"by the grace of God" she said

[CommonHumanity]

14. Thanks to your even more thoughtful reply

Thanks for taking the time to write your reply and your thoughtful examples. You've actually thought it through much more concisely and logically than I had. You're a very clear thinker and your reply is an inspiration to fine-tune my own thinking. I tend to be more a big picture thinker and am shitty with the finer points. This has its strengths, but can also be sloppy.

Anyway, I understand your argument and that you are not suggesting it as a "priority battleground" and I most definitely see your point re the difference in the examples provided.

Guess I just don't personally object to the term in some instances and was also defending my select use of the word. My feeling is that there are so many things about religion that could use dismantling and so many bridges to build. I feel careful about creating new battle lines over particular words. Liberals are already accused by propagandists of banning XMas. All we need is for them to get on a roll about us banning the word God. In that context, I feel cautious about taking objection to terms considered sacred to some and I just tend to roll with it.

Yes, damn nuance.