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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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ATHEIST   occurs   11 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... atheist.   12&12 p.28, Step Two
The roadblocks of indifference, fancied self-sufficiency, prejudice, and defiance often prove more solid and formidable for these people than any erected by the unconvinced agnostic or even the militant atheist.

2.
... atheist.   12&12 p.28, Step Two
He cannot attain in even a small degree the assurance of the believer, the agnostic, or the atheist.

3.
... atheist.   12&12 p.143, Tradition Three
Ed was an atheist.


4.
... atheist.   BB p.10, Bill's Story   Go to page 10 in the Big Book
I was not an atheist.


5.
... atheist.   BB p.55, We Agnostics   Go to page 55 in the Big Book
In this book you will read the experience of a man who thought he was an atheist.

6.
... atheist claims proof of the nonexistence of ...   12&12 p.28, Step Two
Religion says the existence of God can be proved; the agnostic says it can't be proved; and the atheist claims proof of the nonexistence of God.


7.
... atheist, make it emphatic that he does ...   BB p.93, Working With Others   Go to page 93 in the Big Book
If the man be agnostic or atheist, make it emphatic that he does not have to agree with your conception of God.

8.
... atheist or agnostic discovered that our own ...   12&12 p.107, Step Twelve
For the time being, we who were atheist or agnostic discovered that our own group, or A.A. as a whole, would suffice as a higher power.


9.
... atheist or agnostic such an experience seems ...   BB p.44, We Agnostics   Go to page 44 in the Big Book
To one who feels he is an atheist or agnostic such an experience seems impossible, but to continue as he is means disaster, especially if he is an alcoholic of the hopeless variety.

10.
... atheist, or former believer, we can stand ...   12&12 p.33, Step Two
Whether agnostic, atheist, or former believer, we can stand together on this Step.

11.
... Atheist Society, but he got through with ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
So did a friend of mine who was a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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