spiritual basis - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:25:56 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg spiritual basis - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Alcoholics Anonymous debates its spiritual basis https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/22/alcoholics-anonymous-debates-its-spiritual-basis/ Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:02:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=41988 After 75 years, Alcoholics Anonymous is facing a struggle over its spiritual basis. Has it become too God-focused and rigid? Or have some groups watered down its beliefs and methods? Six of the 12 steps prescribed by the organisation's founders refer to God either explicitly or implicitly. Step three, for example, cites "a decision to Read more

Alcoholics Anonymous debates its spiritual basis... Read more]]> After 75 years, Alcoholics Anonymous is facing a struggle over its spiritual basis. Has it become too God-focused and rigid? Or have some groups watered down its beliefs and methods?

Six of the 12 steps prescribed by the organisation's founders refer to God either explicitly or implicitly. Step three, for example, cites "a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him".

Now there is a debate between those who favour a less rigid approach and those who say the organisation is drifting from core principles.

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