| Re: Saint Catherine of Siena on 9-3-97 |
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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: -Phil Clemence-Phil Clemence Date: Sep 10, 2007 17:49
>> On Sep 5, 9:15 pm, catth...@ yahoo.com wrote:
>>> Saint Catherine of Siena says,
>>> "So little is spoken about the Soul
>>> because It cannot be seen, but do not forget,
>>> nor can the intellect of any human being.
>>> When it is seen, it is seen because of an
>>> expression of knowledge, an expression of
>>> knowing something, the ability to achieve in
>>> some way, some form, some manner, some
>>> degree."
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>> I have nothing relevant to say about the rest of Saint Catherine's
>> message but she is incorrect about little being spoken about the
>> Soul. Considering all the sermons across the Americas, Europe and
>> other Christian communities every week, in churches and on the media,
>> and all the poetry good and bad that blather on about the soul, I'd
>> say that a very great deal is said about the Soul.
>>
>> Electrons are also invisible and very influential in our lives, still,
>> I'd guess that very, very much less is said about them each week then
>> the Soul.
>>
>>
> The Christian religion is almost entirely based on the soul.
> And I would not bother reading the rest of it.
> Another one of these "Humans are better than anyone else and we are
> different from any other life because..........." kind of people.
> Humans are no better than any other life form - and in many cases
> considerably worse.
> What sets humans apart is that they are not very nice - whereas most
> sentient life - is.
> Regards
> THE BORG
not to me
THE MOUSE
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