Because they see that faith WORKS?
2007-12-01 02:33:46 · 14 answers · asked by sisterzeal 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, because if it works for the person in question then it is helpful to them. However, it should not a be a program that the law ever mandates that a person has to complete because it would not work for everyone. I know, if I ever needed it, that that particular program would not work for me.
2007-12-01 02:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by genaddt 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
AA is not a theory ...It is a proven fact as shown in the lives of the many friends of Bill...
They all walk hand in hand with their higher power, their friends, their sponsor , and with God....
They know faith works..they know that their higher power (walk with God) is the only thing keeping them alive ONE DAY AT A TIME....
any one who rejects what AA provides and causes one of these injured lambs to stumble and fall back into that pit because they personally don't believe or want anything to do with God is and will be held accountable before God one day....
2007-12-01 04:03:30 · answer #2 · answered by coffee_pot12 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"higher" power: Grace ("above")
high "powers": Law vs Law: Loser vs Loser
"The law is NOT of faith": Galatains 3
Still confessing you're an alcoholic after you've quit drinking is about as law law as it gets. A dry drunk is latter end worse than a wet drunk. Visit an AA mtg, then again 3 yrs later, and notice they're still talking about the same OLD problem: Law.
Holiness with sobriety? Not another drink of law?
Which things are an alllegory? Allegoric mystery?
Sister, PLS awake from your law law sleep.
2007-12-01 05:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The actual phrase in the AA jargon is "a power greater than myself." This power has been interpreted to mean a number of things, often the collective wisdom of the group, the experience of those who have been sober longer. No one is compelled to believe in any divinity.
As to AA being a load of "bullshit" as one person put it, I've been sober for over 30 years in AA, and have found it to be a flexible, adaptable program that accomodates most points of view.
2007-12-01 02:39:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Telling people that they can overcome addiction only if they put their faith in a higher power is wrong.
The success rate of AA is actually lower than the success rate of people who try quitting on their own. (Statistics are below)
2007-12-01 02:39:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
AA claims to be compatible with whatever religion or religious beliefs you have. That is not so; AA contradicts the world’s great religions, starting with its denial of free will, its bald idolatry, and its subordination of human will to bodily desire.
2007-12-01 05:55:14 · answer #6 · answered by Tiffany M 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is not a theory.
AA is a theory. Anyway, who create everithyng???
God did.
How?
By the word and the Word is Iisus Hristos.
Kyrie eleison
2007-12-01 02:49:55 · answer #7 · answered by krabul 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A higher power could mean the gov you know, ask the commies.
Edit
A 10kv high power line might also work(if you just need high power).
2007-12-01 02:37:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
i think it is extremely wise of the aa to realise that christianity and substance abuse are essentially the same syndrome.
except that most chronic alcohol abusers find it much easier to kick their dependency.
2007-12-01 02:41:00 · answer #9 · answered by synopsis 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
definite they ought to. yet they don't look "human beings of religion". As they declare to be. they are human beings of worry. they ought to no longer insure their church homes and mosques both. yet they do. back a educate of no faith.
2016-10-25 06:10:30 · answer #10 · answered by labarriere 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋