On 7/14/2016 9:32 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-07-14 9:01 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 5:52:23 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>
>> Agreed. Sometimes I think that religion is a fine thing for those
>> who need it; other times I think it's the most pernicious evil
>> that Homo sapiens has perpetrated upon itself.
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>
> Some people get carried away with it. I have said in the past that I
> think addiction is often more of a habit than a physical addiction. A
> lot of alcoholics and drug addicts find their way out of their addiction
> through religion, but then go overboard on the religion.
>
>
I may be mistaken but I believe Alcoholics Anonymous uses some sort of
pledge to God as part of their 12 step program. Ah yes, I looked it up.
It's called the Serenity prayer. I guess that means atheists can't
join.
Jill