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Old 07-13-2007, 11:47 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by €uroMeinke View Post
YAA was founded by at least one minister (my program knowledge is not to be relied on) and was based on a religious program. It thus bears those artifacts - like our pledge, words on money, opening prayers in Congress. Yup God and religion are there - I'm not sure what you are trying to prove with this?

There are atheists in the program - I don't know how they reconcile these passages, but I assume not everyone takes it so dogmatically as it is written (though certainly some do).
Actually it was founded by a stockbroker/ con-artist (Bill Wilson) and a doctor (Dr. Bob). It was based off of the Oxford Group which did have religious connotation but was changed to be open to anyone. Also instrumental in helping/influencing those 2 with the start of the program were Dr. Silkworth, Carl Jung, and Emmet Fox.
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