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Originally posted by Tayesin
reply to post by kallisti36
Hi,
I'm enjoying reading your responses, thank you.
You also raised an interesting point that I've been looking at for some time.....
If Ya'hshuah were a gnostic teacher, why did he claim to be of YHWH and not of Enki?
I think there are a couple of things worth mentioning. One being that by the time of Yeshua the Indoctrination had been in full swing for Millenia so the name of God known to man at the time, in that area of the world, would have been YHWH... via the Hebrew tradition.
Secondly, and I know this upsets quite a few.. I seriously think Yeshua was talking about a different God to the one of his forefathers... think about it.....
The OT God is a sickening, despicable Thing in the form of a Bi-pedal Humanoid Being, filled with hatreds for all things except those who worship him above all else... which is very Egotistically Human of course. And so this sounds exactly like Enlil who has the exact same Behaviours and Attributes in the exact same timeframes of reference.
And this historical, Physical God is wholly different to the Universal style of a God Yeshua speaks about. The two are poles apart. He speaks of a Loving, Spiritual God we can each have personal communion with... although the following control drama begun by Saul who became Paul insured we don't/can't to this day. Well, not in a very real, very direct way that is.
This style of God is much closer to the Gnostic concept of a Divine Energy that permeates the Cosmos as well as out form.. something we are portions of as opposed to Under the Order Of in the case of the Genesis Physical God.
Apologies if this is disjointed, I had visitors and then teenagers in between starting and finishing this post
The Gnostics believe the Gospel of John to be superior to all other gospels, but the author of John also wrote Revelations in which Ya'hshuah is very anti-Babylon saying that it is the habitation of devils and from which will arise the Kingdom of the Beast.
I've often wondered in what state of mind John was in when on Patmos and recording his Revelations. We know that stale brown breads in old times would grow a mould that is akin to '___', and his visions seem like the generalised type of things we may expect from someone under the influence of '___'. And so I ask the question yet get no definitive response because the Follower want to Believe, and the detractors want to gain mileage for their own causes.
What say you?
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic here, but I'll assume you aren't for the moment. Many people are under the impression that the Lucifer passage in Isaiah is referring to Satan's fall, it isn't. Lucifer is a bad latin translation of "dawn star; son of the morning" which was the title of the megalomaniacal king of Babylon. Satan tried to usurp the Most High in a similar way, which is why this misconception continues. He also "masquerades as an angel of light" so the comparison isn't too out of place. I prefer not to refer to him as Lucifer, because of the parallels between the name and Promethius. Satanists love to present Satan as the "Light Bearer", "the one who stole fire for the people". What absolute garbage. He played our egos like a fiddle and we are none the better in our knowledge of evil and how best to commit it.
Originally posted by whipsandchainsamerica
I also like your thread for another reason, I have read the new testament and the last half of the old. And sometimes I look on the internet to see the lies people are fed,and the lies would lead a person to believe satan is jesus.
You see, my issue with gnosticism as opposed to mainstream Christianity is that Gnostics as their name implies, believe they have knowledge others don't. You can easily make the claim that Christians and Jews have been indoctrinated, because it has happened with religion before, but how do you know that the Gnostics aren't indoctrinated?
Ya'hshuah in the Gospel of Thomas implies that salvation is attained through hidden knowledge. I find this to be elitist and out of character of the Ya'hshuah of the Synoptics and John. I also don't agree with the Gnostic concept of duality between Good and Evil. I hold to the arguably naive belief that evil is not equal to good and good will triumph in the end.
You can see something supernatural in the spread of Christianity. For the most part, religions tend to stay localized to their culture (like Judaism which is 1% of the World population and this includes reform Jews which are practically non-theistic), but not Christianity; it is in every corner of the globe.
David fortold of a rock that would smash the feet of the empire statue in Nebuchednezzar's dream, the rock would then cover the whole world. The rock is the Kingdom of God.
As for John eating ergot infested bread... well maybe, but you will notice that almost every scripture of prophecy (Daniel, Ezekiel, Enoch, Revelations) you will notice recurring themes as well as a common trippyness. The reason for this is that nearly all of them have seen heaven. You don't just go away from that making sense in the mundane world. Also, I have experimented with psychadelics and let me tell you, I have never seen Heaven, the throne of YHWH, Sheol, the Cherubim (really really weird), or the Messiah with a flaming double edged sword protruding from his mouth.
Originally posted by kallisti36
This isn't about Gnosticism, though the concept of Yahweh being the demiurge is common among these people. I was referring to Gnosis as 'hidden knowledge' and how God is simple and Satan is deliberately confusing and complex.
Originally posted by pirhanna
What a load of complete nonsense regarding gnostic ideas. Go study what it's about then come back and post something that isn't completely based upon purposeful twisting, outright lies and rubbish.
I don't mean to be so cross, but when you attack others faith you better well get your facts straight and you didn't.
Oh don't worry, I do stay away from the hate filled 'Christians'. The Albigensian Crusade against the Gnostic Cathars was anti-Christian; those murderers had no consept of their Christ.
Originally posted by mysticalzoe
Originally posted by kallisti36
This isn't about Gnosticism, though the concept of Yahweh being the demiurge is common among these people. I was referring to Gnosis as 'hidden knowledge' and how God is simple and Satan is deliberately confusing and complex.
Originally posted by pirhanna
What a load of complete nonsense regarding gnostic ideas. Go study what it's about then come back and post something that isn't completely based upon purposeful twisting, outright lies and rubbish.
I don't mean to be so cross, but when you attack others faith you better well get your facts straight and you didn't.
The reason why they have the'hidden knowledge' was because Christianity forced them to hide, those poor people were burned at the stakes and tortured because they didn't follow the Christian way. How many Gnosis tried to convert you today, I'll tell you the answer none! Why? Because Gnosis is about people who are searching for the truth and only those people will find the true meaning of their existence. Through meditation we can find out our will, and why we are really here! Through meditation we can find God! All of the stuff you referenced in the begining is all symbolism, the snake btw represents knowledge. The Egyptians wore a snake on their heads, not because they were Reptillians, (which btw do not exist!), but because through meditation they were given knowledge about everything! the snake is not necessarily bad.
Please do more research and stay away from the hate filled Christians, there time is coming!
You can develop a personal relationship with God without adhereing to Gnostic ideologies. I can respect their wish to become closer with God, but I believe they are doing it wrong, because they believe our creator to be evil. The elite will manipulate religion to keep people from God, but they can only do this by perpetuating ignorance. All of the worst things committed in the name of 'Christianity' over the years are directly denounced by the word.
Originally posted by tiger5
Gnostics arethose who wish to see god face to facre or die trying. There is no problem per se with such lofty asperations. The alternative is to accept the po faced ignorance that passes for orthodox religion. We must also forget that god hates the fotreigners and the enemy but loves the rich and the Establishment - if our current propaganda has any credence.
Anyone who has ever questioned the bible is well on the way to gnosticism. I think that the real issue is esotericism versus exotericism.
Originally posted by kallisti36
You can develop a personal relationship with God without adhereing to Gnostic ideologies. I can respect their wish to become closer with God, but I believe they are doing it wrong, because they believe our creator to be evil. The elite will manipulate religion to keep people from God, but they can only do this by perpetuating ignorance. All of the worst things committed in the name of 'Christianity' over the years are directly denounced by the word.
Originally posted by tiger5
Gnostics arethose who wish to see god face to facre or die trying. There is no problem per se with such lofty asperations. The alternative is to accept the po faced ignorance that passes for orthodox religion. We must also forget that god hates the fotreigners and the enemy but loves the rich and the Establishment - if our current propaganda has any credence.
Anyone who has ever questioned the bible is well on the way to gnosticism. I think that the real issue is esotericism versus exotericism.
Originally posted by Tayesin
reply to post by kallisti36
Thank you. I always like to learn something new each day and today you have helped me reach this goal early in the day. Much appreciated as I see your study has been far deeper and more time-consuming than my own over the years.
I'm about to head away for 10 days.. yay... so just wanted to thank you for your time spent with me in conversation.
Be well friend.
Originally posted by tiger5
Originally posted by kallisti36
You can develop a personal relationship with God without adhereing to Gnostic ideologies. I can respect their wish to become closer with God, but I believe they are doing it wrong, because they believe our creator to be evil. The elite will manipulate religion to keep people from God, but they can only do this by perpetuating ignorance. All of the worst things committed in the name of 'Christianity' over the years are directly denounced by the word.
Originally posted by tiger5
Gnostics arethose who wish to see god face to facre or die trying. There is no problem per se with such lofty asperations. The alternative is to accept the po faced ignorance that passes for orthodox religion. We must also forget that god hates the fotreigners and the enemy but loves the rich and the Establishment - if our current propaganda has any credence.
Anyone who has ever questioned the bible is well on the way to gnosticism. I think that the real issue is esotericism versus exotericism.
Gnostics do not belive god to be evil. Some sects may but to tar all gnostics withthe same brush is the equivalents of calling all fundamentalists to be Xtian. The elite's religion of choice for social manipulation is via the bible. It (the bible) represents a mass movement. The Elite will not use any religious movement that is too anarchic hence the gnostics are far too nonconformist and rightly so.
The issue is still esotericism versus exotericism.
Originally posted by The GUT
reply to post by Tayesin
And an interesting conversation and rather cool conversation between Sitchin and Monsignor Corrado
Originally posted by kallisti36
Originally posted by The GUT
reply to post by Tayesin
And an interesting conversation and rather cool conversation between Sitchin and Monsignor Corrado
That is an interesting and rather disturbing view to be held by a 'Christian". This man within the Vatican is taking the position that the Watchers (incorrectly called Nephilim)/Annunaki live on the 12th planet common among 'UFOologists' like Icke...
I become increasingly gratefull each day that I am no longer Roman Catholic.