Answer ANY of my (or our) qestions, rebut ANY of my rebuttals, cite ANY sources of his claims, defend ANY of his assertions when questioned. Basically he is like a DEMOCRAT: Make claims and double down instead of supporting.
If this guy can question God's Word, I can certainly question his STRANGE TEACHINGS.
Address the facts, LBF. Do your ideas stand a chance???
First off, there's no such a thing as a unified gnostic doctrine. It's relativistic. I may be gnostic and believe in things that contradict other gnostics' beliefs. So who's right, what is the correct gnosticism and how is this determined?
Second, why should one trust the Gnostic gospels over the Church teachings? How do you determine what gospels are true and what's your criteria? You ignored my question about how do you justify that knowledge at all. Gnosticism makes countless claims about the nature of our world and its history and I want to know how are they justified?
How has the hidden knowledge you base your worldview on been preserved through the centuries? And even if we assume it was true, what makes you think it hasn't been tampered with by its enemies (the RCC) who pretty much ruled the world until recently?
Unless you deep dive in sewers. You'll only find crap then.
I know the book. You've linked it before and I took a look. It's a total mess of word-concept fallacy and wild interpretations of what the Christianity represents.
Again, gnostics have been around for 2000 years and I'd rather read what OG gnostics like Simon Magus, Valentinus, Marcion and Mani had to say and not people centuries later. If you truly cared for the truth, you'd read how their arguments were defeated by their contemporaries - the Early Church Fathers. It's pointless to rehash a 2000 year old debate.
The point is I don't need to study all of gnosticism to know it's false. I can refute it simply by disproving it's foundational principles like dualism.
Here's an example of a quick refutation of gnosticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BgDwGHmKc4
God is the Unified Field. Gnosis is doctrine.
Ok. What is "the Unified Field" and how do you have knowledge of its existence?
Gnosis is knowledge. In the context of gnosticism, it is a hidden or secret knowledge. Doctrine is a set of beliefs. "Gnosis is doctrine" is an incoherent proposition.
Gnosis is 'hidden' in plain sight. It is only hidden from the one who refuses to look and see. Gnosis is doctrine when made into a religion. This explains the varied forms of gnosis. Cultural differences will always manifest and distort.
You make my point exactly. It HAS been tampered with. By whom and how? Thats YOUR job to find out now that you've been redpilled. But you can't because you 'took a look' and it's 'a total mess'.
Meaning you are a fool. I'm finished here. Go back to Sunday School and have a good day.
Great. How do you verify your interpretation is correct is what I'm asking? What grounds truth in your worldview? You?
I don't possess an interpretation. Why ask for my verification of my interpretation anyway? It isn't about me. So how does "I took a look" verify that gnosis is '..a..mess..'? That's your interpretation...but of what?
Interpretation insinuates that you 'know' what an original statement says, and you fail that. You waste the time of, and insult anyone who has done the work. You couldn't defeat whats-his-name in verbal battle, as opposed to discussion, so you call him out, hoping for a rescue from the posse.
There is already another attempt by the cabal to create yet another misguided 'crusade' as distraction from the great awakening. (See Hollywood stars suddenly gaining 'religion') That awakening includes the understanding of who the Babylonian Brotherhood was and is, how they came to the seats of power...(those you trust the most) .and how they are finally to be taken out. But that's only the beginning. Eliminating the Liars and their lies.
One truth....many beliefs.
There is indeed a rule here about banning people who post 'callouts' rather than deal with the issue yourself. You failed to do the work, you don't fool anyone but yourself with that. You should know that the Q team, our literal material savior is largely gnostic as the identifying by the letter Q and number 17 as Divine Inspiration proves. You see, this is a Taking Back of that which was stolen and corrupted. Seeing the eternal with new eyes. The recruitment to Q Team required knowledge of the occult and its organizations ( ie: those who run the churches from the top) in order to know the enemy and his methods. The enemy's method is to take a grain of truth (gnosis) and twist the Hell out of it. Each book of the old testament is testament to this occurring again and again. How to escape. I point at the sun and you look at my finger. I pointed to Things to gno but you ignored. What is one who ignores? Do the work.
You can't do any work or come to any true knowledge about those things if you start from a faulty worldview built on false and unjustified assumptions.
Why would I listen or read what someone has to say about the world, reality or God, if they can't give an account of metaphysical concepts that they presuppose like knowledge, truth, meaning, logic, etc.
If someone argues that Christianity is sun worship I will ask them to justify the claim and most importantly - ask how did they came to know that. If I say that Christianity is true you would ask me the same thing, right? So why would I grant you the opposite claim? You reasserting your position doesn't make it any more convincing or justified. Imagine me saying "Christianity is real because the Bible says so". Would you accept that?