(January 12, 2017 at 1:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Ever see the nuttiness of Swedenborgism?
http://www.swedenborg.org/Beliefs.aspx
Quote:
- God is infinitely loving and at the center of every life.
- Truth is love in action. Actions performed out of love are genuine expressions in a physical form of what love means.
- There is one God whose essence is Divine Love and Wisdom. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are all aspects of God just as body, mind, and soul are all aspects of one person.
- The Bible is the inspired Word of God that provides inspiration and help to lead better and more fulfilling lives. The literal sense of Scripture tells the story of the people of God, and contains a deeper meaning that illumines the journey of the human soul.
- People are essentially spirits clothed with material bodies. At death, the material body is laid aside and the person continues to live on in the world of spirit choosing a heavenly life or a hellish one, based on the quality of life choices made here.
- God gives everyone the freedom to choose their beliefs and live their lives accordingly. Salvation is available for people of all religions.
- The Second Coming has taken place—and in fact still is taking place. It is not an actual physical appearance of the Lord, but rather his return in spirit and truth that is being effected as a present reality.
- God is infinitely loving and at the center of every life.
What a bunch of schmucks.
and it says absolutely nothing. Divine love won't guarantee you won't be shot dead in the house of your god. Hey Christian, you can make up an excuse for why it's okay god let that happen. Just remember one day somebody might be making an excuse for why god let it happen to you.
There is no action that christians haven't managed to shoehorn into the word love.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.