According
to the above article Larry Knight (apparently an agnostic/atheist
AA member) is taking “AA World Services and its GTA Intergroup
(GTAI) to Ontario’s human rights tribunal, alleging discrimination
on the basis of creed.” The fact that the agnostic/atheist groups
are themselves acting in breach of the traditions/guidelines goes
slightly unmentioned by the author of the article (who clearly knows
sweet FA about how AA operates. But then opinions such as hers are
cheap, and therefore correspondingly valueless). It occurs to us
that it's something of a shame that there's no Human DUTIES tribunal.
You can be damn sure the queue for those wishing to assert their
responsibilities towards others would be considerably shorter.
Finally though the argument presented by Mr Knight is to say the
least disingenuous if not transparently perverse (ie. a clear case of
someone 'trying it on'). Still good luck to him. If it keeps him off
the booze …...
Of course
as always There Is A Solution. The atheist/agnostic groups are at
complete liberty to set up their own fellowship, produce their own
literature, and design their own programme of recovery. This would
seem preferable to clinging to AA in a somewhat parasitic fashion and
moaning about the fact that the word “God” is used a lot (as in
'for God's sake', 'God help us', 'God .. get me out of here!' etc etc
… you get our meaning!). Naturally the same option is open to all
those groups who use the Lord's Prayer in their meeting formats.
Feel free to go forth (and indeed multiply) and leave the rest of us
- who don't give a monkey's either way - in peace. God (of your
understanding – including NO understanding) save us from all those
with a chip on their shoulder!
Cheers
The Fellas
(Friends of a non-affiliated Alcoholics Anonymous)
PS Our
usual thanks to the member who drew our attention to this
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