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Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
In this way you will reach the fullness, the unity… How is that done? By union with each other and union within oneself…let perfect unity take the place of primitive dissociation and"division" …in other words, let the"outside" become as the"inside", the"upper" like the"lower", the male like the female; let the first become last and the last first: in short, let there be reunion of opposites…" ix “When you make the two one, you will become sons of Man and if you say: ‘Mountain, move!’, it will move."
-Taken from the Gospel of Thomas.
lol, what?
I presume that you lifted that text from here: Secrets of the Freemasons, Gothic Cathedrals, because it ain't from the Gospel of Thomas. Well, that last bit is (saying 106) but the rest of it is some random dualistic jabbering that a Gnostic might have said, but since the only place on the Internet that has the text "By union with each other and union within oneself" is your goofy Freemason page, I'm guessing not.
Sorry to pop your bubble, but Jesus never said that.
As for your OP, I've a new word for your vocabulary: Apophenia. Both script and symbols are geometric structures, so of course there is intersection. Doesn't mean that there's anything to it, though.
22. Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the (Father's) kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the (Father's) kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
I'm going to work from the bottom up on this. Gnosticism was based primarily on the Kabbalah, which was the mystical aspects of Judaism.
You know, Judge Judy has a saying; If it doesn't make sense, it's not true. It does not make sense that the author would provide a host of legitimate quotes that can be verified and then completely make one up. You are simply not looking hard enough.
Sorry to say; but that page doesn't even cover the Gospel of Thomas.
Originally posted by Americanist
In this way you will reach the fullness, the unity… How is that done? By union with each other and union within oneself…let perfect unity take the place of primitive dissociation and"division" …in other words, let the"outside" become as the"inside", the"upper" like the"lower", the male like the female; let the first become last and the last first: in short, let there be reunion of opposites…"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."
Originally posted by Americanist
reply to post by adjensen
Pretending to be dense is seldom a wise move... Unless you're being forced into office.
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by adjensen
Sorry. Should have said that the Kabbalah was based on Gnosticism.
I said that doesn't even cover the Gospel of Thomas, as in that is only a portion of it.
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by adjensen
The dualist randomness? Sorry but there is nothing random about it.
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Americanist
reply to post by adjensen
Pretending to be dense is seldom a wise move... Unless you're being forced into office.
I asked you to explain how those two passages are the same quote -- care to lay off the ad hominem attacks and share your wisdom? Where does "when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image" appear in the quote from the Freemason page? The rest of it is just random dualist verbiage.
Originally posted by Americanist
Look what I did there.
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles. (Romans 1:18-23 NIV)
Originally posted by VeritasAequitas
reply to post by DeadSeraph
Pretty sure I couldn't see a pink elephant in this picture if I tried, but okay....