paul and the demiurge.

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I recently realised that St Paul's reference to 'the God of this World,' who has blinded many souls, is similar to the Gnostic concept of the demiurge. Some Gnostics believed that some of the Law was given by the Demiurge, a Secondary God, that of the Levitical Law; and Paul is known to have had a different view of the Law. Could this reference to the 'God of this World' be a reference to the Demiurge rather than Satan?

 

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It could be the Demiurge: Paul is considered by some to be Gnostic in essence.

Problems with believing this world was created as a false reality by a malevolent God are obvious: too negative and there is no escape but by death (that we know of...excluding psychic superpowers and astral travel).

In the end, the sheer weight of what you don't know will draw you to change your perception of reality to a good God, or no god @ all.

But yeah, Saklas, Samael, Satan: to a gnostic they are names for the Evil One who made the material world.