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wg2000 · 05-01-2003, 05:59 PM

I'm not a follower of it, but I've been studying various religions lately and I find Gnosticism (not to be confused with agnostics) fascinating.

Gnosticism is an offshoot of Christianity that believes that the God of the Old Testament, the creator of the physical universe as we know it, is not the True God. They believe that this creator was a flawed being itself, thus why the universe is flawed (i.e. all life must consume other life to survive, hence death and suffering are universal).

They also believe that the God in the New Testament is the True God, and that Jesus was sent to show us how to transcend this existence and eventually move on to the next level.

I've probably completely butchered the explanation

, so there is a better one here: http://www.gnosis.org/gnintro.htm

Really interesting stuff; definitely a different perspective than most religions.

05-01-2003, 05:59 PM	#74 (permalink)
wg2000 Tilted Location: Only in your mind	I'm not a follower of it, but I've been studying various religions lately and I find Gnosticism (not to be confused with agnostics) fascinating. Gnosticism is an offshoot of Christianity that believes that the God of the Old Testament, the creator of the physical universe as we know it, is not the True God. They believe that this creator was a flawed being itself, thus why the universe is flawed (i.e. all life must consume other life to survive, hence death and suffering are universal). They also believe that the God in the New Testament is the True God, and that Jesus was sent to show us how to transcend this existence and eventually move on to the next level. I've probably completely butchered the explanation , so there is a better one here: http://www.gnosis.org/gnintro.htm Really interesting stuff; definitely a different perspective than most religions.