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Renounced my Gnosticism

The_Fisher_King

Trying to bring myself ever closer to Allah
Premium Member
Hi all,

After wrestling with it and its general incompatibility with mainstream Islam for quite a while now, I have finally decided to renounce my Gnosticism and embrace a more world-affirming view of life and a more generally mainstream view of Islam (though with the odd difference from the mainstream and a progressive line).

In case anyone is vaguely interested!

TFK
 

leov

Well-Known Member
Hi all,

After wrestling with it and its general incompatibility with mainstream Islam for quite a while now, I have finally decided to renounce my Gnosticism and embrace a more world-affirming view of life and a more generally mainstream view of Islam (though with the odd difference from the mainstream and a progressive line).

In case anyone is vaguely interested!

TFK
I am interested, please tell more. I am a Christian Gnostic type.
 

shunyadragon

shunyadragon
Premium Member
I prefer to consider gnosticism as aspects of a belief as having limited esoteric understanding and beliefs, and not a practical realistic belief system itself.
 

The_Fisher_King

Trying to bring myself ever closer to Allah
Premium Member
I am interested, please tell more. I am a Christian Gnostic type.

Thanks for your interest. Well, my former Gnosticism was one which rejected the creator of the material world as being essentially evil and it was always very difficult squaring that with the typical view that Allah/God is the Creator of the material world (I never rejected Allah's Supremacy, the Qur'an, or the Prophethood of Muhammad, pbuh).
 

sooda

Veteran Member
Hi all,

After wrestling with it and its general incompatibility with mainstream Islam for quite a while now, I have finally decided to renounce my Gnosticism and embrace a more world-affirming view of life and a more generally mainstream view of Islam (though with the odd difference from the mainstream and a progressive line).

In case anyone is vaguely interested!

TFK

Were you born a Muslim or are you a convert?
 

leov

Well-Known Member
Thanks for your interest. Well, my former Gnosticism was one which rejected the creator of the material world as being essentially evil and it was always very difficult squaring that with the typical view that Allah/God is the Creator of the material world (I never rejected Allah's Supremacy, the Qur'an, or the Prophethood of Muhammad, pbuh).
I understood that Gnosticism is the first all is method of personal connection with God. Our world is not evil but just a place where what we do , good or evil, can be manifested.
 

The_Fisher_King

Trying to bring myself ever closer to Allah
Premium Member
I understood that Gnosticism is the first all is method of personal connection with God. Our world is not evil but just a place where what we do , good or evil, can be manifested.

What, in your view, makes that method Gnostic?
 

The_Fisher_King

Trying to bring myself ever closer to Allah
Premium Member
It happens in two ways either God reveals to you or you come to God, e.g. through meditation, in ancient times initiation.

How does that differ from non-Gnostic ways of communing with/relating to God?
 

dybmh

דניאל יוסף בן מאיר הירש
Hello @The_Fisher_King ,

I am quite interested in reading more about your journey. What ever you choose to share ...

More specifically, I am curious about the new identifier "Hedonistic". Also, what elements contributed to this shift away from Gnostic Islam?
 
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