I think the main thrust of the thread is Gnosticism.
I've never really understood Gnosticism, maybe because I've never devoted much thought to it. The videos did assist in gaining some further understanding of it, enough to realize, at least, why it has been so thoroughly rejected - if the videos are any indicator, Gnosticism offers no hope for humanity, which is likely why it failed as a religion
I.e. if a religion offers no hope, then why bother with it? Might as well go fishing instead.
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I've never really understood Gnosticism, maybe because I've never devoted much thought to it. The videos did assist in gaining some further understanding of it, enough to realize, at least, why it has been so thoroughly rejected - if the videos are any indicator, Gnosticism offers no hope for humanity, which is likely why it failed as a religion
I.e. if a religion offers no hope, then why bother with it? Might as well go fishing instead.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake