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Swedenborg about Free Will
The matter is, as our minister would say, a dilemma, or a case of "both things being true." The Lord is in complete control and created humans with free will. It is the free will which makes us…Read More
Tags: Swedenborg, evil, good, will, Free
Started Apr 3, 2012
Swedenborg _ Who is Jesus
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The most important idea for anyone to grasp clearly is the idea of our God, because this governs and controls all our thinking and motivation, whether we realize it or not. We should love the Lord…Read More
Tags: Easter, Trinity, Jesus, God, Bible
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sidian M.S. Jones Apr 2, 2012.
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- What religion or philosophy, if any, do you adhere to?
- Swedenborgian
Intro
Hello everyone, this seems to be the place to present questions and possibly new thoughts.
To most, the following will certainly be very new.
What I've heard and would like to repeat here is 'If you don’t believe you’ll believe anything. Even that evolution is our source.'
What happens to the human spirit can sometimes be illustrated with what happens to the human body. Malnutrician, for instance, can happen to the body but also to the spirit. In that state a body will eat “anything”, during the last war people have eaten things that killed them; it’s amazing what an of truth deprived mind will believe.
The believe system I subscribe to is based on what someone wrote about 250 years ago. Because of that we are often referred to as 'Swedenborgians'. Another one is 'New Church', or 'New Christianity'.
Many of us, however, would like to see what we have (and like to share) as the promised “Second Coming”.
This is just my effort to share, and help those that want to be helped.
If you have any ideas about what the Second Coming should be like, questions or concerns, please let me know. But you may know that the expectations about the First Advent were way off track. In fact the Jews are still waiting for a Messiah. Come to think of it, Christians are still waiting for the Second Coming..
I'll leave this link to my first website, welcome to your thoughts.
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Jesus, "Who do you say I am?"
WHO IS JESUS?
Rev. Douglas Taylor
"[Jesus] saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?" (Matthew 16:15).
The Lord addressed this question to the disciples two thousand years ago; but it is an ageless question. It is still relevant, and always will be. The answer we give to the question, "Who is Jesus?" has a profound effect upon our life in this world and to eternity. It is…
Read MorePosted on March 8, 2012 at 12:31pm — 6 Comments
Swedenborg and the NDE
Over 250 years ago Swedenborg had much to say about the concept and what is involved with a Near Death Experience.
Has science ignored it, since it seems to be about the spirit, and is now looking because the high interest this is getting in today's world? One outcome seems to suggest that 'no brain activity' does not mean death, it means the 'receiver' is temporarily unavailable. It helps to see the mind as a separate level above, and influencing, the brain. To the point that…
Read MorePosted on February 26, 2012 at 2:31pm
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Posted on February 7, 2012 at 12:41pm
What are Heaven and Hell
Content of the book Heaven and Hell
PART I. HEAVEN
1. The Lord Is the God of Heaven
2. The Divine of the Lord Makes Heaven
3. The Divine of the Lord in Heaven Is Love for Him and Charity toward One's Neighbor
4. Heaven Is Divided into Two…
Posted on February 7, 2012 at 11:16am
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"Hello Joy, thanks for your ideas.
"The reason beliefs are so sensitive is because the truth of a belief is secondary to the meaningfulness of a belief. There has been a great deal of discussion here about truth verses falsity... but…"
"Hi John,
"..Beyond knowledge, intellectual frameworks or cosmological understandings required to navigate the spiritual pathway, methodology or perhaps technique is also required. Effort alone is not enough." -- Maybe not…"
"Hi John, I see life as totally spiritual, and our body as the effect and expression of life. In addition to that, only God is life itself and we are receptacles of life. So we do not create life in a test-tube, but a…"
"Hi John, thanks for seeing it as thought provoking. Discussions like this don't do it for me though. To express, trying to express, a human or Divine concept in two or three sentences does not bring one any closer to a truth. It is like…"
"Well, my thoughts are that we talk all we want but what is truth to one is not necesarrily truth to anyone else. There also is natural truth, moral truth and spiritual truth. As I understand it one is based on the other. Someone that does not…"
"We are given freedom and rationality to decide and guide our life, which kicks-in when we are mentally healthy and become rational. That's why infants and mentally deprived people cannot lie. That's also why I believe anyone…"
"I did use the word "almost" but more because I do not want to put anyone in a box. That's why the often used expression: 'It almost looks like..'
"As for positive/negative doubt, as you have already said you'd…"
"It seems to me you want to just look at the words to determine whether something is a lie or not. The words don't make something a lie, it is all in the intention, the thought behind it. Any action can be done by many people, but each…"
"This is not unusual when 'trusting' Google and, after driving there, find out the business is no longer there. :)
In my mind, if something is not done from a bad intention, not motivated by any hate, there is nothing…"
""Come on" with what John? :)
What is meant with negative or positive doubt is the preconsisting attitude of the one coming in contact with information, if that. Someone who is negative towards e.g. marriage has no real interest how…"
"With positive doubt, instead of negative doubt. In fact I think positive doubt is the road to wisdom.
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"Very much so, it is totally impossible to proof anything spiritual other than share what makes sense to us, US. In fact, this is what I believe our free choice is based on, as well as protected by.
What one person sees, or…"
"Many will use lies to become richer, pay less tax, get more esteem, more followers.. etc.
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"Fully agree with you John. In fact it so much connects to 'common sense.' It would be so hard to believe something, or see it as truth if we did not think it to make sense. The Swedenborgian definition of belief, or faith, is "an…"
"No, this is not true because we are not our body of atoms and cells or neurons. We are the spirit 'in control' of the body."
Comment Wall (7 comments)
- At 6:38pm on October 10, 2012,
Kernel John said… Everything is working out perfectly.
- At 8:03pm on October 9, 2012, Kernel John said…
Hey Adriaan,
I thought this was interesting . . . more.
- At 10:37pm on April 2, 2012,
Sidian M.S. Jones said… Hi Adrianne, thanks for the feedback on the site and forum. Much appreciated.
Currently we are using the discussion forum to post Belief Modules only because we simply lack a better option at this time. I hope that doesn't discourage you.
However there are some rules in place that should help (and I'm working on getting these more front and center for clarity).
There is a "Conditions for Contribution" area here: http://www.opensourcereligion.net/page/about-the-belief-genome
that you may find helpful.
- At 5:42pm on February 7, 2012, Kernel John said…
The blog section on your personal page is off to a good start. You can move it further up the page by going to the top of the Blog Section and dragging the section up or down the page.
- At 8:31am on December 7, 2011, Kernel John said…
Yes, by all means show us how Swedenborg might interpret these things.
I'm looking over the http://www.apocalypse-of-john.org.uk site as we speak. I like what it does and understand why John was speaking in code. I simply find it difficult to understand why some people here (Robert) continue to speak in code when the truth, from what little I can see is not meant to be complex and confusing. For me, reading ancient biblical texts that were translated hundreds of years ago, taken from oral stories Aramaic and then written down in greek for people who thought and understood the world in a very different way to our own is a difficult task. But God provides and easier path. I am sure there is more than the Bible alone. Although I understand that for many, the bible is the book and they will look no further - no matter what. And that's OK. Limited, but OK.
Hang off on the Link to the Creation Story for now and yes, let's definitely get together for timmies. I'll email you regarding arrangements.
Cheers
- At 11:18pm on December 6, 2011, Kernel John said…
Yes, I agree that much of what Robert talks about is tenuous from a Christian POV. Perhaps it''s simply a form of attention seeking behavior. Anyhow, I'm trying to pull some reasonable themes from his Christian silliness. Perhaps he a little shy to say what's really on his mind. He certainly a dominant individual - IMHO.
- At 12:00am on December 5, 2011, Kernel John said…
I think that when someone refers to:
- The Christian form of yoga
- Solar (sun) Gazing is somehow related to Christianity
- Crystal Skulls have some link to Jesus.
. . . . I call this type of frivolous speculation Christian silliness.
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