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I do not believe in him as a Supreme Ruler located at some distant point in an immense Universe, but as an omnipresent God.
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Orange Jacobs
Republican · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jacobs clarifies his view of God as an omnipresent being rather than a distant ruler.

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