Can an atheist be an expert in theistic science?
This is an odd question. It is similar to this: Can an overweight psychologist be an expert in weight loss methods? Can a three times divorced marriage therapist be an expert in marriage therapy? An atheist retains the negative bias towards the Writings. This bias will influence the interpretation given to every sentence. Reading the Writings in the negative bias orientation guarantees that its facts will be dismissed as having been made up by Swedenborg. The rationality that is so obvious and enlightening in the positive bias orientation, will not be apparent in the negative bias mode of reasoning. Failing to see the coherence and the rationality, one is then left to the wishy washy conclusion that has been often voiced by mystical enthusiasts–“Swedenborg was one of the greatest geniuses of all times and he traveled to realms of human experience few have reached.” I refer to this as wishy washy in the sense that it doesn’t settle the issue. We are thrown right back into something inc
