I came to an epihany today...
An odd one, but somehow, in many ways..
It made sense....
***NOTICE***
The following views and opinions do not necessarily reflect that of me or anyone close to me. They are brought on by literature and past occurances relating to the subject. Please do not assume I believe or follow any of these philosophies/practices. Thank you.
What If God As We Know It, Were Actually The Devil Himself???
((((((A one-sentence description of Gnosticism: a religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by Jesus Christ, a religion that regards this world as the creation of a series of evil archons/powers who wish to keep the human soul trapped in an evil physical body, a religion that preaches a hidden wisdom or knowledge only to a select group as necessary for salvation or escape from this world.
The term "gnostic" derives from "gnosis," which means "knowledge" in Greek. The Gnostics believed that they were privy to a secret knowledge about the divine, hence the name. (Huxley coined "agnosticism" on the basis that all knowledge must be based on reason. We cannot rationally claim to have access to knowledge that is beyond the powers of the intellect.)
There are numerous references to the Gnostics in second century proto-orthodox literature. Most of what we know about them is from the polemic thrown at them by the early Church Fathers. They are alluded to in the Bible in the pastorals (spurious Paulines of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus), for example 1 Tm 1:4 and 1 Tm 6:20, and possibly the entirety of Jude. Ignatius of Antioch writes against them as well as Docetism, a doctrine closely related to Gnosticism that stated that Christ was pure spirit and had only a phantom body. Second Clement is a document aimed at refuting early second century Gnosticism. Marcion was the most famous of the Gnostics, and he established a "canon" of the Pauline epistles (minus the pastorals) and a "mutilated" Luke (presumably considered so because it lacked proof-texts such as Lk 22:43-44). Justin Martyr mentioned him c. 150 CE, and Irenaeus and Tertullian wrote against him extensively in the late second century (in Against Heresy and Against Marcion, respectively).
Besides Marcion, other important Gnostics were Basilides and Valentinus. Some Gnostic documents are the Gospel of Truth, the Letter to Rheginus, Treatise on the Three Natures, Apocalypse of Adam, the Gospel of Matthias, Gospel of Philip, Acts of Peter, and Acts of Thomas. Although the Gnostics were prolific writers, most of their works have been burnt or lost in favor of proto-orthodox writings (and known only through patristic references).
Some scholars have theorized that Gnosticism has its roots in pre-Christian religions, instead of being merely an offshoot of Christianity.)))))))
What if somehow this could all be true. What if in some way mankind were created as a force to combat another. Why are we born feeling evil, commiting evil, and many times, not feel sorry for it. Are we really meant to carry his seed of knowledge? Are we really his children?
Could the souls of men become something more in the afterlife in a sense created to outnumber the strength or power of another spiritual being? A being that contradicts the one which created us?
We are led to believe by the coming of Jesus that this "new" spiritual force were here to guide us and take us elsewhere. Then why were so many books in the bible edited and removed? Did we not get it right the first time?
Or did we?
Sacrifices, Lust, Greed, and countless Wars...
These are the things that were and still are, only then they were commonplace and they were known as what we really are inside. Is this why we feel so lost when finding ourselves in a more holy light, unable and almost unwilling?
We want to be saved, saved from what exactly, our creator?
Satan was an angel, a clear represetation of human form plus wings. God however has never been represented as having human form, only a spectral force. Wouldn't it seem more likely that to be born in "his image" could mean a one more likely to appear human?
The Gnostics had very similar questions, and many were killed by the Catholic church as heretics. An ironic twist in the evolution of man. A massacre to ward off those who carry the belief to commit a massacre.
Agnostics do not question God, they just think we spoke the wrong idea from the begining.
All I'm saying is, what if it were?
An odd one, but somehow, in many ways..
It made sense....
***NOTICE***
The following views and opinions do not necessarily reflect that of me or anyone close to me. They are brought on by literature and past occurances relating to the subject. Please do not assume I believe or follow any of these philosophies/practices. Thank you.
What If God As We Know It, Were Actually The Devil Himself???
((((((A one-sentence description of Gnosticism: a religion that differentiates the evil god of this world (who is identified with the god of the Old Testament) from a higher more abstract God revealed by Jesus Christ, a religion that regards this world as the creation of a series of evil archons/powers who wish to keep the human soul trapped in an evil physical body, a religion that preaches a hidden wisdom or knowledge only to a select group as necessary for salvation or escape from this world.
The term "gnostic" derives from "gnosis," which means "knowledge" in Greek. The Gnostics believed that they were privy to a secret knowledge about the divine, hence the name. (Huxley coined "agnosticism" on the basis that all knowledge must be based on reason. We cannot rationally claim to have access to knowledge that is beyond the powers of the intellect.)
There are numerous references to the Gnostics in second century proto-orthodox literature. Most of what we know about them is from the polemic thrown at them by the early Church Fathers. They are alluded to in the Bible in the pastorals (spurious Paulines of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus), for example 1 Tm 1:4 and 1 Tm 6:20, and possibly the entirety of Jude. Ignatius of Antioch writes against them as well as Docetism, a doctrine closely related to Gnosticism that stated that Christ was pure spirit and had only a phantom body. Second Clement is a document aimed at refuting early second century Gnosticism. Marcion was the most famous of the Gnostics, and he established a "canon" of the Pauline epistles (minus the pastorals) and a "mutilated" Luke (presumably considered so because it lacked proof-texts such as Lk 22:43-44). Justin Martyr mentioned him c. 150 CE, and Irenaeus and Tertullian wrote against him extensively in the late second century (in Against Heresy and Against Marcion, respectively).
Besides Marcion, other important Gnostics were Basilides and Valentinus. Some Gnostic documents are the Gospel of Truth, the Letter to Rheginus, Treatise on the Three Natures, Apocalypse of Adam, the Gospel of Matthias, Gospel of Philip, Acts of Peter, and Acts of Thomas. Although the Gnostics were prolific writers, most of their works have been burnt or lost in favor of proto-orthodox writings (and known only through patristic references).
Some scholars have theorized that Gnosticism has its roots in pre-Christian religions, instead of being merely an offshoot of Christianity.)))))))
What if somehow this could all be true. What if in some way mankind were created as a force to combat another. Why are we born feeling evil, commiting evil, and many times, not feel sorry for it. Are we really meant to carry his seed of knowledge? Are we really his children?
Could the souls of men become something more in the afterlife in a sense created to outnumber the strength or power of another spiritual being? A being that contradicts the one which created us?
We are led to believe by the coming of Jesus that this "new" spiritual force were here to guide us and take us elsewhere. Then why were so many books in the bible edited and removed? Did we not get it right the first time?
Or did we?
Sacrifices, Lust, Greed, and countless Wars...
These are the things that were and still are, only then they were commonplace and they were known as what we really are inside. Is this why we feel so lost when finding ourselves in a more holy light, unable and almost unwilling?
We want to be saved, saved from what exactly, our creator?
Satan was an angel, a clear represetation of human form plus wings. God however has never been represented as having human form, only a spectral force. Wouldn't it seem more likely that to be born in "his image" could mean a one more likely to appear human?
The Gnostics had very similar questions, and many were killed by the Catholic church as heretics. An ironic twist in the evolution of man. A massacre to ward off those who carry the belief to commit a massacre.
Agnostics do not question God, they just think we spoke the wrong idea from the begining.
All I'm saying is, what if it were?
just wanted to thank you for your kind words before.. haven't been on here in a while..
i have a new set i'm working on, i think it's gonna make it
hope you're doing good fella...