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great post... thx for the background.
re "true gnostic connections" what resonates with me is the extent to which a Gnostic worldview (in the general sense) if a better fit for what I observe than a materialistic science worldview.
Some translations seem to say the Kingdom of God is outside and all around you
And some say the Kingdom of God is within you
None seem to say it is both outside and within
"Gnostic Christian Jesus" is reference to Gospel of Thomas?
Or another document?
thanks,
Sci
I see...
You are taking those lines from the Nag Hammadi Gospel of Thomas
But it is still interesting how different the various canonical translations are on this matter
Yes, it was priestcraft which banished the Divine from the Earth
so the priests could rule
I understand what you are saying. That banishment was accepted by the sheeple. Not the thinking people.
That is why Christianity decided to try to kill all the thinkers who would not kowtow to Rome.
God has always been here and now to those who know how to find him or her and name God I am, and mean themselves.
Just in case you have not seen this.
Seek God my friend. He is inside of you. Trust me, I know that as a fact.
Regards
DL
Seems to me it'd be around there. Sounds like what the clerics have been saying about their varying religions for millennia.Seek God my friend. He is inside of you. Trust me, I know that as a fact.
Can you see the danger in that doctrine?
Seems to me it'd be around there. Sounds like what the clerics have been saying about their varying religions for millennia.
No. I see the benefits of following what you think and not the thinking of others. Although I do recognize, if other than apotheosis or revelation, that we are all following the thinking of others to some extent.
What danger do you see in following your own thinking?
Regards
DL
I was referring to the dangers in the doctrine implied in your statement
"...(to) name God I am, and mean themselves."
To think of oneself as god
I am an esoteric ecumenist and that seems quite natural to me.
God is what we are told by all religions to emulate and follow. I see the word God here as the highest ideal that a person can reach.
Consider with that definition in mind.
The God of an ant, is an ant.
The God of a lion, is a lion.
The God of a man, should be a man.
That is Gnosis and Jung and Freud would agree as their Father Complex says the same thing, just in a different and evolutionary way.
Note that all the rules and laws we follow have been taken from the words of people and not a supernatural God.
Regards
DL
The ususal canonical translation is "the kingdom of God is within you" but it usually comes with a footnote saying the word for "within" can also be translated "among".I see...
You are taking those lines from the Nag Hammadi Gospel of Thomas
But it is still interesting how different the various canonical translations are on this matter