believe. So we turn
to that Divine Principle in the universe that we call God.
Have I stopped trying to run my own life?
Meditation for the Day
"Lord, we thank Thee for the great gift of peace, that peace
which passeth all understanding, that peace which the world
can neither give nor take away." That is the peace that only
God can give in the midst of a restless world and surrounded
by trouble and difficulty. To know that peace is to have
received the stamp of the kingdom of God. When you have earned that peace, you are fit to judge between true and false values, between the values of the kingdom of God and the values of all that the world has to offer.
Prayer for the Day
I pray that today I may have inner peace. I pray that today I
may be at peace with myself.
Hazelden Foundation PO Box 176 Center City, MN 55012
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Thanks for posting the 24 hours, as always. I heard this one read at my meeting last night, however, and it really rubbed me the wrong the way.
I am not an atheist but I think that the passage misrepresents the atheist posistion a bit. I mean, an atheist could believe that the universe "aimlessly rushes nowhere" but they could also believe the opposite--a bit of a straw man. Philosophically speaking, you can believe in a deterministic universe and that there is no God. Nothing incompatible there. Also, just because you don't believe in God doesn't make you an atheist.
Anyway, my 2-cents. I love AA and it saved my life but I am a big tent AAer--higher power of your understanding can be lots of things.
I am not an atheist but I think that the passage misrepresents the atheist posistion a bit. I mean, an atheist could believe that the universe "aimlessly rushes nowhere" but they could also believe the opposite--a bit of a straw man. Philosophically speaking, you can believe in a deterministic universe and that there is no God. Nothing incompatible there. Also, just because you don't believe in God doesn't make you an atheist.
Anyway, my 2-cents. I love AA and it saved my life but I am a big tent AAer--higher power of your understanding can be lots of things.
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