Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes
Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding.
Swedenborg, Emanuel. Divine Love and Wisdom. Translated by George F. Dole, Swedenborg Foundation, 2003, p. 23.
In his view, the ethical ideal could, but need not be a religion, but could include idealistic aspects of secular humanism or political ideal.
Jefferson was not anti-Christian as some accuse him. He was a great admirer of Jesus’ life and philosophy. He did object to the non-ethical aspects of Christianity, miracles, dogma, organized churches. See {611664}. Jefferson even went so far as to write his own version of the Bible—New Testament sometimes called the “Jefferson Bible”—where he translated the material and then extracted the ethical principles leaving out everything else.
