This kind of split makes me crazy, this territorializing of the holy. Here God may dwell. Here God … - Nancy Mairs

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Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

Nancy Mairs

This kind of split makes me crazy, this territorializing of the holy. Here God may dwell. Here God may not dwell. It contradicts everything in my experience, which says: God dwells where I dwell. Period.

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