Between Gnostics and Agnostics?
2006-07-01 21:09:39 · 13 answers · asked by Tiffany G 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thank you to all who gave real answers to the question and not sarcastic remarks.
To the one who said both groups were going to hell - maybe you should take the advise given by David G497. No one decides who goes to hell but God.... and if they don't believe in a god...why would it concern them either way?
2006-07-01 21:54:20 · update #1
Gnostics are a religous sect of Christianity from the 2nd century on, see the Nag Hammadi Library, these are Christian Gnostic Books. Gnosis = Knowledge. Gnostics don't believe in God as Christians at large do, they believe God is NOT all that nice a being and the only way to attain enlightenment is not through salvation through Christ but through Knowledge.
2006-07-01 21:16:14 · answer #1 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gnostic comes from the Greek word "gnosis" or knowlegde. There were some pre-christian and early christian groups who believed that all of the material world was evil but with the application of knowledge you could rise above. An agnostic is a person who may or may not believe (or have knowledge) of God but does not have a practice of faith. The term comes from the idea that if god is perfect then why try to be like him because we'll never be perfect.
2006-07-01 21:42:31 · answer #2 · answered by llanoestacado2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gnostics were an early Christian Sect considered heretical. They claimed to have a 'secret knowledge of Christ.' The word is derived from 'knowledge.'
An Agnostic claims that here is no way to know for sure if God exists.
Crude explanation for sure, but I hope it helps.
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2006-07-02 03:39:28 · answer #3 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gnostics are trying to attain a higher knowledge and agnostics don't believe in the existence of God... but hey i could be wrong and i am sure if i am someone will be oh so kind to let me know...
2006-07-01 21:14:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gnostics believe in hell and are headed there. Agnostics don't believe in hell and are headed there.
2006-07-01 21:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by David 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostics "don't know"; Gnostics "know".
There are many kinds of gnostics. I happen to be a Nassenne/Ophite gnostic [Serpent Worshipers].
What they know is not like "Paris is in France", rather it's more like "Jane loves ice-cream."
gno·sis
Intuitive apprehension of spiritual truths
2006-07-01 21:15:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agnostics believe that it is impossible to know whether or not there is a god.
Gnostics believe in some kind of transcendent mental experience that gets them in touch with god.
Different animals.
2006-07-01 21:13:50 · answer #7 · answered by energeticthinker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gnostics were one of the sects that the Catholic Church tried to stamp out. They are a Christian group. Agnotics are non-religious, free thinkers. No connection
http://home.att.net/~sheryl4/st/st.html...
2006-07-01 21:14:52 · answer #8 · answered by RON C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the King James Version of the Holy Bible
2006-07-01 21:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
gnostics think they know something. and agnostics do not know what they know...
2006-07-01 21:14:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋