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To: sasportas
Elsie, I’m interested in the Mormon - Gnosticism connection, I’d be interested to hear your take on it.

Sorry; but I'm not.

I really do not care what things influenced Joseph Smith and his made-up religion; other than the two demons who so convinced him of 'truth'.

Any thing else is a dancing-on-pinheads waste of time; IMHO.

156 posted on 03/21/2011 2:22:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie

Some years ago, I worked with a Ward president. I would really press him about their belief that they could become gods. The “God Makers” film was popular at the time. His response was to bring me his copy of Elaine Pagel’s book, “The Gnostic Gospels,” to read.

Ever since then I have been pursuing that connection. I do see a definite Mormon connection with certain Gnostic beliefs. The lead article, though not mentioning Gnosticism by name, had quite a lot to say along these lines.

You seem to think this is irrelevant, the experience I related tells me otherwise.


168 posted on 03/21/2011 3:15:23 PM PDT by sasportas
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