I vote atheist. <br><br>I think Twain was a creative curmugeon who used reverse exegesis (which inevtably leads to Gnostic-style speculations) as a means of...
>>Mark Twain: Can we give this satirist a religious label? Atheist, Deist, agnostic, . . . or Gnostic?<<<br><br>I’ll have to delve further into...
To questions I dont know yet .....<br>Just wondering if anyone can explain things to me as I am just starting my quest for enlightenment .... Any little bit of...
You didn't know how to answer the question "Do you believe in God," eh? <br><br>Well, good for you--you're already on the path to wisdom! LOL. Only fools ...
For starters, you might want check out gnostic.org, home of the Gnostic Archive, then click on "lectures" on the left side of the page, and if you have a Real...
No more than the ladies in Tibet do. In fact, while academics tend to think of pagan pursuers of gnosis as Hermetics and traditional ancient Gnostics as ...
Greetings, Princessfrances!<br><br>Just thought I'd better step in here for a sec to correct the web address that hey_market provided. It SHOULD be: <a...
Hi,<br>Yes, it does make some sense. I have a lot to learn. I also have some questions that I would like to ask you off line. If you don't mind,please email...
Jesus was once approached by his discipled, who asked him : "How should we pray? How should we keep the Sabbath? Should we fast, should we give alms - and what...
hey_market, I apologize for losing my brain in my last post to you. I had just written a post in another club to a "Jim" and had his name still on my mind when...
OK ....<br>Here goes ....<br>Hope you don't mind my rambleings .....<br><br>One night after work I was dancing around my house, listening to music singing and...
I think that people feel like they need rules and structure (because of the bueaurcracy called society).... Its hard for them to follow a path when there is no...
Well, at 54 and with a large number of internal mental mystical experiences, I would like to suggest to you that you concentrate on mental quietness and daily...
Hey Princessfrances<br><br>I thought you may be interested to find a club that actually deals with Sylvias beliefs. While she is not, technically speaking,...
"People" most explicitly do not wish to carry the burden of being _individuals_ , because individuals have the responsibility of fulfilling the internal ...
Well I for one am not going to run my life by one book Ive read thats why I am here .... I want to search deeper and find what fits for me .... I want to know...
I read that gnostics believe that matter is evil and spirit is good.<br>So what do they think about suicide?<br>Does that free your spirit from the trap of...
Here is a reply to the "worldview" issue that also applies here...I'll use the shield of opinion so none can retort what I've perceived as fact. Hence, in my...
Gnostics say the physical world is evil but you said it's refreshing. <br>I looked up integrity on yahoo dictionary<br>NOUN: 1. Steadfast adherence to a strict...
Greetings "Thethreemothers", welcome to the club.<br><br>This first thing to learn about Gnostics is that they don't all agree... never have. There are not...
Greetings to all here--I call myself a "Seeker" or, as Bishop Spong puts it, "A Believer in Exile" (lol). I look forward to many wonderful conversations in...
Welcome, arielangel! We look forward to conversing with you, too. Feel free to jump into current threads or begin one of your own.<br><br>BTW, you mention John...
I have never had any "formal" ties with Christianity, though I do hold some beliefs found within Christianity. I believe in things that, if it were generally ...
