2006-08-30 08:17:12 · 4 answers · asked by clovenstar_9 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Gnosticism is the acquisition of ascendant knowledge. This means that the gnostic has knowledge that is either very well hidden from easy observation, or cannot be deduced or induced. I view gnosticism as an acquisition of knowledge diametrically opposed to science. Science is descendant knowledge-- it goes down from experience -- gnostic knowledge goes up (science cannot go up). Not all people are equally gnostic. To be gnostic, you must have the gnostic spark.
Some gnostic knowledge would arise from intuition, other ascendant knowledge could have been acquired from god, either directly from God or through the mediation of some other soul -- angel, saint, dead relative.
The most profound gnostic was Valentinus, Some people suspect that Jesus was gnostic..
Examples of exceptional gnostic thought: The first lines of genesis, the Emerald Tablets of Hermes.
Jesus' gnostic acts: Healing of the blind man with mud: the blindness was probably caused by an infection, somehow,Jesus new that the mud would contain an agent (phages) that would act as an antibiotic for the blind man's eyes. That knowledge was a miracle.
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2006-08-30 09:37:07 · answer #1 · answered by Gone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person who practices gnosis, which means to receive spiritual information that others don't know about....I guess you could consider Christ a gnostic of his time....The mainline religious organization (Jews) considered (Christ) the gnostic a heretic and believed he was teaching false doctrine....
2006-08-30 16:33:45 · answer #2 · answered by Denise W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly there is no such thing because everyone believes in God they just choose not to follow him because of their own selfish reasons. Besides to say that there is no God you would have to know everything there is to know and by defintion that is who God is so He would still exist but He would be you but nobody person that is knows everything so God still stands alone!!
2006-08-30 15:25:48 · answer #3 · answered by livingforhim2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gnostisism is very general and fits many things and comes in many forms
in the end no gnostiism is true
2006-08-30 15:22:13 · answer #4 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋