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Im really interested in one day studying better Gnosticism, as it seems like that is where the 3 (Hellenism, judaism, and Christianity) intersected. It was most
by asimpletune 3y ago
Im really interested in one day studying better Gnosticism, as it seems like that is where the 3 (Hellenism, judaism, and Christianity) intersected. It was mostly wiped out by the emerging Catholic Church in the 4th century, but I get this sense from the gospels that there is this Greek vibe and I want to know more.
- DropInIn 3y agoTo me the Gnostic beliefs seem rather explicitly those of Jesus described in the remaining texts, despite thier efforts to wipe it away. We are all the children of God according to the Bible, therefore Jesus was no more than the Son of God than any other man, he simply took on the mantle more fully than most. Add in the Gospel of Judas and he quickly becomes an apparent Gnostic who engaged in a giant con with the specific intent of widescale social reform (he ordered Judas to "betray" him and take the money to put to the cults efforts, having recognized that any leader who survives -Loh- long enough just becomes another tyrant and only martyrs remain saints who he people use for guidance and example.)