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Originally Posted by boxcar
The article talks about "Christian Gnostics", which is an oxymoron. The Gnostics infiltrated the Church in the first century which is why both John and Paul warned Christians about the Gnostic heresy.
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The Gnostics predated the Christians...and they are more believable...IMO. "Gnosticism" has gotten a bum rap from the "Modern" Christian churches...as if the word epitomizes something "evil". But the term is born from the Greek word "Gnosis", which means "inner knowledge".
If the Gnostics were the "infiltrators" of Christianity...then, why were they hunted down and destroyed by the "literal" Christian churches of that era? Couldn't they have just been "ignored"?
I'll have you know that Clement of Alexandria and his disciple Origen were revered as great "Christian Fathers" during their lifetime...and they were declared "Gnostics" hundreds of years later...when the Christian church "changed its mind" about things.
When it comes to "religion"...I stick with the "originals", and I despise the "newer versions".
