Gnostic Bishop
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Have you investigated GnosticChristianity?
The Gnostic wing of Christianity, if it caneven be called that today, has quite a few differences to Christianity andCatholicism. If the old GnosticChristians were here, they would hardly recognize what has happened to theoriginal Orthodox Catholic Church or its various offshoots in Protestantism andIslam. The Gnostic Christian Jesus would have a fit and would be quitedisappointed I think. I know that this Gnostic Christian is.
Please suffer through a bit of boring history.
The main differences that moved the oldChristians to decimate Gnostic Christians and burn their scriptures wasliteralism in reading scriptures. They were also more patriarchal and were notabout to grant equality to women. Much later, gays would also lose the equalitythat theyenjoyed. These were Jewsdon’t forget. The Gnostic version of Jesus and his Father was that they were Universalist.That communistic view of the demographics of heaven did not go over well withthose who had a more pyramidal view of what they wanted God to be. War wasdeclared and my side lost.
That is why we think literalism to be quiteevil. Proof is shown by the fact that it led to the Dark Ages, the Inquisitionand all the other affronts to humanity that the Abrahamic cults havecollectively done and continue to civilized society. Not too civilized but weAbrahamic cultists are what we are. If we were not sinners we would not beseeking a God to forgive us.
The Gnostic Christian Jesus, and the GnosticChristians of that flavor, see a spark of God in all people including women andgays. That fact, to me, makes Gnostic Christianity a more desirabledenomination of Christianity than all the rest. After all, if a religion cannotaccept equality of humans as a starting place, then it cannot be a goodreligion. All souls are equal. That is scripture. That is why we connectequality to righteousness. If a religion cannot abide with equality of thesexes then to my mind it is not a just religion and is not worthy of thesupport of moral people.
Inequality is an immoral position and most ofthe Abrahamic cults are of that immoral persuasion. They take, --- he shallrule over you, --- to an immoral institutionalized position.
As the superior Catholic theology, it is myhope that Gnostic Christianity will eventually absorb the non-egalitarian andimmoral Christian cults. I hope their members recognize that equality is theright moral system for all to live under, and that as religionists, to notactively support equality for all, would make any denomination of the Abrahamiccults more of a satanic cult than a God loving one.
Regards
DL
The Gnostic wing of Christianity, if it caneven be called that today, has quite a few differences to Christianity andCatholicism. If the old GnosticChristians were here, they would hardly recognize what has happened to theoriginal Orthodox Catholic Church or its various offshoots in Protestantism andIslam. The Gnostic Christian Jesus would have a fit and would be quitedisappointed I think. I know that this Gnostic Christian is.
Please suffer through a bit of boring history.
The main differences that moved the oldChristians to decimate Gnostic Christians and burn their scriptures wasliteralism in reading scriptures. They were also more patriarchal and were notabout to grant equality to women. Much later, gays would also lose the equalitythat theyenjoyed. These were Jewsdon’t forget. The Gnostic version of Jesus and his Father was that they were Universalist.That communistic view of the demographics of heaven did not go over well withthose who had a more pyramidal view of what they wanted God to be. War wasdeclared and my side lost.
That is why we think literalism to be quiteevil. Proof is shown by the fact that it led to the Dark Ages, the Inquisitionand all the other affronts to humanity that the Abrahamic cults havecollectively done and continue to civilized society. Not too civilized but weAbrahamic cultists are what we are. If we were not sinners we would not beseeking a God to forgive us.
The Gnostic Christian Jesus, and the GnosticChristians of that flavor, see a spark of God in all people including women andgays. That fact, to me, makes Gnostic Christianity a more desirabledenomination of Christianity than all the rest. After all, if a religion cannotaccept equality of humans as a starting place, then it cannot be a goodreligion. All souls are equal. That is scripture. That is why we connectequality to righteousness. If a religion cannot abide with equality of thesexes then to my mind it is not a just religion and is not worthy of thesupport of moral people.
Inequality is an immoral position and most ofthe Abrahamic cults are of that immoral persuasion. They take, --- he shallrule over you, --- to an immoral institutionalized position.
As the superior Catholic theology, it is myhope that Gnostic Christianity will eventually absorb the non-egalitarian andimmoral Christian cults. I hope their members recognize that equality is theright moral system for all to live under, and that as religionists, to notactively support equality for all, would make any denomination of the Abrahamiccults more of a satanic cult than a God loving one.
Regards
DL
