Apparently God is a lot like those rituals in movies: Really oddly specific.
If you pray on your knees, in front of a crescent moon (waxing, not waning) at exactly 10:44 PM with no clouds and a humidity of less than 70% but greater than 59% wearing the blood of a virgin rabbit bathed in holy water... then God will reveal himself to you! If he doesn't, then you did the whole thing wrong. Did I mention it can't be a tuesday? I forgot that, didn't I. And you have to REALLY believe. God can tell when you're faking (unless you're taking Pascal's wager, which will totally fool him)
If you pray on your knees, in front of a crescent moon (waxing, not waning) at exactly 10:44 PM with no clouds and a humidity of less than 70% but greater than 59% wearing the blood of a virgin rabbit bathed in holy water... then God will reveal himself to you! If he doesn't, then you did the whole thing wrong. Did I mention it can't be a tuesday? I forgot that, didn't I. And you have to REALLY believe. God can tell when you're faking (unless you're taking Pascal's wager, which will totally fool him)
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton