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... conception.
BB xxvii(xxv),
The Doctor's Opinion
We doctors have realized for a long time that some form of moral psychology was of urgent importance to alcoholics, but its application presented
difficulties beyond
our conception.
2.
... conception because
it seemed inadequate.
BB p.45,
We Agnostics
3.
... conception he
likes, provided it makes sense ...
BB p.93,
Working With Others
4.
... conception, however
inadequate, was sufficient to make ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him.
5.
... conception, however
limited it was.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
6.
... conception of
a Power greater than themselves.
BB p.568(570),
Appendix II, Spiritual Experience
With few exceptions our
members find that they have
tapped an unsuspected
inner resource which they
presently identify
with their own conception of a
Power greater than themselves.
7.
... conception of
God?"
BB p.12,
Bill's Story
8.
... conception of
God.
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
9.
... conception of
God.
BB p.47,
We Agnostics
10.
... conception of
God.
BB p.93,
Working With Others
If the man be agnostic or
atheist, make it emphatic that he does not have to agree with your conception of God.
11.
... conception seems
to make little difference.
BB p.50,
We Agnostics
12.
... conception whatever.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
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