Spiritual Experiences (Odhner) n. 498

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498. About accountability

That a person does not have any selfhood when the will is removed, is evident from sleep. In sleep, the voluntary part is absent, so that one does not have control over any part individually, but the whole body lies at the bidding of involuntary impulses. For this reason, one is then accountable for nothing, because of being asleep. From this also it can be somewhat evident what causes the accountability for evil, and what things, both in men and in spirits, are to be accounted to them. This subject is very extensive, and known only to our Savior. 1748, 21 January.


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