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The Christian ungod is the god whom Christians fashioned to legitimize their lust for wealth and power.
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The sentence condemns what it calls the “Christian ungod”: a version of God created to make the pursuit of wealth and power seem morally justified. It presents this god not as a genuine religious truth, but as a human-made excuse for greed and influence.
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- World Communion of Reformed Churches, 26th General Council Minutes
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