Again with the New Church Awesomeness!
In case you haven't figured it out by now, I subscribe to a mailing list for inspirational New Church quotes. I pass them on occasionally when I find them particularly good. :o)
"No one should become convinced of truth instantaneously…. The reason for this is that when truth is impressed upon someone in that kind of way, he becomes so fully convinced of it that it cannot be broadened in any way or qualified in any way. [Doubt is introduced so] they are led to think and ponder over whether it is indeed a truth, gather reasons in support of it, and so introduce that truth into their minds by the use of reason … for truths take varying forms as dictated by circumstances." --Emanuel Swedenborg
I never really did buy the whole, "believe this because I said so" or "believe this because this book said so," and so it really makes me happy to find a church that believes you have to uncover truths for yourself in order for them to mean something. It may be a little too relativistic for some, but it works for me.
"No one should become convinced of truth instantaneously…. The reason for this is that when truth is impressed upon someone in that kind of way, he becomes so fully convinced of it that it cannot be broadened in any way or qualified in any way. [Doubt is introduced so] they are led to think and ponder over whether it is indeed a truth, gather reasons in support of it, and so introduce that truth into their minds by the use of reason … for truths take varying forms as dictated by circumstances." --Emanuel Swedenborg
I never really did buy the whole, "believe this because I said so" or "believe this because this book said so," and so it really makes me happy to find a church that believes you have to uncover truths for yourself in order for them to mean something. It may be a little too relativistic for some, but it works for me.