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To: spirited irish

Leftism, liberalism, new Christianity, Islam are all Gnostic beliefs, ie trying to remove all flesh desires.


3 posted on 03/06/2023 2:22:44 AM PST by Jonty30 (THE URGE TO SAVE THE WORLD IS ALMOST ALWAYS AN URGE TO RULE IT)
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To: Jonty30

While those are evil, I wouldn’t call them Gnostic.

Gnostic religions are those that say you need to learn certain secrets to rise higher in “esteem”

So, the “Church” of Scientology is definitely a Gnostic type religion (though having nothing related to Christianity). I would say that Mormonism and Jehovah’s witnesses are also Gnostic, actually more “Gnostic”


16 posted on 03/06/2023 4:38:44 AM PST by Cronos
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