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  1. Godfather89

    The Nag Hammadi Library

    Nag Hammadi books are a great collection of writings from the early Christian community. I believe they hold wisdom that the powers that be did not want us to know.
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    Beliefs in the second comming. Is it required?

    To the me the Second Coming, is the occurrence in which humanity has Christ consciously present within everyone... essentially the spiritual evolution of man.
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    Fire, Sword, And War: A Gnostic Book of Worldly Controversy

    Fire, Sword, and War: A Gnostic Book of Worldly Controversy by James J. Andersen (Book) in Religion & Spirituality This is a great book expressing concern for all aspects of society, it is my hope that this book will encourage the readers to see this society as one that is greatly flawed and...
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    Is this Gnosticism?

    The RCC believes God of The Old Testament and The New Testament are the same God. the Gnostic's think differently, the OT God is The Demiurge while The NT God is All-Loving and Transcendental Father that Christ speaks of. I would say Docetism is hardly the main reason... It was the Cosmology and...
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    Agnostic Gnosticism

    Well God is a mystery... Mysteries are meant to be experienced not Solved... We are to know it by experience not by crunching numbers or reenacting the big bang. Todays contemporary Gnostic's can be agnostic in the sense that they believe in the beliefs in Gnosticism but one cannot call...
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    How would you do it?

    Maybe Google it, I have seen disinformation on Gnosticism from some Google Search results. As for Wikipedia... Yikes, I give it a very minimal credence because, anyone could edit what one writes. Tell Them that its a lot like Buddhism. Give them The Secret Book of John, Gospel of Thomas...
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    Another Gnosticism Question

    Gnosticism is more like a spiritual tradition. Gnosis is what founded Gnosticism, without Gnosis their is no Gnosticism. Because, of this Gnosticism is loose and based off of what an individual's own Gnosis reveals. It has some doctrines, however it is what I call minimally dogmatic because, of...
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    Another Gnosticism Question

    Believe me it can be very confusing... Trying to understand the Gnostic Cosmology and Salvation process. Gnosis means "Intuitive Knowing" which is basically not a belief, because a belief is something you just have no evidence for. Unfortunately, mainstream Christianity left this out, according...
  9. Godfather89

    Godless Heathens: Are You True To Yourself?

    Godless Heathens are what the RCC in the past called heretics of the faith... Heresy the word came from... Different school of thought, so you see its a heresy to think differently and thats what a heretic is and that is what a Godless heathen is, so a Godless Heathen = Someone who thinks...
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    Do you love God?

    Yes but Gnosticism is concerned with the awareness of being, The "I" that is not ego but timeless, deathless, unchangeable just like the eternal Tao. As St. Francis of Assisi said "What you are looking for is what is looking." From that I concluded being that St. Francis of Assisi had strong...
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    All Theists and Non-Theists: Do Your Beliefs Make You Superior

    If you believe in the truth and you dont define what the meaning of truth is than you are very wise...
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    People have lost insight.

    Exactly, if you want to talk religion, life, philosophize thats fine... but to Preach and Evangelize thats not fine, its childish and immature, evangelizing says "Your Wrong and I am Right!" Thats a turn off, I remember Jesus saying about being a teacher, "Prophets are not welcomed into there...
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    Pawns In God's Game

    In Gnosticism we are all ignorant and willingly servants of the Demiurge; creator of the physical world and The God of the Old Testament. By the demiurge we are merely pawns in his game to try and take back the light for himself, however, by becoming aware that you are born into bondage and that...
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    People have lost insight.

    1. Blame the values society puts on itself: Materialism means alot these days. In my religion since day one of history have most people forgotten who they really are. The music and the need to be young is what drives people. Most people think there so smart but most people know very little. Keep...
  15. Godfather89

    Catholic church and condoms

    In some religions sex is sex so as long as it is rooted in love (pre-marital or not). If you love each other than sex is alright... Its when its founded in lust that is when it becomes a problem...
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    Prove you Exist.

    If I can perceive the world subjectively and I do perceive something whether it be the world or my mental model of the world. Therefore, I exist... The term Solipsism rings a bell with this thread for something... Its the belief that you are the only thing that does exist and everything around...
  17. Godfather89

    God and You

    1. If God made us (regardless of beliefs) than he is responsible for us, and therefore would take care of us. If "God" made us but was irresponsible than this is a lesser-god and not our true God and we would be taken to the highest all-transcending God. 2. I am one aspect of God as you are...
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    Do we pride ourselves on not knowing?

    1. Truth and Freedom go hand in hand... We build models of the world and we want those models in our mind to be as close to the truth as possible. It would be a lie if I told you: "Go up to the second story of your home and jump and flap your arms and you will fly." We know we cant fly with our...
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    All Theists and Non-Theists: Do Your Beliefs Make You Superior

    Believing everyone is stuck in believing... We should be trying to search in order to KNOW. Believing is passive, knowing is active...
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    Do you love God?

    The Tao in Taoism is the same as Gnosis in Gnosticism... The powers that be do not realize this thats why the gnostics exist and why the taoist exist, if they did realize than it would be that much harder to break free from the world. Gods love is in everything even the lowest things... you just...
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