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Re:Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence i... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Wednesday March 11, 2020 @08:04PM (#22552143)
> But I honestly don't see how anyone wins with that outcome.

Then you presumably aren't aware of how abusive religious people can be towards atheists, and that includes in AA groups.

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Re:Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence i... by jeffdavis on Thursday March 12, 2020 @12:13AM (#22553705)
It's one thing to criticize religious impositions on a secular activity (like addiction recovery). What you have just done is criticize religious people as a group, and claim that they are abusive.

Criticize ideas and policies; not groups of people.

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Re:Alcoholics Anonymous vs. other approaches: the evidence i... by zAy0LfpBZLC8mAC on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:56AM (#22555492)
> What you have just done is criticize religious people as a group, and claim that they are abusive.

No, I have obviously not.

> Criticize ideas and policies; not groups of people.

Why? What, in your mind, is the problem with criticizing abusive religious people as a group?

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