On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 17:00:09 +1000, "Robert McGregor"
<robert_mcgregor@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

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>"Cartman" <omar_adebisi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:e96cnV5YgutKZWGjXTWc-w@speakeasy.net...
>> 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<<<<<<.
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>> 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
>>
>>
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>What other religious denomination, apart from AA, subscribes to other
>religious denominations? Has it not occurred to you that for many AAers, AA
>is a religion in it's own right, while for many other AAers, it's not a
>religion at all?
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>re·li·gion ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-ljn)
>n.
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>Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as
>creator and governor of the universe.
>A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
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>Does your quote indicate you are a misanthrope attempting to limit Usenet
>discussion to your choice of semantics?
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>Bob
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And the folks who like to classify it as a religion also tend to
classify AA as a cult too.

Kathy G.