Don't blame 'religion' in general for such things when frankly only a tiny group of people actually believe that; mostly American frankly.
And also contemplate that there might be reasons why spiritual affiliations have a tendency towards dogma - it's a powerful social instrument. Almost all groups of every kind are dogmatic, it's what we use to 'fill in the blanks' and for most of illiterate or semi-literate history it was 'good enough'. It can be used for good or evil surely, but it's pragmatic.
Everyone seems to be arguing about religion but not focusing on what aspects of it might relate to the ostensible success of AA.
Don't blame 'religion' in general for such things when frankly only a tiny group of people actually believe that; mostly American frankly.
And also contemplate that there might be reasons why spiritual affiliations have a tendency towards dogma - it's a powerful social instrument. Almost all groups of every kind are dogmatic, it's what we use to 'fill in the blanks' and for most of illiterate or semi-literate history it was 'good enough'. It can be used for good or evil surely, but it's pragmatic.
Everyone seems to be arguing about religion but not focusing on what aspects of it might relate to the ostensible success of AA.