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El'endia Starman
El'endia Starman
6:32 AM
I figured some of you guys might like this: A Concept-Web Model of Language
Not a blog post, actually. Philosophy paper with made-for-PowerPoint diagrams included.
 
 
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curiousdannii
curiousdannii
11:25 AM
@LeeWoofenden Well you could ask questions that point out inconsistencies in non-swedenborgian christianity and ask how others resolve them
@LeeWoofenden I'd think it's the opposite: academically-inclined 'expert' Christians will have a broader base understanding of Christianity, and even if they don't know much about a topic, will be trained to know how to find the resources to answer such overview questions
At my college you get marked down if you only engage with one perspective
 
 
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Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
12:43 PM
@curiousdannii I don't have to do that because the inconsistencies are well-known, and others regularly ask those questions. There's plenty of material out there about how various Christians resolve the inconsistencies in their beliefs.
@curiousdannii Right. And my sense is that most of the regulars here who give overview type answers are students and laypeople rather than professional scholars or academics.
 
 
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cool breeze
cool breeze
2:19 PM
@LeeWoofenden I would be interested to know how this verse is interpret according to Swedenborgian theology (from what I gather you believe in a single person, non-trinitarian view of God): biblegateway.com/verse/en/John%2020%3A17 So the key points are "‘I ascend unto My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’” i.e. How could Jesus have a Father and a God.
 
ThaddeusB
ThaddeusB
3:06 PM
@coolbreeze If you ask it as a SE question, both you and Lee can gain rep. :)
@coolbreeze A Google books search will usually turn up useful sources. If your school/library has access to the EBSCO "Religion and Philosophy Collection", that is a good way to find research papers (their "Christian Periodical Index" is better, but more rarely subscribed to).
 
Lee Woofenden
Lee Woofenden
3:24 PM
@coolbreeze Here are a couple of my answers here, and a link to an article on my blog, that will provide the general answer:
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A: What do non-trinitarians mean when they call Jesus the "Son of God"?

Lee WoofendenI can answer this for one particular group of non-trinitarians: the "Swedenborgian" denominations that accept the Christian theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772). Swedenborg rejected the traditional doctrine of the Trinity, saying that God is not three persons, but one person, in which the F...

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A: How does the Swedenborgian Church explain passages where Jesus talks/prays to the Father?

Lee WoofendenFrom a Swedenborgian perspective, there is a simple answer and a complex answer to this question. The Simple Answer The simple answer does not require the theology of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) at all. It only requires common human experience: Jesus was talking to himself. People often ta...

@coolbreeze More specifically, Jesus was talking in human terms about what was about to happen: he was about to fully merge with the Father after the apparent separation of his lifetime on earth.
@coolbreeze If, after reading these articles, you're still not satisfied, feel free to ask it as a regular question on Christianity.SE, as @ThaddeusB suggests, or take it up in the Polemics and Apologetics chat, which, unlike this chatroom, exists especially for extended doctrinal discussion and debate.
 

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