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Student of Swedenborg
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 (March 2, 2012 at 5:20 am)Forsaken Wrote:Quote:In Life on Other Planets, Swedenborg stated that he conversed with spirits from Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Venus, and the moon. He did not report conversing with spirits from Uranus and Neptune, which were not yet discovered. ~ Wikipedia On its face it sounds absurd. But I find that it makes sense in light of Hermetic tradition and the symbolism of alchemy. Plus he did in fact mentioned planets in far away and as yet unknown planets. RE: Student of Swedenborg
March 2, 2012 at 11:40 am
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2012 at 11:53 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Roger, psychic, remote viewer, chit chatted with a god (claimed to be an official mouthpiece for the almighty, no less), controlled the weather, took a magical flight to heaven (and hell), scyrer and finder of lost things.
Garbage, start to finish. What we have here is your everyday charlatan, nothing more.
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It looks nothing more than a protestant rendition of the Kabalah.
RE: Student of Swedenborg
March 2, 2012 at 1:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2012 at 1:24 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
You will find as I continue to post on this forum I consider symbolic meanings more important that trying to force natural facts the fit a text. Plus he did write about life on far away planets not yet discovered. I don't expect you to know that, much less care. I only mention that to point out that Swedenborg was a prolific writer and its difficult to summarize the full scope of his thought or wrap it up with a simplistic and shallow statement like "pretty much sums it up." For many of you mystical claims are in themselves enough to dismiss Swedenborg outright. Most other Christians do too for exactly the same reasons. I view these mystical claims skeptically as well, but place them within the context of other parts of his writings. But I am not overly concerned with them because my interest in Swedenborg does not rest on his visions or para-physical occurances.
RE: Student of Swedenborg
March 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm
(This post was last modified: March 2, 2012 at 1:18 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
So did L. Ron Hubbard (who was also a prolific writer). There's nothing simplistic or shallow about "summing it up", there have been far too many quacks and conmen in our history to deal with each individually as though their claims were worthwhile.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
(March 2, 2012 at 1:16 pm)Rhythm Wrote: So did L. Ron Hubbard (who was also a prolific writer). There's nothing simplistic or shallow about "summing it up", there have been far too many quacks and conmen in our history to deal with each individually as though their claims were worthwhile. I'm not asking anyone to deal with each individually. That would place too much burden. But to take one piece out of a large body of work and say "that sums it up" strikes me as flippant and reductive. This is an introduction to let any interested party know where I'm coming from. Then when I post you can place my comments within a context.
If only that large body of work hadn't been grounded in a notion so easily summed up. We appreciate the intro thread.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Yeah, thanks for the intro. And your particular brand of Christianity seems in the top 50% in terms of not annoying me.
Thanks to all and I look forward to participating.
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