To 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 childre

To 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.)