(urth) lameness

[Jack Smith]

Christians rejected gnosticism in the early days of the church.  The dualism
and secret knowledge of gnosticism was not compatible with the gospel of
acceptance and love.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
>
> >Marc Aramini: The creator can't be a demiurge?  My bad. I thought it was
> somewhat
> >synonymous with Creator even though in Christianity he is not
> significantly divorced
> >in substance from son and holy ghost.
>
> It is my understanding that early Christianity had some gnostic sects which
> interpreted
> things in a way that allowed for a demiurge. Other sects of Christianity
> got the upper
> hand and have been purging and purging such stuff ever since. To the point
> that a modern
> Christian (James Jordan) became really upset at my suggestion that the
> Nephilim mentioned
> in Genesis can be interpreted as the product of human-fallen angel matings.
>
> I get the impression many modern Christians have almost no use for any real
> Devil, demons,
> angels or H-E double hockey sticks as a place of burning torture and
> punishment.
>
> Interestingly, many who are pagans, Wiccans, whatever and who worship Great
> God Pan also
> consider their beliefs to be a form of Christianity; a form which
> recognizes the important
> role of Jesus but also the legitimacy of the god(s) who came before him,
> and who will also
> come back at some later time.
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-- 
Best wishes,
Jack
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