[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so very much for your outstanding essay-post, dearest sister in Christ!

But whether ancient or modern in form, gnosticism boils down to a rationalization of the human usurpation of the role of mediator of Truth. It makes man the measure; it is relentlessly "anthropomorphic"; in the process, what begins as egocentrism results in the self-divinization of man.

Very tragic, the result of their efforts to mediate Truth is to foster the Lie.

[betty boop]

Very tragic, the result of their efforts to mediate Truth is to foster the Lie.

Dearest sister in Christ, lately I've begun to appreciate what is beginning to look like a plain fact to me: Satan's lies are successful because he knows "how to tell the truth skillfully." Human beings seem to be naturally susceptible to appeals like that. For instance, see the Serpent's persuasion of Adam in heavenly Eden....