If it was enough, people wouldn't question it. And you have to look at the unpleasant aspects of it too - disease, cruelty, suffereing, natural...
I just don't know. I'm a bit perplexed myself. Part of me says a bored idiot with a gripe against Christianity - but I don't like to be overly...
I get your point which is a good one that we're dealing with a diverse phenomenon in Gnostcism. I was only trying to clarify.
Origen was a critic of gnosticism as he saw it. He wrote against both gnostics and pagans.
No he wasn't a Gnostic. He was a member of the Catholic Church, but at a time when dogma was still being thrashed out.
A quick last word abut Origen - his version of Christianity is somewhat 'nicer' than the mainstream orthodox account. Origen was heavily...
No record of self mutilation by gnostics. I think if memeory serves that Origen was at one time a worshipper of the goddess Cybele, a pagan cult
He did. As a sacrifice to the goddess I believe. It was before he became a Christian.
Again this is all irrelevant. I already told you that the Cathars had no scriptures of their own and only used the Gospel of John. We're not...
Leave texts aside for now - maybe we'll come to that after we get an anwer to the question, now the 4th time of asking: If the Cathars didn't...
I am not here to teach you about religion. If you are interested in a particular religion, or any other area of knowledge, I suggest you check it...
Bullshit pure and simple, as anyone who has actually read any of the gnostic texts can affirm.
I think you guys have nailed it there. I was somewhat surprised when I checked I am's profile, and it says he's 68 - I'd assumed a somewhat...
Can you think though? I'm still awaiting clarification on another thread viz the way in which the Cathars of the 13th century understood...
Agar wood is among my favourites. The actual stuff, agar wood, is worth more than its weight in gold evidently. Agarwood - Wikipedia
Whatever you may think, Huxley certainly meant it as a dystopia. It isn't people's criticism that makes it so, but the authors intention. It's...
As far as I am aware, the original meaning of 'occult' is 'hidden'. So to the extent that all of this is out there in the public domain, that...
Doesn't help when we have a tory MP blocking legislation to increase protection for girls at risk. Tory MP who blocked upskirting bill defends...
'UBIK' is probably well worth a read - as is 'Flow my Tears the Policeman Said' - in fact most of PKD's later works.
It's hard to disentangle a 'me' separate from heart/mind. I would tend to decide things based on a bit of both in most cases.
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