In this episode, we welcome back Pastor Jason Wallace to discuss his new documentary “The Cult of Alcoholics Anonymous”. What is the true story of the religious founding of Alcoholics Anonymous, and what does it reveal about the organization, the Twelve Steps, and even Bill Wilson himself. Going back to Frank Buchman and the Oxford Group – Jason takes us through the dangers of both liberalism and mysticism and how Buchman’s restorationism, prophecy and Moral Re-Armament failed. Although Bill Wilson distanced himself somewhat on the surface from these roots - AA, the Big Book, and the Twelve Steps have a substantive continuity with Buchman. Indeed, as Jason has shown – Bill Wilson is in reality yet another failed prophet, of another failed restoration, who himself didn’t live the moral standards he preached. This impacts how we should view AA today – and the reality of both true Christianity and real science should demonstrate this. 

Video: The Cult of Alcoholics Anonymous 

Channel: Ancient Paths TV 

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