From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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... universe.
BB p.25,
There Is A Solution
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and
effective spiritual
experiences(*) which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe.
2.
... Universe.
BB p.75,
Into Action
3.
... universe had
a "first cause" of some ...
12&12 p.97,
Step Eleven
No doubt the universe had a "first cause" of some sort, the God of the Atom, maybe, hot and cold by turns.
4.
... universe knows!
12&12 p.25,
Step Two
How he does cherish the thought that man, risen so majestically
from a single cell in the primordial ooze, is the spearhead of evolution
and therefore the only god
that his universe knows!
5.
... universe needs
no God to explain it.
BB p.49,
We Agnostics
We read wordy books and indulge in windy arguments, thinking we believe this
universe needs no God to explain it.
6.
... universe originated
in a cipher and aimlessly ...
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition
that this universe originated in a cipher
and aimlessly rushes nowhere.
7.
... Universe underlying
the totality of things, we ...
BB p.46,
We Agnostics
As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of
a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit
of the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be
possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we
took other simple steps.
8.
... Universe, we
had to stop doubting the ...
BB p.52,
We Agnostics
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God.
9.
... Universe, who
knew neither time nor limitation.
BB p.10,
Bill's Story
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