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As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.'

Parker Palmer

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Als Christ bin ich leidenschaftlich gegen den amerikanischen Anspruch, dass wir eine besondere Stellung bei Gott haben; für politische Amtssuchende, die mit unseren religiösen Differenzen spielen; und zu der religiösen Arroganz, die sagt: "Unsere Wahrheit ist die einzige Wahrheit."

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