Not Gnostic
I have been reading some of the lost gospels of the gnostic Christians lately and have come to the conclusion that I am definitely NOT gnositc. lolYikes! I can understand why they were left out of the Bible. For one thing, they give very little sense of hope and are very pessimistic -- which I think is why they become a topic of discussion and films and such in time periods like these, ie. times of war and such.
For another, they believed in translating the story of Jesus to mythological figures more familiar to different cultures so that they could understand it better -- sort of like "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" if you will. Which I suppose is okay when you're writing a children's book, but there's a fine line of when that translation becomes muddy if you're translating Biblical scripture!
And lastly, what really gets to me is that they believe the physical world is a MISTAKE. Their way of thinking is that this is the only way to exonerate God of all his responsibility for tragedy here because we and the physical world were not made by him. That just hits me as wrong on a gut level because I know God is within me and that's where I come from.
In fact, I lean more towards the belief that the physical world is here as like... hints, I suppose. That nothing is coincidence and everything happens for a reason and that if we really look and analyze what is staring us right in the face sometimes, we'll see what God is trying to tell us. The physical world is meant to teach us lessons through our failures and thus bring us closer to God I think.
So definitely NOT gnostic by any religion -- Judaic, Christian or otherwise! But very interesting reads. The Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Judas in particular because they really write of what a friendship was like with him. They do give more insight into Jesus as a human being. I don't like how some of the gospels in the Bible almost completely castrate any sense of him as a "human being." Which is what he was! He wasn't a robot! He had the feelings and the inner workings of a man. Which should be what makes him so inspiring, I think! That we have it in us to have this devotion.
Not his gifts, neccessarily. Those were his own.
But his devotion and his faith I believe he was saying we have it in us to achieve with the help of God.
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posted by Jason Sechrest | 11:48 AM
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HI, Jas, I comment on not Gnostic, it was only some of the Gnostic Christians that believed the world was a mistake; there are some revived Gnostic Christian churches do not, claiming this stance is based on original Gnostic teachings. if you read the books of psychic Sylvia Browne, the Gnostic church she belongs too, that she founded about 30yrs agio, Novus Spiritus, doesn’t, there was a group that was confused with the Gnostics called the Manicheans, they thought that the world was created by Satan. In fact Satanism both traditional and Modern got a lot of their Ideas from them, In fact Gnosticism comes form the agent Greek word gnosis meaning knowledge and to them god was Sophia and her husband her male aspect the demi urge who created the physical world became deluded and thought he was God, that was the general “brand of Gnosticism/, there real sorts of permutations very tricky subject, well the wisdom and knowledge is that of the heart, of the third eye, WICCA IS “Gnostic” for that reason so is “a course in Miracles” but in a different way. It’s all so confusing LOL
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Martin - Confusing to say the least! I have been reading the actual gospels themselves as well as several interpretations of the text. While many people have taken the less extreme ideas of the gnostics and applied it to their fatihs (ie Wicca), the extremity was certainly there in the beginning. Sophia is an interesting chracter. Her story sounds like out that, though outrageous, I know many people could relate to today. I've been wanting to read more on her. Maybe I can find her on Wiki! xo L, J.
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