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"Woman has something in common with the animal level of life, some bond of union with it; but if she is forced to live on that level very long, she must break up. Physically, she is no match for a man; in a age whose philosophy is based on strength, she becomes a toy, an instrument of pleasure, an inferior creature, for the principle of such an age is the mightiest and the wisest. On the supernatural level, the Divine plane, where she can expect not merely justice but also charity, she reaches her highest perfection; there her life is one smooth grace for there, above all other planes, is where she belongs" Saint Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica. "I saw deplorable things: they were gambling, drinking and courting women. All sorts of abominations were perpetrated there. Priest said Mass with teenage girls twisting and throwing their legs up. I also saw Jews standing under the porch of the Church." Anna-Katarina Emmerick, September 27, 1820 Moscow. "There are as many sects and beliefs as there are heads. There is no rustic so rude but that, if he dreams or fancies anything, it must be the whisper of the Holy Ghost, and he himself a prophet." Rev. Martin Luther; Grisar IV, 386-407. "It is argued by theist that if miracles have happened they are the direct result of God's mind acting on matter. But, if Divine mind can act directly on matter to produce miraculous effects, there is no reason to assume the human mind cannot do so. In both cases minds would be involved. One may claim that God's mind is different from the human mind. But, this claim assumes what needs to be proven. We do not see a person perform a miracle. But, then, we do not see God perform miracles either. In fact, we don't see God at all. In this arguement his very existence is inferred merely from the presence of miracles. Human minds are known to exist, but the existence of God's mind is in dispute. It is more reasonable to assume that when someone desires a miracle, and a miraculous-seeming event occurs, it does so not because of God, because that person did it." Friedrich Engels, Politics and Philosophy. =+= |