From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
CLAIMS occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... claims for
the power of prayer may, ...
12&12 p.96,
Step Eleven
To
certain newcomers
and to those one-
time agnostics who still
cling
to the
A.A. group as their
higher power,
claims for the
power of
prayer may,
despite all the
logic and
experience in
proof of it, still be
unconvincing or quite
objectionable.
2.
... claims proof
of the nonexistence of God.
12&12 p.28,
Step Two
Religion says the
existence of
God can be
proved; the
agnostic says
it can't be
proved; and the
atheist claims proof of the
nonexistence of
God.
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and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
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