Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad

When I read or hear about some group having set up any kind of a system or screening or rules for "admitting" newcomers I feel uneasy. I can't help but ask if anyone of us in any group anywhere has the right to appoint himself a judge as to when somebody is "ready" for A.A. I certainly don't think anyone has the right to go beyond the two requisites: Admitting one's life has become unmanageable through alcohol; wanting to do something about it. I find nothing in the A.A. book suggesting that one has to have a belief in God, for instance, BEFORE he can come into A.A., or that one must be pure or saintly or anything else like that.