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> [Any human being exists only as a member of the wider community of life, air, water, and soil. We have no existence apart from the living earth. We are Earth. What we do to Earth, we do to our self.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/any-human-being-exists-only-as-a-member-of-the-wider-community-of/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

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## More by Michael Dowd

> [Few things are more important at this time in history than for religious people to listen to the New Atheists as if these unbelievers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/few-things-are-more-important-at-this-time-in-history-than-for/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [I say the Intelligent Design-evolution debate misses the point. It trivializes God and it trivializes science. The universe is like the hand of God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/i-say-the-intelligent-design-evolution-debate-misses-the-point-it/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [No one sane would let a first-century dentist fill their children's teeth. Why then do we allow first-century theologians to fill our children's minds?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/no-one-sane-would-let-a-first-century-dentist-fill-their-children-s/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [The Great Story of our immense journey contains crucial lessons for guiding humanity safely through the dangers and confusions evident today. This grand epic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/the-great-story-of-our-immense-journey-contains-crucial-lessons-for/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [God is not a person; God is a sacred personification of one or more deeply significant dimensions of reality. If we miss this we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/god-is-not-a-person-god-is-a-sacred-personification-of-one-or-more/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [Ecology is the new theology; big history is the new Genesis. Those who fail to understand that evidence is modern-day scripture, and that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/ecology-is-the-new-theology-big-history-is-the-new-genesis-those-who/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [Any human being exists only as a member of the wider community of life, air, water, and soil. We have no existence apart from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/any-human-being-exists-only-as-a-member-of-the-wider-community-of/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [What it means among other things is the more we learn about the nature of the universe, the nature of creation...if we're not updating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/what-it-means-among-other-things-is-the-more-we-learn-about-the/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

> [Facts are God’s native tongue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dowd/facts-are-god-s-native-tongue/)

[Michael Dowd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dowd/)

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