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"We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself? As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way."

Alcoholics Anonymous
We Agnostics
Page 47

For me, the problem wasn't in believing that there was a Power greater than myself. I fully conceded that there was a God that created the heavens and the earth. And I believed that God has a master plan for his creation. I just didn't believe that I was part of that plan.

On the surface, I wanted you to think of me as being humble (not worthy of God's attention), but it was really the opposite. How much more arrogant could I be than to believe that I could call the shots and somehow have an existence so unique as to be apart from the rest of God's plan? So, although I wasn't agnostic in the strictest definition of the term, my arrogance was a denial of God's true power and a barrior to establishing any kind of faith-based relationship with Him.

I had to come to accept that there is a Power greater than myself as it pertains to me and my life, not just others and events external to me. It may not be an issue for some, but for me, it was vitally important.



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