Posted on 11/10/2012 7:59:09 AM PST by Colofornian
So? Your point is?
That is strange -- Swedenborgians believe that Jesus is the one God, they disbelieve in the Trinity, and that is diametrically opposite to the Mormon belief which is that Jesus is just one of many gods.
They are not your spiritual brothers as your Swedenborgianism is monotheistic to the point of denying the Trinity and the Mormons accept many gods.
Dave “In heaven people actually speak directly from their thought, “ — did you travel up with Jimmy Duplantis?
I didn’t say Joseph Smith took every teaching.... He was ministered to by Swedenborgian missionaries before his visions. I respect everyone’s understanding of the Lord. He and the Father are One.
huh?
Davy, since you apparently claim all paths lead to god, how are differencing opinions so irritating to you?
Davy, since you apparently claim all paths lead to god, there cannot be hell, so why have you on several occasions tell those of us who disagree with you, will go to hell?
Davy, if all paths lead to god, no one can be wrong and no one will go to hell - please make up your mind, ok?
No, but I had my own NDE when I was 30 and communicated with angels beneath the tree of life... that was a quote from Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell, BTW. That was his experience.
Saundra, when will you learn that you will not get away with lying here on FR ?
Your own scripture says "THE GODS" created the earth, NOT JESUS.
Here in referenced black and white for all to see.
FLDS/LDS Book of Abraham Chapter 4:
1 And then the Lord said: Let us go down. And they went down at the beginning, and they, that is the Gods, organized and formed the heavens and the earth.
2 And the earth, after it was formed, was empty and desolate, because they had not formed anything but the earth; and darkness reigned upon the face of the deep, and the Spirit of the Gods was brooding upon the face of the waters.
3 And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light; and there was light.
If past predicts future, now is the point of the argument where you go from "matters what the meaning of 'is' is" to Isalmic rage boy ?
Swedenborgism denies the existance of the devil - hence no hell. Some have said 'borg taught that hell was just a tempral experience.
Then again - 'borg taught a great deal about “conjugal love” - hmmmmmmmm
did they give their names. How do you know they were angels and not others?
And that is not Mormon understanding. Rather it it utterly opposite to Mormon beliefs. Jesus and The Father in Mormon beliefs are utterly distinct, separate persons, not of the same substance.
Dave I've had some pretty strange things happen to me in my life as well. The last of which was not long ago during a time of intense spiritual growth.
Christ warned us that even the devil can appear to us as an angel of light. Just because angels talked to you does not mean they were good. Satan himself was a covering angel, the most beautiful God made.
Know that supernatural occurances are NOT NORMAL, and are a consequence of active participation in the occult. I have seen and heard about MUCH of this in mormonism, IT HAPPENS. Usually teenagers, who are told by bishops that they should rejoice because Satan is angry with them.
If it changes, it's not truth. Truth is truth. If it changes, it turns into a lie.
Psalm 119:89 Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
Matthew 5:17-19 17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus IS the truth. To know Jesus is to know truth. He doesn't change.
This nonsense about *dynamic* writings or religion is just religious hokum, IOW, lies of the enemy, designed to nothing more than lead people away from God.
Its not mormon but has is base in swedenborgism modalism
Swedenborg denied the existence of the devil, but wrote a whole book on Heaven and Hell, so hell did have some kind of existence for him.
That's all I could find out in a few minutes, but if Swedenborg was a mystic, it would be hard to say just exactly what he did believe, since mystical or visionary writers can be read in different ways. A mystical experience doesn't always translate easily into dogma or a logical system.
The other problem is that what 21st century religions believe and what their founders believed aren't necessarily the same.
Hell is under the Lord's kingdom - individuals there pervert His Divine Love and Wisdom into evil and falsity, as people do here. I believe hell to be eternal.
Except that if we disagree with you, we're going to hell, as per post 742 where you said....
Again, I supposed you all have elected yourself popes of the whole of Christianity. I’m sure you all will find a cozy spot in hell where you can talk amongst yourselves...
Hey Saundra, share with freerepublic how you feel about your most ardent defender exposing and accusing FLDS/LDS “Prophet” Joseph Smith of swiping the “plan of salvation” from the Swedenborgians rather than getting it from “gods” as he claimed....
I have no idea what he ‘swiped’ or what was confirmed to him in visions - it’s not documented.... yet.
Supports Mormon prophecy but rails against seeing the trinity as anything but one God like us Trinitarians, but we are not Trinatarian enough because a Swedish physicist said so......
Ya know Christianity is just not that difficult. Never understood the need to make it so except to cover an ulterior agenda.
Thanks T, Bookmarked it for later reading. :)
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