Week 10: Step 1 Recap and Intro to We Agnostics

Recap and Intro to Step 2: We Agnostics 

I must see my insanity in step one before I can go along with the idea of needing to be restored to sanity and step two. Am I clear that my behavior outlined in my step one inventory, the considerations I’ve made in my Q&A of my idiots guide, Is quite insane? Can I see that I’m doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result?

 Are use the first half of  step two, chapter 4, We Agnostics pages 44 through 57, as a tool to consider not God, but me as I am on my own power.  How effective am I? 

To help me come to believe that I actually need a power greater than myself, we go through this chapter underlining where we see no reliance on God, or where we see ourselves being self-reliant with her troubles whether it be food problems relationship problems, problems at work, feeling the blues, being vulnerable to misery and depression, being full of fear, or constantly worrying about the future. 

 Here in this chapter we make A clear definition known: an atheist denies there is a God, Wile and agnostic may believe in God but does not rely on God or even know if there is a God that will work in every area of her life.

The book asks us the question, do I believe that the main object of this book is to enable me to find a power greater than myself which will solve my problems?

 Do I have any honest doubt or prejudice? Have I been violently anti-religious?

Do I mistake religion for spirituality or vice versa?

Does the word God bring up a particular idea of him which someone had tried to impress upon me during childhood, and perhaps have I considered that this idea is merely the idea created by another human, and not my real idea of God?

And do I know that I can reject another’s idea of God, while still embracing my own? 

Am I bothered with the thought that faith and dependence upon a power greater than myself is somewhat week, or even cowardly? Do I think religion is for those who need a crutch? Do I think the same of spirituality? 

Do I believe my own conception of God, however in adequate, is already sufficient enough to make a start, to affect a contact with God – provided that I take the rest of the steps to grow and effectiveness and understanding?

Do I believe there is a practical process here, they can take me from a simple willingness, to a belief and faith? 

Do I understand on page 48, the book is telling me I better get something I can see and feel in my life from the steps. That the power I choose should be this practical.

Do I believe I have to not only come to believe in a power greater than myself in order to recover for good and for all, but also I must adopt a certain willing, open and honest attitude towards that power, and to do certain simple things, such as the rest of the steps?