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For some from among the Gentiles have rejected my legal preaching, attaching themselves to certain lawless and trifling preaching of the man who is my enemy. And these things some have attempted while I am still alive, to transform my words by certain various interpretations, in order to the dissolution of the law; as though I also myself were of such a mind, but did not freely proclaim it, which God forbid!
One of the brethren came to us from Gamaliel, whom we mentioned before, bringing to us secret tidings that that enemy had received a commission from Caiaphas, the chief priest, that he should arrest all who believed in Jesus, and should go to Damascus with his letters, and that there also, employing the help of the unbelievers, he should make havoc among the faithful
Say what you wish to say I about what she has said. I at least do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are strange ideas.
Did he really speak with a woman without our knowledge and not openly? Are we to turn about and all listen to her? Did he prefer her to us?"
originally posted by: johndeere2020
a reply to: Abednego
She parallels the qualities of the little known Anput.
Was it you who gave me details about Anput some time ago?
However, I don't believe Sophia had a male partner.
Sophia or Anput has appeared to me throughout my life since childhood. She was always alone or accompanied by little children.
But I never saw Her male companion.
What I believe is when the world fell into patriarchal rule and Goddess worship banned, people either destroyed or edited religious texts to include the male element. To have the male rule over the female and make the female dependent on the male.
Scientific facts contradict this notion and it is the opposite way around - the males depend a lot more in the females in the survival context.
The ancient Coptic speaking people that held the original idea of Christianity (before it was named so); Gnostic; does no such thing; so why say 'the gnostic belief system'' is in any way associated with Pauls belief form? He helped to stamp them into oblivion.
originally posted by: ghostrager
a reply to: greyer
I would argue Christianity in itself is a fraud by referencing gnostic text.
Maybe you can reference your quotes? It would help in understanding your perspective.
originally posted by: Abednego
This is going to get deep a little bit.
Female is the perfect gender, XX, while male is XY, the Y is a corruption of the X (note the missing leg).
When God created the humans He called it adam. Adam is not a name is a thing, God called it earth (dirt, soil, etc...). Meaning that this being He created was everything in just one body. Adam thought he was alone because he did not realize he was everything (let us make man in our likeness).
This human saw that every other thing in the creation had pairs (male and female), so he asked God. God instead of telling him the reason prefer to cut in half adam to make a pair. That is why adam called the other half woman, not female (gender was not define here).
originally posted by: Abednego
a reply to: johndeere2020
I learned it from a religious study. I'm an avid reader of "sacred" texts and mystic, esoteric, occultism, whatever you may call it.
originally posted by: oxidadoblanco
Jesus is a fraud...
Ask yourself as you read you bible...
Who was there?
Who saw it?
Who wrote it down?
If Your god is so loving and forgiving, how come he doesn't just "forgive" satan and the story ceases to exist?
lol
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: Abednego
a reply to: johndeere2020
I learned it from a religious study. I'm an avid reader of "sacred" texts and mystic, esoteric, occultism, whatever you may call it.
You do know the jews disliked jesus correct? SO how can a jewish text most likely written by a pharisees or someone else in power back then be taken seriously?
Anyway the OT was for hebrews specifically and that is what they are saying we are straying from? hen it dont apply to gentiles in actualality.