An Alcoholics Anonymous group In Somerset, England was
recently censured for reciting the Lord’s Prayer at the start of its meetings, according to London’s
Daily Mail. The group was told by A.A. leaders that it had become too
Christian-focused and has therefore been removed from the organization’s online
directory. A.A. administrators first raised concerns about the prayer at a
meeting in Somerset.
The move didn’t sit well with John Palmer, the group’s
treasurer, who correctly noted that Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by
Christians, and that it adopted and popularized the Serenity Prayer.
The Serenity Prayer has been recited at the end of A.A. meetings across the
world for many years.
“It’s
a ridiculous decision,” said Mr. Palmer. “They’ve removed us from the ‘Find a
meeting’ section of the A.A. website which will prevent new members from
finding us. In other words, we’re being shut down.”
The
drive to be open to-- and inclusive and tolerant of-- all things except one’s
own culture and religion is an anomaly peculiar to today’s Western nations. And
it is rapidly leading to their downfall.
Who
would wish to cancel something that gives hope and strength to a group of
alcoholics? Who would rid an A.A. meeting of the Lord’s Prayer? Who would wish
to keep those lost from being found?
Apparently,
heads of the A.A. themselves.
Ironically,
that’s enough to drive anyone to drink.
And
now, some of them-- quite literally-- don’t have a prayer.
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