people have completely misunderstood gnosticism?

Question

Gnostics claimed Yhwh was god of the law, they also said that the true God was hidden. At first, it sounds blasphemous that the Abrahamic God is a 'second-class God.' But let's look at this metaphorically. What if the Demiurge is not actually LITERALLY the God of the Old Testament; what if the Yhwh motif was used as a metaphor for the oppressive elements that claim to have adopted the law of Yhwh, and keep people down? The conclusion would then be that the Hidden God of the Gnostics on an ultimate level IS the God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims? I realise that Gnostics are said to have been against the Hebrew God; but what if YHWH is in fact a metaphor for the forces of compulsion and oppression? And the original message, originally passed to initiates in secret for fear of misinrerpretation, has indeed been misunderstood by christians; and the Gnostics were not really rebelling against Jehovah, but rather against those claiming divine sanction: the Catholic Church?

ok, this is a new idea that i invented myself, but can you be a bit more specific in your criticism?

Answer 1

if you came up with this yourself you are a good thinker.... the catholic church will prove to be the enemy... if it were an octupus, the catholic would be the head and christianity the legs.... I have things to get you thinking...... the first ... evolution, how did the catholic church interfere with natural evolution of the human sepecies... causing the extinction of the natural spirit people of the earth second... the bible was assembled in whole through prophecy, not history

Answer 2

It seems quite odd to look outside the bible for information about God and Christ. Here are a few Scriptural thoughts to consider:

(Romans 16:17) Keep your eye on those who cause divisions and occasions for stumbling contrary to the teaching that you have learned, and avoid them.

(2 Corinthians 4:4-6) The god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers

(Philippians 2:14-15) In among a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you are shining as illuminators in the world

(1 Timothy 6:3-5) If any man teaches other doctrine and does not assent to healthful words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, nor to the teaching that accords with godly devotion, he is puffed up with pride, not understanding anything, but being mentally diseased over questionings and debates about words. From these things spring envy, strife, abusive speeches, wicked suspicions, violent disputes about trifles on the part of men corrupted in mind and despoiled of the truth

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Answer 3

I'm afraid you have misunderstood Gnosticism.

Answer 4

if God= G+o+d=7+15+4 =26=2+6=8=H
then YHWH read between the lines with understanding
says:
I.V GOD W GOD
where W=I IV(sealed together) ie IV=IIII
thus W=I IIII (sealed together)

and if bible is correct about the other GOD who is glorified in all things as the bible commands the W must glorify GOd somehow, it basically is a description of GOD somehow perhaps it means God has a W (ie A \ /V (sealed together)) on his body? and it appears like b which is a D I sealed together. so both b and W are in compliance with the bible verse that says all things to glorify God and if God has glorified His name as the bible states then the times new roman font WORDS "GODDESS and LORD" both glorify Gods name of TODD along with WORD glorifies HIS NAME ALSO. Perhaps I AM that TODD. And Hebrew Gods or Jewish Gods are not My God. my God would probably be an angel of the LORD.
could not even the times new roman font WORDS "Canada and America" hide the name pronounced lari or lArri within giving you compliance with the bible that stated All nations were ruled over by God meaning His name was p[ronounced larry? Thus the tradition of putting your name on what you own developed since God Himself put His name on the countries the bible claimed God owned? Note that one Man called TODD was also called LARRY (both could be pronounced TOD, TAD or LARRI or Larri, or like in the Military Lary. And wouldn't that mean since you haven't named Larry also called TODD as your God that your in rebellion against the One true GOD? And If I AM is God just like the GOOD NEWS BIBLE stated in Ex. 3.14 and I AM=I AIVI sealed together would have to be what God appeared as or like. And if your alphabet used to be that an "m" really appeared like 3 r's put together (ie rrr(put together or sealed together) then "i am" read between the lines would be like "i arrr". meaning larry cut and sealed together=i am(with the m with the flare at the end.

also the messages of CHRISTIAN and Islam would be the same if God was I and a N spilt apart contained the elements I and IV(sealed together).

so

CHRISTIAN = C GOD(which equals H) RIST I A I IV(sealed together)(which is what N equals)

Islam = I is larry (sealed together, when the m=rrr (sealed together)

So God haters or rebels changed the God into different fonts because they absolutely hated God even thought they never actually personally met HIM.

And that same larry (cut and sealed together, as the N incidently) is the God or LORDLY SUPERBEING, who is glorified in HIM and also in HIMSELF, just like your Good News Bible said He would be. This Means

HIM = GOD I IVI(sealed together)
HIMSELF = GOD I IVI sealed together SEI LF(as in sealed LEft arm(RIST) of GOD.

So as you see perhaps these, i assumed dead prophets of people perhaps seen into the future and considered Me a god. Thus many european words for God seemed to describe Me, for example
DIO was based on my Rist which appeared like IIII I . which spanish said was a seal(pronounced sil to them) so the times new roman font S hides that word. so DIOS was based on IIII I . S\\(ie sil). And the germans GOTT = CuT nuT iT when written in times new roman font.

So what does that make Me for real? the DIVINE=DI VINE which could happen as i went through chemotherapy in the 1990's. But if divine meant like LORDs who had to name there family lines for atleast 7 generations to prove they were Lordly i can't name them all but am sure they existed since i wouldn't be here today if i didn't have ancient roots just like everybody else.

And so could it be possible that I AM a god, angel of the LORD?

and the law said I a \ / V(sealed together) which if you see IIII I (upside down) can be described as W and I is God and in times new roman font the L hides the word LiT within the L. so the Law would say LiT a w(ie \ / V(sealed together) and the bible said the Light(pronounced LiT) is God.

Thus perhaps the law or LAW could rightly mean I AM GOD the LORD, and only jealous and greed for power by other keeps Me from being Great.

And GOD is a Word used to describe GOD which you see D hides the I under neath it like in three dimesional world. So G hides the word CuT and O hides a form of ".n u" So GOD is (three dimesionally) CuT .n u DI. that is a description of Me. just as DIO is like IIII I . So perhaps your going to miss your chance to see a real god or a real funny thing that happened on the way to the forum. And since the german NAZIS as i read in one book wanted all germans to act like LORDLY Superbeings, guess i have to be LORDLY. Or would the isrealites use there form of SS to try to assinate Me for those claims? And there old lord Jehovah is a fing liar to say he created the universe or planets, stars, and moon. One verse said God was born into a written WORD that already existed. and see the name TODD within the WORD. So perhaps I AM that TODD who some say is a GOD. And although i hate to use death to prove points, i am still alive and Jehovah refuses to show himself just as Jesus refuse to show HIMSELF so i guess i win by default.

I AM quite Mad, you know but basically harmless unless you mis-use religion to try to harm people, in which case i would have to rat you out.