August Hunicke
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Jed, you wouldn't say that if you knew the AA program. It's like church, only with honest people.
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Ouch!
Jed, you give me farrrrrrrrrr too much credit. But you are the only one that does, so, thank you
August Hunicke
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LOL Cory!! "you are the only one that does"
Not an offensive statement I made there, it comes from a very well established line of reasoning and experience. I am confident that some research in the program would have Jed's partial "approvement" of the statement.
Not an offensive statement I made there, it comes from a very well established line of reasoning and experience. I am confident that some research in the program would have Jed's partial "approvement" of the statement.
gf beranek
Old Schooler
Nuance!
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Easy Jed. AA is a faith based organization. Church is great but I'm pretty sure if you mentioned a drinking problem to the priest, pastor, minister, etc... They would steer you to AA.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
As no one nation has a monopoly on the sunlight, no one race, religion or creed has a monopoly on the truth.
Jed
TreeHouser
Dang, dude... Really??
Jed
TreeHouser
Sir! That's what I thought! But having been a Bible-church Protestant for 42 years, and then finding the Orthodox... What can I say, but... "I've seen the Light Brotha... and I'm a drinkin the Coolaide."
Jed
TreeHouser
Sure Rich. (And August) Never really meant to bust on AA per se, and God knows I may be taking advantage of their services before all is said and done... however... uhh... I think that if ol August finds more honest folks in AA than are in his church... might be high-time to trade-up brother, just sayin.
Gary: Fair enough. Not a monopoly... but just as some men and churches have more money than others... so it is with Truth.
MasterBlaster
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I'm sure no harm was meant.
August Hunicke
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Just do a little research on how it works. There is nothing more Orthodox than AA. What I'm saying is addiction leads to a place where honesty is the difference between life-and-death. People going somewhere to save their lives, in a literal right-now sense, have a tendency to be more honest and easier to read as a whole, (per capita) than church groups.
Some of my most respected humans are in church groups but wow, some of the worst ones too, and everything in between. Most any dreg in an AA group has a refreshing transparency about him though.
Some of my most respected humans are in church groups but wow, some of the worst ones too, and everything in between. Most any dreg in an AA group has a refreshing transparency about him though.
August Hunicke
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Thank you! You are abundantly correct.
Altissimus
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This thread has turned into my current favorite , "let it rip" I say.
Jed
TreeHouser
"Dreg in an AA group." I like that. I'm thinkin I'm a dreg outside an AA group.
RegC
TreeHouser
What do you get from going to church, anybody ?
MasterBlaster
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Fellowship with other like minded individuals would be my guess.
The more people around you that believe in what you believe = belief reinforcement.
The more people around you that believe in what you believe = belief reinforcement.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I think there is a social aspect to it. Getting together with like minded people.
Lots of good work gets done, people banding together for a common purpose.
Must be reassuring too, knowing that you are not alone.
Lots of good work gets done, people banding together for a common purpose.
Must be reassuring too, knowing that you are not alone.
RegC
TreeHouser
Good answers. Thanks. I had to Google fellowship though. I'm the opposite....I feel better equipped to face up to things if I'm stood alone. Same as the God aspect....if I want to speak to God, I wouldn't want anyone in between.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
That's how I roll , organized groups not my thing.
Jed
TreeHouser
In Orthodoxy? Oh, nuthin much... we just eat the body and drink the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Maybe that's my double... beer or whisky just tastes like water after that.
RegC
TreeHouser
Is that what you believe Jed, that you're eating eating and drinking Christ's body and blood ? What is the benefit ? Thanks
MasterBlaster
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Symbolic stuff...
sotc
Dormant hero!!
They're emblems to remember Christ's life on this earth and his blood freely given for our sins. It fulfilled the passover where the unblemished lamb was brought into the home, slain, it's blood placed on the door posts and it's body eaten.
MasterBlaster
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That poor lamb...
