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| They had visioned the Great Reality - their loving and All Powerful Creator. (161:0) |
Step we're on: Step Two
Chapter: "We Agnostics"
Subject: Belief, Willingness, Worship, Faith
Read Time: 2 mins.
Read Time: 2 mins.
We are on page 48. Should pure logic be used to explain away the universe? Is there a Creator?
- What is constantly being revealed?
It is being constantly revealed, as mankind studies the material world, that outward appearances are not inward reality at all.
- What is an example of this?
To illustrate: The prosaic steel girder is a mass of electrons whirling around each other at incredible speed
Page 49Prosaic – Pertaining to or resembling, prose 2. Ordinary, commonplace; dull,uninteresting.~ The Winston Simplified Dictionary – 1938
- Do we doubt this theory? Three sentences
These tiny bodies are governed by precise laws, and these laws hold true throughout the material world. Science tells us so. We have no reason to doubt it.
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| "With great intelligence, men of science have been forcing nature to disclose her secrets." (12&12.p70) |
- What happens when someone wants to talk about God?
- What thinking are we trying to support when we read books and engage in arguments?
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this universe needs no God to explain it.
- If this were correct, then what else would be true?
Were our contentions true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere.Even though roughly half of the co-authors of "Alcoholics Anonymous" started out as atheists or agnostics, they soon "came to believe" and once spiritually awakened, no longer had a questionable or Godless view of the universe. They believed in, spoke of and wrote about God.
Peace and Love,
Danny S – RLRA
Real Live Recovered Alcoholic
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* This is one of the funkiest* sections in the whole Big Book. It is very atypical, contrasting the writing style and voice of the rest of the book.
And for good reason.
The co-authors sacrifice much time, ink and paper in an attempt to explain the difference between faith in God and doubting God. Not an insignificant subject.
They do a pretty good job of it too.
They use many metaphors and examples dedicated to the single point - but like a screenplay or film treatment, it really needs to be read in one single dose for the momentum to build and gather the semantic steam necessary to fully convince.
In addition to following along, it is strongly suggested that you also read pages 48 through 57 in one sitting! Don't' memorize. Don't try to remember. Just read the whole piece all at once. This is just a suggestion but it is based on having done this hundred of times with others.
Many OLD-TIMERS don't even 'get' these pages and skip over it quickly. Don't. If you do, the co-author's point can be too easily lost.
Please read pages 48-57 with this care and you won't be sorry.
And for good reason.
The co-authors sacrifice much time, ink and paper in an attempt to explain the difference between faith in God and doubting God. Not an insignificant subject.
They do a pretty good job of it too.
They use many metaphors and examples dedicated to the single point - but like a screenplay or film treatment, it really needs to be read in one single dose for the momentum to build and gather the semantic steam necessary to fully convince.
In addition to following along, it is strongly suggested that you also read pages 48 through 57 in one sitting! Don't' memorize. Don't try to remember. Just read the whole piece all at once. This is just a suggestion but it is based on having done this hundred of times with others.
Many OLD-TIMERS don't even 'get' these pages and skip over it quickly. Don't. If you do, the co-author's point can be too easily lost.
Please read pages 48-57 with this care and you won't be sorry.
* Read: "Most profound"
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