2007-12-29 07:50:00 · 8 answers · asked by Queen of Pentacles 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-12-29 18:15:02 · update #1
I think it's the idea that spiritual things can be known without any valid argument or objective evidence. It's what Huxley was setting himself against when he coined the term 'agnostic' to mean:
"...That it is wrong for a man to say he is certain of the objective truth of a proposition unless he can provide evidence which logically justifies that certainty."
2007-12-29 07:52:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
The gnostic religion believes in salvation by attaining secret knowledge. Jesus taught that we are saved through faith in Him by God's grace. Though some have called themselves "Gnostic Christians" their beliefs contradict Jesus' foundational doctrine, so they cannot really be disciples of Christ. The Gnostic "Christians" are mentioned in the New Testament where their beliefs are clearly identified as heresy. The Gnostics invented the Gospel of Thomas a few centuries after Jesus. The so-called Gospel of Thomas copies many of the sayings of Jesus in the synoptic Gospels, and adds new material of their own. Dan Brown's book, "The Da Vinci Code" claims that the Gnostics believed Jesus was married to Mary Magdalen. This is impossible because the Gnostics taught that Jesus had no body. They thought he was only a spirit floating around. The Gnostics believed that the spirit of man is good, but the flesh is evil. Therefore they would be appalled by the notion of Jesus getting married and having children. Of course, Brown's book is marked as a "work of fiction" by apparently Americans today do not understand what "fiction" means. 1Ti 6:20 NLT Timothy, guard what God has entrusted to you. Avoid godless, foolish discussions with those who oppose you with their so-called knowledge. 21 Some people have wandered from the faith by following such foolishness. May God's grace be with you all. 2Jo 1:7 NLT Many deceivers have gone out into the world. They do not believe that Jesus Christ came to earth in a real body. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist. Jud 1:4 I say this because some godless people have wormed their way in among you, saying that God's forgiveness allows us to live immoral lives. The fate of such people was determined long ago, for they have turned against our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. (The Gnostics falsely taught that the body was evil and people were saved by "secret knowledge." Therefore the Gnostic "Christians" thought that they could sin as much as they wanted and it didn't matter.)
2016-05-27 19:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The concept of Gnosticism is O.K. for those who believe "less" in God and more on the here and now with you in control therefore nothing is perfect. Christians on the other hand believe that God is perfect and we should strive every waking moment to reach that Nirvana.
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2007-12-29 08:05:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Knowledge of the divinity within and recieving direct divine guidance without relying on external sources (religion, churches, doctrines, etc.)
2007-12-29 08:06:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Divine souls trapped in a material world is one is hard so many vating forms of gnostism. Best I can do!
2007-12-29 07:56:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gnosticism is the idea that knowledge can save you. It is seriously blasphemous. Then again, Agnosticism isn't much better.
2007-12-29 07:53:26 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
to me it means just accepting certain things on faith or intuition, a kind of common sense we all can have or can find through our own spirituality
2007-12-29 08:01:45 · answer #7 · answered by p_isfor_pecker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means to me...
G... No....sticism!
2007-12-29 07:52:44 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Mastershake 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋