I don’t uderstand...You are saying we are not to learn any of the Cosmological aspects of the 1 GOD we worship and love and honor?
Well, if I can help you understand what I'm saying here, I'll do it by referring to other cult groups that you know about.
That's like saying, "Should we not learn about the different aspects of the one God we worship and love from the Jehovah's Witnesses?"
Or... another "non-Christian cult group" -- it's like also saying, "Should we not learn about the different aspects of the one God we worhsip and love from Mormonism?"
Mind you, they both will say that they use the Bible ... "too" ... along with a few other and additional materials -- to "fill in the gaps" here and there and to clear up some "misunderstandings" from the Bible ... LOL ...
Bottom line -- it's a "cult group" and we shouldn't use "cult group materials" for understanding God ... (or else we're "asking for trouble" ...).
And again, understand here, that we do read "cult group materials" for the purpose of understanding what the cult group teaches, so others can be "warned" about it. But, we're not reading cult group materials for the purpose of "filling in some blanks" for who God is ... :-)
Those materials are useful to people who study this group and their heresy for purposes of analyzing what they were teaching, in the same way you would analyze any other "current-day" cult group's teachings.
1Thessalonians 5:21
Test everything. Hold on to the good.
Actually, as a Child I learned about GOD from my neighbors as they were Jehovah Witnesses...My mother did not teach me about GOD...I use to read the book called *Paradise Lost* with them when I was 8 or 9 yrs old...
Now mind you, I do not adhere to the beliefs of JW’s but I did hold on to the good I did learn...I guess that is how I look at the Gnostics...:)
(Test everything and hold on to what is good)