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I said to a Christian once: "we don't need scriptures. The word of God is written in our hearts, we need to study our hearts."
And he said, "oh that's a Gnostic position." I said, I guess I'm a Gnostic then. What is going on? Is Christian Guy (CG) right here? CV
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This idea you give above can be found in Christian mysticism in general, liberal Christianity, and if you look carefully enough most orthodox Churches too. The idea of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit could be interpreted as the word of God in our hearts. Believing in such a thing doesn't necessarily make you a Gnostic, although Gnostics held somewhat of a similar belief - you'd need to further espouse belief in such things as Gnosis for a start, and probably some form of Gnostic cosmology - see here for more information.
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That one can arrive @ a direct understanding of and relationship with GOD through personal revelation and divine knowlege, minus intermediaries and mediators, is the core of gnosis.
Go with it, CV. You never know where the Path will lead... The opinions of others are irrelevant: Truth is never a matter of opinion. |
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Interesting....
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I was told by a Catholic that the main reason Gnosticism was considered heretical (by that church at least) was its association with Docetism. Found out why here.
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Another part of the problem is that too many people view Gnosticism as being a heresy of Christianity, and it isn't. It is a derivative of ancient Egyptian religion that is similar to Hermeticism, which has been demonstrated fairly well as being a Greek response to the older Egyptian system of henotheism. This view of Gnosticism is described at length in the doctoral thesis at :http://www.colba.net/~drmcb/Egyptian.../page%201.html
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When one seeks and discovers a living Master who can reveal the Spiritual Kingdom within, and then becomes a disciple of the Master and receives initiation into the Divine Mysteries, and then experiences 'first-hand' the Spirit of God within, then, AND ONLY THEN, one is a GNOSTIC. Peace & Love |
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I was at one time inclined to lean more towards Gnosticism, found out I was not smart enough to understand all of the concepts, and disagreed with their stance on an evil Creator being at fault for mankind's woes. Gnosticism really interested me, but I could not get around the fact that they believed in more than one God, an evil Creator of the Old Testament and the Perfect Creator that sent Jesus Christ to reveal the unknown.
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