2. Came to believe that a >>>>>>Power<<<<<<<<< greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God
>>>>> as we understood Him<<<<<<.

Not exactly the equivalent of the Crusades.....Arguably, the textbook
definition you provided describes some aspects of A.A. However, this is more
a semantic argument as I initially took the question "Is A.A. a religious
society" to mean "What, if any, religious denomination does A.A. subscribe
to".


http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=misanthrope

misanthrope

n : someone who dislikes people in general