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To: 2MAR$ who wrote (228)	8/5/2005 10:01:07 PM
From: exdaytrader76	Read Replies (3) of 520

I think gnosticism is crap. gospelthomas.com Jesus said: I speak my mysteries to those [who are worthy of my] mysteries. What your right hand does, let not your left hand know what it does. Scholarly Quotes F. F. Bruce writes: "The first sentence is similar to the canonical saying about the disciples receiving the mystery of the kingdom of God which remains a riddle to outsiders (Mark 4.11 f.; cf. Matthew 13.11 ff.; Luke 8.10); but here the esoteric doctrine of the Gnostics is meant. The second sentence in the canonical tradition (Matthew 6.3) enjoins secrecy in generous giving; here it forbids the spreading of the esoteric doctrine beyond the privileged circle." ******* If there is such a thing as a "priviledged circle," it will be located in the opposite place of where we would think to look - not the illuminati Billionaires, but among the lowly and the humble. The Gnostics represent the powerful people of the world who are invalidated by a religion that tells them their worldly power is meaningless. They need something to grasp onto to make them continue to feel special and important, so they invent their "secrets." Putting oneself above others is the exact opposite of what Christianity is about.

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