and again, the book of james was not credibly written by the brother of Jesus, was not even admitted into the bible until the 4th century, is likely the work of an anonymous writer posing as James, the brother of Jesus, and was likely written way after any reasonable amount of time any brother of Jesus could have survived. All one would have to do is look at legitimate historical resources (not religious ones) that have studied the historocity of The Book of James.
Further, there is no reference at all to the 12 steps in the book of james, rather, there is a backward searching attempt at matching the steps to some of the writings. Anyone practicing the first step would clearly see this.
Finaly, your admission that you feel the 12 steps are divinly inspired shines a spotlight on the fact that AA is not much more than a thinly veiled religion, and as such forcing people to attend is a clear violation of the Constitution of the United States. But Thom, step away..it is YOUR right under the consitution to do so.
Yes, we can now move on, unless you have something more.