Gnosticism is fundamentally at odds with organized religion. If you get to talk to God directly and have God answer back all the time then you don't really need a preacher. So if you want to solidify a church, tossing the gnostic gospels is a good place to start.
Judah On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > >> MoJo wrote: >> As for atheism being a religion...not really. > > I agree, especially the part about Gnosticism which is Thomas' (of > doubting Thomas) gig. > > In my opinion the biblical canonizers did today's world a complete > disservice by incorporating John's odd misaligned gospels instead of > Thomas'. John was of the fire and brimstone variety while Thomas was > of the seek-truth variety. By going with John the canonizers screwed > the planet for the last 1000 years. > > Thus the difference between religion and spirtualism. > > Religious Christians would call my opinion heresy, but non-religious > Christians would agree or at least engage in a super-fun debate. > > But you needn't be religious nor spiritual to be guilty and/or know > the difference between right and wrong. > > After all, we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are > created equal. > > Sounds like Ben was on Thomas' side rather than John's. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306240 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
