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> [I do not believe that our relationship to the earth is liable to change for the better until it gets catastrophically worse. Our record indicates that we can walk with our eyes wide open straight into sheer destruction if there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/i-do-not-believe-that-our-relationship-to-the-earth-is-liable-to/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

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## More by Joseph Sittler

> [I do not believe that our relationship to the earth is liable to change for the better until it gets catastrophically worse. Our record…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/i-do-not-believe-that-our-relationship-to-the-earth-is-liable-to/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

> [On the first page of the Bible there is an instance of how literalism is but an invitation to transcend the image to which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/on-the-first-page-of-the-bible-there-is-an-instance-of-how-literalism/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

> [I have never been able to entertain a God-idea which was not integrally related to the fact of chipmunks, squirrels, hippopotamuses, galaxies, and light…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/i-have-never-been-able-to-entertain-a-god-idea-which-was-not/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

> [God is not identified with the world, for he made it; but God is not separate from His world, either. For He made it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/god-is-not-identified-with-the-world-for-he-made-it-but-god-is-not/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

> [ Augustine said that we were all born into the world of "common grace" \[i.e., available to all\]. Before one is baptized, or even if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/augustine-said-that-we-were-all-born-into-the-world-of-common-grace-i/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

> [A believer is an evangelist primarily by who he is and how he lives-not by what he says. What he says is important; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-sittler/a-believer-is-an-evangelist-primarily-by-who-he-is-and-how-he-lives/)

[Joseph Sittler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-sittler/)

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