(July 21, 2016 at 6:19 pm)Faith No More Wrote: ...What I'm trying to tell you is that, despite you both feeling that everyone deserves it, telling people they're destined for and deserving of eternal punishment if they don't accept what you're saying is no more courteous than telling someone to fuck off... You can fuck right off with that shit.
I appreciate the wink emoji. You appear to understand my stance. I feel like I understand yours.
You should be aware that despite our very ecumenical approach to other faiths, eternal security is not part of either Swedenborgian or Catholic doctrine. There is no Get-Out-of-Hell-Free card. When Romans 10:9 says if you profess by your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, they you will be saved that means you must live it. Salvation can be lost. The fingers pointing at disbeliever also point back at Christians in warning. In this respect, Swedenborg is even more strict than Catholicism. In our doctrine people aren't truly saved until they give up sin for good and never turn back. So basically, we're fucked. Or so it would seem. I brought this up with some clergy. They tried to temper it by suggesting that the process of regeneration is more of a spiral than a straight line. I certainly don't get that from the Writings and I have to admit, it find it a very disturbing doctrine - terrifying actually.
