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<\/a>The Lord\u2019s Prayer, revised for Moral Therapeutic Deism<\/p>\nWith thanks and apologies to Dorothy Sayers:<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Our ungendered parent,<\/p>\n
You who dwell beyond time and space,<\/p>\n
Unnumbered are your names,<\/p>\n
Your new world order come,<\/p>\n
Our vision of your will be done,<\/p>\n
On earth, as it accords with our preferences.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Give us this day<\/p>\n
Confidence in our basic goodness,<\/p>\n
And forgive us the minor errors we may have made,<\/p>\n
Just as we forgive those who agree with us.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
And lead us not into sadness about our condition,<\/p>\n
But lead us further along the arc of history,<\/p>\n
In which we will make our vision of justice a reality.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
For the collective work of our hands,<\/p>\n
And the righteousness of our cause,<\/p>\n
Reflects nicely on you,<\/p>\n
Now and forevermore.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amen.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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