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Man is only equal before the law. Though man is equal before the law, this is far from complete equality. Nowadays, many people in the democratic societies feel inequality even though they are supposedly equal before the law. In a certain sense, the capitalist contradictions and defects may be said to have been aggravated under the shadow of "equality before the law." Then is equality eternally unrealizable? No, it can and should be realized. How can it possibly be done? It is possible only within order. Genuine equality is in love; there is true equality only in God's love, and God's love is manifested only through order. Where there is no order, God's love can not appear. Love is the flow of heart and where an orderly system centering on God is established, heart flows and love is realized. This creates equality. Equality is an equality of the effect of satisfaction and joy. In other words, it does not mean a mere equality of economy and rights, but an equality of "feelings" by which all people are thoroughly pleased-feelings of freedom, value, and happiness. |
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in the strict sense of the word, there can be no equality.
Equality originally means no discrimination, but there can
not but be the discrimination between ages, sexes, and
occupations. Also since the capabilities, characters, and
hobbies of people are different, there can hardly be an
expectation of equality in economic life. Furthermore, as
every person in charge of certain levels of posts,
organizations, nations, or the world is to be given
appropriate rights, neither can there be equality of rights.
Thus equality can not exist in the realms of biology,
occupations, economy, and rights.
Unification Thought Study Guide we read, "The relationship
between positivity and negativity in the Theory of the Original Human
Nature is that between man and woman, and husband and wife. Each man
and woman are only parts of wholes, so they can become the perfect
whole only when both are united into one. Man is the encapsulation of
all the positive things in the cosmos and is their representative,
and woman is the encapsulation of all the negative things in the
cosmos and represents them, Man represents all men and woman
represents all women.
being selfish. Unfortunately they do not teach that married women who
have an able-bodied husband and work outside the home are being
selfish and care more for themselves than their husband, children and
God's laws. The Principle teaches that the fall was selfishness and
therefore evil is selfishness. If everyone would become selfless, the
argument goes, then we would have harmonious marriages, families and
therefore nations. Father's first wife did not see him as being
selfless when he focused on the members instead of her. She literally
threw pots and pans at him. Father's daughter, Un Jin, told the world
on 60 Minutes that her father is selfish. Nan Sook paints a
picture of selfishness for the Moon family. 
