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.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Lee Berman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:severiansola@hotmail.com">severiansola@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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>Marc Aramini: The creator can't be a demiurge? My bad. I thought it was somewhat<br>
>synonymous with Creator even though in Christianity he is not significantly divorced<br>
>in substance from son and holy ghost.<br>
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It is my understanding that early Christianity had some gnostic sects which interpreted<br>
things in a way that allowed for a demiurge. Other sects of Christianity got the upper<br>
hand and have been purging and purging such stuff ever since. To the point that a modern<br>
Christian (James Jordan) became really upset at my suggestion that the Nephilim mentioned<br>
in Genesis can be interpreted as the product of human-fallen angel matings.<br>
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I get the impression many modern Christians have almost no use for any real Devil, demons,<br>
angels or H-E double hockey sticks as a place of burning torture and punishment.<br>
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Interestingly, many who are pagans, Wiccans, whatever and who worship Great God Pan also<br>
consider their beliefs to be a form of Christianity; a form which recognizes the important<br>
role of Jesus but also the legitimacy of the god(s) who came before him, and who will also<br>
come back at some later time.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best wishes,<br>Jack<br>