Mennonite Pastor Dave Rogalsky on Interfaith Ministry, Swedenborgianism & Contemplative Spirituality

[@hs6404]

Listening to this discussion. Extra nice. I appreciate all you do.

[@SwedenborgFoundation]

Thanks so much!

[@idrissaid1204]

Rite practiced by the Grand Lodge of Stockholm, commonly called the Swedish Rite, or System of Swedenborg, comprising eight degrees, and arranged in 1773

[@camilleespinas2898]

I like the eyes of those Mennonite men . The brown eyes show peace and the blue eyes happiness.

[@greglee4897]

Does anyone know of what it was that put off as far as hereditary evil?

[@hs6404]

I am not sure if I understand completely your question. You are asking about "hereditary" evil, which would be, if I am not mistaken, the circumstances into which you were born. So, if you are born to a mother who is battling a specific mindset that is not entirely spiritually healthy, whatever it might be, and your father has his own spiritually unhealthy baggage as well, you are, then, as you grow in the midst of it taking on the sins of your parents. As you develop into an adult you either embrace it or reject it, but in so doing you take on other sins as a matter of trying either consciously or subconsciously, to discern what is true, good and understanding. If you become consciously aware that we are souls in a body and no one on the earth is ever going to do anything good and true without God, then we can begin to look at our parents with greater understanding than we would have otherwise. The transformation comes with knowing what we are actually looking at. So, if you see a parent, who is struggling not to spank because he or she remembers how it made them feel as a child, fearful, misunderstood and not valued, that parent is wrestling then with the sins of his or her parents. Say the opposite parent was not physically abused as a child, but neglected emotionally as a child, not validated in ways that promote self confidence, but maybe such a parent has no opinion about spanking and might consider it as a method of discipline. That parent is battling possibly esteem issues or self confidence. Now, you have two parents struggling with the sins passed to them in the midst of trying to figure out what is good and what is truly bad or wrong. In the middle of this is the child, growing up. That child at first will take on the attitudes of his parents, chew on those and must figure our what he will use of this knowledge when he or she grows up to become a parent. As you become conscious of others who lack understanding you then become more forgiving of their sins because you know they are in the dark, partially blinded or fully by hades. You can then begin to forgive and heal. If you trip over a root many times, do others blame you for it? They recognize you did not see it each time, but once you learn it is there and what it is and how it hurts, then you can avoid it. Then, you can teach those behind you, "Hey, look out. Do not trip over that."

[@greglee4897]

Can't a Mother pass on Customary evils as well such as legal bondage?