Swedenborg suggested that God was pure Love

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Swedenborg suggested that God was pure Love and that humanity, in truly embodying such Love, could not help but manifest it through works of kindness, compassion, service and generosity. Religious labels and all matter of dogma fell away in the face of this Love, a belief that understandably angered the religious leaders of the day who preferred to maintain tighter reins on the salvation of their flock. These seeds help found Alcoholics Anonymous and its philosophy of the twelve steps

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