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Gardeners sometimes do not understand why they are sometimes accused of being relativists, or living without principle when they change tactics or faith expressions to better grow the Garden in front of them. “After all,” Gardeners conclude, “I retain my integrity to do as God commanded—to love God and my neighbor—the how should change to meet the needs of the time and place.”

Gardeners do not understand how they can be perceived from the outside—as spineless.