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Dethroning the Imperial god of Constantine and Calvin

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Lee — 2 Comments

(Note: This post is an edited version of a paper written for an academic program at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. It was originally written for a professor who adheres to Liberation Theology. It is therefore addressed to…

Tagged with: Allan Boesak, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, Constantine the Great, Council of Nicaea, Emanuel Swedenborg, imperialism, John Calvin, Liberation Theology, Michael Servetus, the Bible, Trinity of Persons
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History, The Bible Re-Viewed

A Swedenborgian in Dialog with Black Consciousness and Black Liberation Theology

Posted on February 5, 2023 by Lee — Leave a comment

(Note: This post is an edited version of a paper written for an academic program at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. References for some quotations have been left in condensed academic format. For full publication information, see the…

Tagged with: Africa, Black Consciousness, Black Liberation Theology, Christianity, community, David W. Mooki, Emanuel Swedenborg, freedom, Robert Grendon, South Africa, Steve Biko, swedenborgianism
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

Is Free Will an Illusion? A Response to Sam Harris

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Lee — 117 Comments

In a recent comment, a reader named K asked me to respond to this article: “Why You Probably Don’t Have Free Will,” by Jack Maden. Here is the article’s opening synopsis: “Neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris argues that free will…

Tagged with: God, freedom, atheism, materialism, science and religion, free will, atheists, determinism, Calvinism, human brain, Sam Harris
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

Swedenborg’s Solution to the Fermi Paradox

Posted on September 5, 2021 by Lee — 34 Comments

“Where is everybody?” That is the question physicist Enrico Fermi asked several of his fellow physicists over lunch one summer day in 1950. And that’s how the Fermi paradox got its name. What is the Fermi paradox? Here’s the short…

Tagged with: aliens, cosmology, Earths in the Universe, Enrico Fermi, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrials, fermi paradox, life on other planets, Other Planets, SETI, Swedenborg, UFO
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

The Christian Church is Coming to an End

Posted on June 12, 2021 by Lee — 9 Comments

The previous article, “The Christian Church is Not Christian,” spoke of the doctrinal destruction of the Christian church. Over the centuries, the Christian church has adopted human-invented beliefs that ignore, reject, and deny the teachings of Jesus Christ and the…

Tagged with: ancient Judaism, chaos, Christianity, Judaism, morality, New Church, organized religion, religion, religious violence, the new Christianity, The New Jerusalem, True Christianity
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

Black Lives Matter

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Lee — 44 Comments

Here at Spiritual Insights we have watched with concern the debate raging in the United States over the saying “Black Lives Matter.” For many years we’ve been appalled by the systemic abuse of the police power against our black and…

Tagged with: Alicia Garza, Black Lives Matter, diversity, George Floyd, justice, Patrisse Cullors, race relations, racial equality, racial politics, racism
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History

Coronavirus: Act Sensibly for Everyone’s Good

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Lee — 43 Comments

In The New Jerusalem #100 Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) wrote: Kindness is doing things sensibly so that good will come from them. As I write this, fear and panic are spreading around the world about the coronavirus, which has been declared…

Tagged with: coronavirus, COVID-19, death, disease, flu, influenza, kindness, natural disasters, pandemics, SARS-CoV-2, suffering
Posted in Current Events, Science Philosophy and History

Are We Headed for an AI Apocalypse?

Posted on November 10, 2019 by Lee — 43 Comments

It’s a staple of science fiction. 2001: A Space Odyssey; The Terminator; The Matrix; I, Robot. The plot: Humans create machines with artificial intelligence (AI). The machines become conscious. The machines turn on their human creators and kill or enslave…

Tagged with: AI, artificial intelligence, consciousness, human brain, machine learning, mind-body problem, philosophical zombie, robots, science
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

Who is Emanuel Swedenborg? Did He Start a New Church?

Posted on June 12, 2019 by Lee — 70 Comments

Dear Readers, Since Annette and I began this blog in 2012, we have received many expressions of surprise and excitement about the beliefs and ideas presented here. Perhaps it would be helpful, then, to provide more specific information about the…

Tagged with: Christianity, Church of the New Jerusalem, Emanuel Swedenborg, New Church, New Jerusalem Church, Swedenborg, Swedenborgian Church, swedenborgianism, the new Christianity
Posted in Science Philosophy and History

How does God Speak to Us, Before and After the Incarnation?

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Lee — 17 Comments

This is the first of a series of articles following up on the previous post, “How did the Incarnation Change God’s Relationship with Us?” In the comments on that article, several readers asked questions that led to some fairly detailed…

Tagged with: angels, Christianity, God, heaven, Jesus Christ, priests, prophets, relationship with God, the Bible, the Incarnation
Posted in All About God, Science Philosophy and History

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