Christian (re:Christ - ian) references in Big Book

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In a message dated 1/3/99 2:43:59 AM Central Standard Time,

jfrancey@... writes:

<< Hi, This is so compelling I just had to find the references. Here we go...,

Boy, do you guys make me work...,

Big Book Terminology

Printed within it.

Amen-1

Biblical References (or parpahrases therof), Been raised from the dead -1

Faith without workds was dead-3, Peace on earth good will to men-2, take up

their beds and walk-1, we were born again-1, Thy (capitalized) will be

done-1. Been blessed-2, Boss Universal-1. Brotherhood of man-1, Christ-1,

Congregation-1, Chruch-1, Creation-1, Denomination-2, Creator-11, Devil-1,

Divine-1, Director-1, Employer-1, Faith-26, Father, Father of Light-2, God

and God associated words: God, Godly, God-given, God-consciousness, God of

Reason, God's, God-sufficiency, God's Universe, All Powerful God-176.

Personal Pronouns relative to God, with first letter capitalized: He-23,

His-11, Him-24, Himself-1, Thee-2, Thy-1. God, as we understood Him-3.

Great Reality-2. Higher Power-3, Heaven-1, Maker-3, Maker, as we understand

Him-1. Miracle and miraculous-13, Omnipotence (said of God)-1, Ome (said of

God)-1, Supreme Being-1,Sio-1, Priest-2, Spiritual-108. Theological-1,

Universal Mind-1, Rellllgioun, religious-33. >>>>

Yes, there certainly are a multitude of Xian references in the big book;

nevertheless, in actual meetings that I've gone to and steppers I've talked to

I haven't seen them carrying any sort of evangelical xian mission, and as I

said I've found it quite easy to equivocate AA ideas with some of my own, and

so have others I've discussed it with.

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Hi, This is so compelling I just had to find the references. Here we go...,

Boy, do you guys make me work...,

Big Book Terminology

Printed within it.

Amen-1

Biblical References (or parpahrases therof), Been raised from the dead -1

Faith without workds was dead-3, Peace on earth good will to men-2, take up

their beds and walk-1, we were born again-1, Thy (capitalized) will be

done-1. Been blessed-2, Boss Universal-1. Brotherhood of man-1, Christ-1,

Congregation-1, Chruch-1, Creation-1, Denomination-2, Creator-11, Devil-1,

Divine-1, Director-1, Employer-1, Faith-26, Father, Father of Light-2, God

and God associated words: God, Godly, God-given, God-consciousness, God of

Reason, God's, God-sufficiency, God's Universe, All Powerful God-176.

Personal Pronouns relative to God, with first letter capitalized: He-23,

His-11, Him-24, Himself-1, Thee-2, Thy-1. God, as we understood Him-3.

Great Reality-2. Higher Power-3, Heaven-1, Maker-3, Maker, as we understand

Him-1. Miracle and miraculous-13, Omnipotence (said of God)-1, Ome (said of

God)-1, Supreme Being-1,Sio-1, Priest-2, Spiritual-108. Theological-1,

Universal Mind-1, Rellllgioun, religious-33.

Carol Francey

At 02:38 AM 1/3/99 EST, you wrote:

>In a message dated 99-01-03 02:26:38 EST, you write:

>

><< " Somehow it just didn't seem " isn't very compelling language; on what

facts

> was this " seeming " based? AA literature mentions atheists successful in

the

> program in a number of places. In fact, there's an AA pamphlet about them.

> I've been going for seven months, and nobody has said ANYTHING to me about

> Jesus or Xianity; I have only heard one person mention the bible. Where do

>you

> get the idea their goal is to " make Christians " ? >>

>

>

>Read the Big Book chapter " We Agnostics, " then eat your words.

>

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