Thursday, June 26, 2008

Today I was able to live in the moment all day. I didn't realize until just now that I was free from the unmanageability that I was burdened with last night.

I took a customer call today at noon and didn't get to make it to the noon meeting.

I got to talk to a guy today who relapsed recently and get him going on the steps again.

I stopped at the intergroup office for books and got to meet a nice lady workig there and have a good talk with a fellow AA.

I thought a lot again today about practical answers to atheist dogma, particularly to the idea that there is no concrete evidence to prove the existence of God. I thought of how after I made an honest open-minded look at the issue and realized that many of my conceptions were no longer obstacle that it ultimately came down to an intuitive decision.

I felt an innate cetainty that God exists, that I needed God, and that God's power would vitalize me. But I also felt that this was more than an inherent feeling but rather an intuitive conclusion based on experiential evidence. I thought of an analogy of the idea of honesty. If you ask 50 people if they believe that honesty is the right way to live then most of them will answer yes. Then ask them what the evidence for that is.

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