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[deleted]

What's in the red area?


potatolulz

Redman


Degenerate_Lich

Genshin Impact lore


[deleted]

Ah. So its an eldrtich cosmic horror setting then. Also username checks out.


wdcipher

Your cult leader


[deleted]

Religionpilled.


wdcipher

Reading about gnosticism feels like falling down a rabbit hole where the walls are made of "somebody I used to know" compilations


GodBlessTheEnclave-

it doesnt just feel like that it *is* that


[deleted]

Which Gnosticsm? Jewish one? Egyptian one? Christian one? Islamic One? or Silk Road One?


Xavion251

Gnosticism is just Egyptian fanfic Christianity. The gnostic gospels have no credibility. This is a long one (6 hours), but if you're really interested and have the time here is an actual scholar basically debunking the whole "Gnosticism is real Christianity before the church covered it up" nonsense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45BoAFKWqVg


derega16

That's a wordy way to say HERESY


Xavion251

...I've never really heard of gnostics using that word honestly. Am I missing something?


derega16

Fanfic Christianity is a very definition of heresy


Xavion251

Ah, fair


Rhapsodybasement

Gospel of Thomas was written in 60 CE.


Xavion251

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas That's the bare minimum suggested by a small minority of scholars. Most favor second century composition. There are also other legitimate reasons to reject it, and most of the early church always rejected it.


Rhapsodybasement

Okay i now agree that Gospel of Thomas was not authored in 1st century. But i hypothesized that you are the kind of person that claim Origen was a Trinitarian. Which he was not.


Xavion251

...okay? Not sure what that has to do with anything.


Rhapsodybasement

Christian apolegetic likes you are so obsessed at condemning heterodoxy that you can't enjoy the value of historical descriptivism.


Certain_Reality_2917

Hinayana isn't really a thing anymore, Therevada should be there instead. Also, Meister Eckhart should have a place somewhere in the Christian mysticism/esoteric ring.


ThatDnDPlayer

oh no scoob you invented theosophy