I had always thought if you talked to god and he answered directly you were a candidate for the rubber room.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:306256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
