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Originally Posted by asaris
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Finally, I don't see how gnostics could have been around before Jesus, since gnosticism refers to a specific Christian heresy (or, if you prefer, a specific sort of 'christian' belief). It's fair to describe some pre-Christian beliefs as 'proto-gnostic', but to describe them as gnostic is simply historical error.
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Actually.... Gnostics believe they know a "hidden" truth about God, or believe in something that doesn't fit with the mainstream view of God. There are Jewish Gnostics. Therefore, predating Christianity. That there are Gnositcs that believe something totaly differnt about Jesus is just a natural progresion.