Did that outlandish smear make you feel better as a Christian? I hadn't heard this one -- it's certainly not from wikipedia. Care to attribute it so I can contact them?
At any rate, I stand by my beliefs and also subscribe heavily to 'Do unto others ...'
What? You're a follower of Swedenborg & you haven't studied who he is or his spiritual accounts?
OK, let me break this down for you:
Lutheranism: Swedenborg never did leave the Lutheran church, did he?
New Age: Did not Swedenborg proclaim that 1757 was the end of the old Christian Age in favor of a "New Christian Age?" (Wanna tell us what was so esoterically special about 1757?) Source: From The New Age and the Ages that Came Before it: "...the fullest and earliest revival of the Five Age concept, and especially of the New Age is to be found in the theological writings of Swedenborg. He integrates the Classical Ages of the Greeks and Romans with the Biblical pattern, and then claims that the New Age has begun."
Occultic First of all, Swedenborg taught that all physical phenomena of the world has a spiritual correspondence...it was upon this viewpoint that he interpreted Scripture in order to find its "hidden meaning." ("Occult" is Latin for the word "hidden"). Secondly, Swedenborg's followers tend to interpret the Bible thru the esoteric lens of Swedenborg...therefore his occultic lens becomes the authority--wresting it away from Scripture. Thirdly it was the "astral traveler" Swedenborg himself who said he visited with good & evil angels & had all sorts of supposed conversations with dead humans (Augustine, Calvin, Paul, Luther, etc.)...now if that's not occultic, I don't know what is.
So. Ya wanna tell us how you could be a follower of Swedenborg minus classifying him as a New Age Occultic Lutheran?