From the books ...
Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
SUPPOSITION occurs
2 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
1.
... supposition that
people ought to give money ...
12&12 p.160,
Tradition Seven
When you
add to this the
habitual supposition that
people ought to
give money to
alcoholics trying to
stay sober, it can be
understood why we
thought we
deserved a
pile of
folding money.
2.
... supposition that
we know God's will for ...
12&12 p.104,
Step Eleven
Such
prayers, of
course,
are
fundamentally good acts, but often they are
based upon a
supposition that we
know God's will for the
person for whom we
pray.
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