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@LJ7000

2 жыл бұрын

He's really bias in favour of gnostics for some reason! He is presenting ideas as facts, and imo, twisting reality into his narrative. Dismissing other Christian writers of the time as liars and deceivers is strange.

@FumerieHilaire

2 жыл бұрын

@@LJ7000 who is doing that? I’ve never seen either of those things happen on this channel or on Let’s Talk Religion. I think you’re taking dispassionate historical analysis as some form of polemic. I would examine why you think this if I were you.

@Eddie-ls9zw

2 жыл бұрын

This intro is great! I'm used to seeing academic discussions online about Gnosticism assuming the theory that Gnostics didn't really exist and we need to drop the category altogether. It's good to finally see Brakke's work given the attention it deserves and presented to a popular audience! I take it that you don't follow Turner's theory that the Sethians eventually wandered away from Christianity, becoming more Platonic in the process?

@fernandov1492

2 жыл бұрын

It finally happened!!!

@erdood3235

2 жыл бұрын

When you say that "religions are internally diverse", there are members of religious groups that will disagree with that. Many Orthodox Jews in Israel don't consider Reform Judaism to be a legitimate form of Judaism. And many Jews don't consider people that blend Christianity with Judaism religiously Jewish.

Gnosticism means to seek God look inward. This takes the preacher out of the equation as the middle man. No wonder the church hates Gnosticism. It's bad for their business model.

@cowboyschad5x778

Жыл бұрын

Protestants seek God individually a lot of Protestants are gnostics and don’t even know it. I don’t know what sect of Christianity you are referring to when you talk about the Church but if you are talking about Prots then Martin Luther already took out the middle man.

@jimboswell4818

Жыл бұрын

Right. Bad for the business model. Par for the course the church has forgotten that being in touch with the Spirit can't fit into a cerebral style of understanding. This is why Jesus was so upset with the phariseeism of that day. The Spirit of God cannot be catagorized by the human intellect.

@belladonna8425

Жыл бұрын

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@frankg3rd1

Жыл бұрын

"Bad for business" was mentioned a few times in the movie " The Godfather". Life is very curious !

@chrisdenman5613

Жыл бұрын

But apparently the states been effective. Or atleast their propaganda has been. I like that Ukrainian flag bro lol

As a Buddhist, I find Christian gnosticism quite similar with our beliefs to some degre. This is really interesting.

@cashed-out2192

5 ай бұрын

The similarity is knowledge

@janhavelka5081

5 ай бұрын

Gnosticism emerged from Buddhism :-)

@erinpilla

5 ай бұрын

@@janhavelka5081 so true!

@cashed-out2192

5 ай бұрын

@@janhavelka5081 Confucius is better and wiser, than any false prophet you see whining on television for big bucks.

@rachelg9868

5 ай бұрын

​@@janhavelka5081gnocism came from the early Christians who were murdered by Paul formerly Saul along with Stephen.

I have often heard the term 'Gnostic' thrown around in my adult life, and having been raised Christian, the incredibly little I thought I knew seemed too weird to be understood. Enter a band called Meshuggah, and one of my favourite songs by them is called 'Demiurge'. After hundreds of listens, I recently thought to do a bit of an exploration of what it might be referring to. I'm only sad that I didn't do it sooner. My mind is absolutely blown. Thank you for such coherent content for a true novice like myself to perhaps just begin to try and understand all of this. Truly excellent starting point.

@wisdomoftheages8026

Жыл бұрын

True hermeticism. They are kinda glass half full while gnostics are glass half empty. Not saying it’s bad, I just enjoy learning

@Kali_Krause

Жыл бұрын

There is a sect in Christianity call Gnostic Christianity :)

@anothenymously7054

Жыл бұрын

@@wisdomoftheages8026 it seems that the hermetic, gnostics, and alchemists each claim to be the progenitor of the other. If you believe jung's interpretation alchemy originated in china then traveled throughout the world copulated with other cultures and back and led to hermeticism as well as what is said here then there are the hermetists who claim all occultism stems from them but are only half true but perhaps I don't know the proper hermetic texts to read. I keep hearing a lot of them are corrupted

@georgesweeney9315

Жыл бұрын

All hail the mighty Meshuggah 🤘

@zack_420

Жыл бұрын

meshuggah is incredible

I read the entire old testament in high school and thought to myself "This doesn't make sense. How can this truly be the God that everyone talks about". Since then, I've read the Kybalion and most of the corpus hermeticum looking for answers, but after finding this video, things are actually starting to make sense. I've ordered a translation of the nag hammadi yesterday and can't wait to learn more. I feel like a huge hole is starting to get filled and my questions are finally starting to get answered. Thank you for making this video, and I thank the all for taking me down this amazing journey.

@skrillawarlock

Жыл бұрын

Humans can’t tell you about God

@divestedhappyblackwoman3465

Жыл бұрын

@@skrillawarlock Neither can god apparently.

@rouninpanda6318

Жыл бұрын

@@skrillawarlock So then you think that Jesus wasn't human?

@lufhopespeacefully2037

Жыл бұрын

here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful , O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..............................................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@IXSuperRadGamerXI

Жыл бұрын

@@divestedhappyblackwoman3465 The force of living and what constitutes it is self-evident. God wouldn't need to tell anyone nor would be obligated to. I'm an Agnostic btw.

Finally you managed to do what no one else seems to have been able to do. To explain Gnosticism in a wonderfully coherent narrative. It’s quite an accomplishment, thank you.

@gracemogaka7486

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more....My Baptist pastor when asked said that the reasons the Gnostics were left out of the mainstream christian faith was because they didn't believe in Jesus Christ as described to christians.....The way christianity was brought in Kenya and explained to us is wanting in many levels..

@magnuscritikaleak5045

2 жыл бұрын

@@gracemogaka7486 How ironic of your pastor when that period Kenya was still believing in Shamanistic religions.. the Gnostics are an Umbrella group of Jesus, Mani, ZoroAster believers, who had key knowledge that no one else in the physical realm had access to.

@jollyyeholiver1578

2 жыл бұрын

@@magnuscritikaleak5045 that's nonsense. They clearly considered the God of the Jews to be evil and the devil as a servant of their Invented God. You can see how the cults have used these ideas as they follow Lucifarinism. "it was good" is a claim from Torah for each thing God created. Gnostics are clearly childish thinkers who arrogantly believe that if they were God they could have done a better job- their simplistic ideas about life feed this. Job "if we take happiness from gods hands should we not also take suffering" Adults don't want to live in a non suffering world of candy floss and cushions. Gnostics are children in the extreme

@WhyOhWhy123

2 жыл бұрын

@@jollyyeholiver1578 Why do you belittle a group of people who have a different ideology to your own? Instead of offering insight or opposing views, you choose instead to belittle and mock; such comments are far more childish than the complex belief system you so easily abhor.

@jollyyeholiver1578

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhyOhWhy123 which is where we have to disagree, they are not very complex in there theological concepts. It's a highly simplistic theoretical approach stemming from an arrogant assumption that they could do a better job at creation. They have no support in scripture, which is why they have to ignore it and invent ideas out of thin air. Considering that the gnostics end up supporting the serpent, kinda supports the notion that the Gnostics are an early branch of Luciferianism. They accept christ and the snake- and have probably sown the seeds of the Lucifarin cults that today see Jesus as Lucifer. I see nothing in their theology that deserves to be respected and ridicule they deserve. Adding stupidity to stupidity can add to the complexity doesnt do anything for the search for truth however, actually makes people more lost.

Great video as usual! Looking forward to future collabs.

@LetsTalkReligion

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for appearing in the video and for your expertise! And likewise! :)

@merdishakki

2 жыл бұрын

nice

@edsonaparecidopedro1898

2 жыл бұрын

Its wonderfull you Both together

@davimorales7944

2 жыл бұрын

OMG I love the content both of you guys create This is amazing!

@thinkinaboutpolitics

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto! Some of the best learning channels around

For a long time I've tried to understand what is gnosticism and handled it poorly because all the explanations I've read were too complicated and vague. Your video is full and eye opening, thank you for such an amazing work!

@theharshtruthoutthere

3 ай бұрын

Sabbath is no longer for us to keep, otherwise we would ruin the 6th commandments, which says: DO NOT KILL! Matthew 5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: it is the sabbath or the 6th commandment. Cant have both. Souls, know and understand the bible as we all should: 2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. The 2 most important commandments for us to keep TODAY are: Matthew 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. Matthew 22:39 “And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

I thank you for taking the time to go thru and explaining the rough draft of how Gnosticism works and applied in both the physical and meta, keep up the good work breh, greeting from New Caledonia btw

Man, Japanese creators really loved Christian mysticism in 90-s. Xenogears (Big one), Final Fantasy 7, Neon Genesis Evangelion...

@sebozz2046

2 жыл бұрын

They used to admire western civilisation before we fell into self destruction and wokism

@musamusashi

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebozz2046 you mean until it was only about the distruction of others, as it has been since the begining of western civilization?

@ImperatorGrausam

2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing this interaction between East and West in honesty. One of my other favorite examples is the West Östlicher Divan by Faust, inspired by the Persian poet Hafez.

@ohamatchhams

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImperatorGrausam "And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing." Surah Al Baqarah Verse 115

@lc9245

2 жыл бұрын

Other big boys like Megami Tensei series and Eden!. The 80s and 90s Japanese pop culture seems to have some sort of fascination with Gnosticism?

Gnostics: Sophia, can we ascend to the Pleroma to see God? Sophia: You already have a god in your world God in our world: *Yaldabaoth*

@333STONE

2 жыл бұрын

The communication from God our creator, and our creation. Demiurge. Jesus/Lucifer

@profile_01

2 жыл бұрын

In a way this is akin to the Vedic notion of Maya; it's not that all is illusion, it's that our perception(s) are illusory due to ignorance. The One True Reality or God *is* here and now because there is only God in Reality.

@watermelonlalala

2 жыл бұрын

@@333STONE Wrong.

@BonJoviBeatlesLedZep

2 жыл бұрын

@@profile_01 I wonder if the Wachowski's are aware of Gnosticism? This all seems prime for a twist in a Matrix movie.

@mfaizsyahmi

2 жыл бұрын

21st century gnostic teaching, through memes.

this is so fascinating!! thanks for taking the time to properly set the stage, beautiful video

I used to help out at a local funeral home after I got out of the military and I went to an Egyptian Gnostic funeral service and at first I was really aware that I was the only white person, but they offered me food, took my phone number, talked to me after the service, wanted me to attend their church, and were overall the nicest human beings I've met to this day. While I'm a Christian and didn't end up attending, their kindness has lasted in my heart ever since. Mad respect for explaining their religion better than any other video I've found! Human cultures and religions are so interesting to learn about, especially hidden gems like gnosticism!

@diansc7322

2 жыл бұрын

Modern Gnostics in Egypt? Are you sure you aren't confusing gnostics with the coptics or Copts (they are the biggest Christian group in Egypt and are largely brown)?

@definitelynotfbi119

2 жыл бұрын

@@diansc7322 yeah, they were Johannites or something like that, they weren't Coptics. Johannites have a few churches in the Northeastern United States and at the church I did the service at, they were all Egyptian, however I believe one man was Libyan. I guess North Africa largely being Islamic maybe led to an increase in emigration for Christian communities but I'm also just a dude with very little understanding of the religious goings-on in North Africa so take what I say with a grain of salt 🤣

@diansc7322

2 жыл бұрын

@@definitelynotfbi119 interesting, I haven't heard of this group before of of christians in Egypt besides the mainstream sects (orthodoxies, Catholics and protestants), maybe I should look on them

@dariuslembert8717

Жыл бұрын

@@diansc7322 Gnostic christians were decimated by mainstream orthodox christianity; therefore, they had to go occult for survival.

@lufhopespeacefully2037

Жыл бұрын

here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful , O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind;;;;;

The Sethian breakdown of reality is SO similar to Hindu Vedanta. Even assigning the male gender to characterize the "Ultimate Oneness" and the female gender to "the Ultimate Original Thought", which in Sanskrit is called Brahman, or Purusha (male) and Prakriti (female), or God and Goddess. It is all within the Ultimate One and never (really) separate. I'm so grateful you took the time to teach us this... thank you. It's the best overview of Gnosticism I've ever seen so far.😍

@333STONE

2 жыл бұрын

Seth=Annointing

@ohamatchhams

2 жыл бұрын

Bad comparison, the Vedic deities will be relegated as divinities sprung from The Abyss much of how Greco-Roman deities and Hindu Pantheon are often attributed by early Hindus as born from the bowels of Abyss or the primordial waters of Tehom, whereas Sethian texts akin to "On The Origin of The World" considers these Pagan worship of Primordial Abyss/Tehom as false Even the concept of Brahman comes after centuries if not millennias of development, on top of Buddhist rivals of the pivotal battles between concept of Hindu eternal Atman/Jivas and Buddhist Anatman/Shunyata in India, some of The Sethians and General Valentinian Theology also considers the concept of Psyche/Self as belong to second category of Yaldabaoth/Demiurge/Craftsman's belonging, akin to how Christian and Jews are belonging to repentant Sabaoth and his Retinues (resembling of Eternal Buddha of Lotus Sutra in terms of achieving enlightenment by countless Kalpas before creation of The World after he found Prajna and achieve Enlightenment in remote metaphysical realms or as Adi Buddha with his consort White Tara, much like Sabaoth gained Sophia's own daughter "Zoe" for accompanying Sabaoth to helps his missions to gather the "Psychics" so they can saved and became "Pneumatics") The Pneumatikois is considered to be superior to Psikhikoi/Psychics (belongings to Temples, Synagogues and Churches) and Hylics/Materialists (Pagans and Atheists, as even Platonists like Plotinus happens to criticise the Christian Sethians and Valentinians too), if anything the three categories resembles more of Islamic distinction of Mu'min/Believers, Ahl Kitabi/People of The Book and Kuffars/disbelievers/polytheists

@myfuture3453

2 жыл бұрын

Europeans and indians have Aryan origin. Thus we have huge similarities in religion and culture, more than we would like to admit. Just compare Greek and early vedic gods.

@pheresy1367

2 жыл бұрын

@@ohamatchhams I disagree. The similarities are too obvious to deny. I wasn't talking about "original Hinduism". I specifically said "Vedanta", which includes a variety of post-Buddhist schools of deeper self-inquiry with the pursuit of an experiential understanding of "god", the "self", and "existence" and our relationship with "existence", along with "what's required to exit the cycle of samsara". They have framed the much older ideas of gods and goddesses in this way to create a vocabulary for more esoteric ideas.

@pheresy1367

2 жыл бұрын

@@myfuture3453 So true! I am not a scholar but have spent thousands of hours studying and reading "Hindu" literature. Millions of hours still wouldn't make a dent in the subject. But I was amazed at how familiar their stories are and how relatable the characters are too. It isn't so "exotic" or "unapproachable" as one would think. Our cultures are much closer linked than we are taught to believe. The cultural "divorce" between India and the West became finalized when Great Britain ruled them for a hundred years.

Your videos have been a big factor in me realizing how passionate I am about religious anthropology, and now its something I'm looking into for my major!

@sonicman52

Жыл бұрын

Congrats

@michaelhauser6440

Жыл бұрын

I'm a little late buuuuuuut DO IIIIIT!

@luizmatthew1019

Жыл бұрын

Best of luck in finding a job after 🙏

@davidstone5595

Жыл бұрын

@@luizmatthew1019 education is not always about finding a job.

@luizmatthew1019

Жыл бұрын

@@davidstone5595 If it isn't good luck paying rent

This may be my favorite episode yet. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

This is probably the best in-depth video on this topic on the whole platform. Thank you!

The hard work and effort you put into this

@davido3026

2 жыл бұрын

Gnosticism is represented tpday with a new name, "Freemasonry", "G" they recruit members from unitarians, rotary club. lions club, YMCA, boys scouts, etc. they rule the world, the UN their headquarters..... they are before everybody, but no one sees them!!!!

I'm so glad you and Andrew collaborated. You two are among my favorite channels on the platform. Great content as always

Again I thank you so much Brother. Your research and explanations are extremely beneficial and helpful to me as confirmation of what I've been getting intuitively. Namaste

What an amazing video, you have finally made the Gnostics make sense to me. Extremely intriguing. Thank you so, so much.

I have been looking for these teachings all my life...thank you for opening my eyes after my eye has been opened. 🙏

Great collab! That was interesting, thank you !

Such a fantastic episode. So interesting, wow it’s complicated, really intriguing. Thanks, great job.

Excellent video and explanation. Look forward to learning more from your channel.

You did an amazing job explaining the basic points of this in a really coherent way, very complicated ideas, but you clarified them so nicely. Great job’

Thank you for being so positive but also intellectually responsible. Definitely a like and subscribe! I wish conversations like these were more mainstream. Not to claim someone as right or wrong, but to truly see history and how it effects every era. Well done!

@nisibonum7634

Жыл бұрын

He was actually very irresponsible by claiming a consensus when there is not one in order to present his view as the only viable one on early christian history.

@theDAVIScomplex

Жыл бұрын

@@nisibonum7634 his consensus is his own conclusion. It does not stand as a finality. I didn't even see it that way. Like I said. I like how he tried to site his sources, named the era, and did HIS best to explain what he's researched. Doesn't have to be perfect. That's why I said I respect the effort. Please tell me your response though (not being sarcastic at all), like what sources should be checked out or read to dispute his?

@nisibonum7634

Жыл бұрын

@@theDAVIScomplex No that's fine, I'm not trying to be sarcastic or mean in my decent either! What I mean specifically is at 28:00 he states that the idea there was 1 church and people broke away in heresies has long been abandoned by scholars. This is simply not true, plenty of biblical and historical scholars still hold this view. He is eather gate keeping scholar to not include these experts, and doing so without being transparent of such, or simple lyings. In both cases he is presenting his view as a consensus in a deceptive manor.

@theDAVIScomplex

Жыл бұрын

@@nisibonum7634 I think I see what you mean

@viljamtheninja

Жыл бұрын

@@nisibonum7634 I think most scholars who maintain that position are not only scholars of religion, but scholars who are religious and want to maintain that narrative because it suits there interests, in other words, they are compromised. In every video on the history of religion, there are going to be people belonging to some mainstream religion saying "No this guy is wrong because actually, my religion invented everything and only hack scholars disagree." Not all scholars are equal, not everyone gets a say. That said, I'm not an expert on the subject and there may very well be actual talented scholars and experts that are *not* partial in the matter, but if so, you should state a few of their names and their points so as to start a discussion rather than just say "Nuh uh not true, nope."

Thia is one of my favorite channels on KZread I have just subscribed to Richard's channel , also. With the deepest appreciation and admiration for your wisdom .❤🙏🎶🕊

Thank you for making this video❤

I'm so grateful for this knowledge and explenation you shared... it helps my journey a lot!

@lufhopespeacefully2037

Жыл бұрын

here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful , O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..............................................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Really well done. He's got just the right touch ... clear, concise, nuanced but not pedantic ... both respectful and skeptical at the same time. Just signed up for Filip's patreon.

I have awoken! Thank you. I watched this several times this year

This video gave me about 5 great trivia team names. Thank you so much.

It is amazing to see how the story of Christ is continually comprehended, interpreted, and explored from early Christianity onward. It gives insight into how other faiths across the world have come to develop canons and concrete traditions. The creative power and free will that God gives is capable of so many good things as well as so many bad things.

@flashoftruth

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@ToyotaNutjob

Жыл бұрын

Dude, these are false texts... this isnt the bible at all

@flashoftruth

Жыл бұрын

@@ToyotaNutjob Can you tell us how the Bible was compiled?

@anonymousapostle5657

Жыл бұрын

If you think theres anything good about gnosticism youre delusional and a heretic.

@oldschooloriginalsthe1true974

Жыл бұрын

Sipping on ?

I've seen multiple comments from seemingly devout Christians, complaining about the thumbnail image of Judas kissing Jesus... as the gospels LITERALLY state. 🙃

@universalconquest4447

2 ай бұрын

It's an internet photoshop that doesn't exist on the walls of any church.

@kevinwhitney9174

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I seriously doubt that THAT among all this garbage is what Christian’s have the largest issue with

@paulrance5445

25 күн бұрын

@@universalconquest4447 Even though it’s very much stated to be true? Get your facts straight.

@universalconquest4447

25 күн бұрын

@@paulrance5445 The picture was photoshopped to appear as if they are kissing on the lips. Learn your Bible Paul and then act as if you know what you're talking about...

Dude no matter the topic, your videos give me this sense of calmness, idk if it's the music in the background but I love your channel.

Didn't even realize 40 minutes had passed by, very well put together video !

This actually just blew my mind! I found so many things about the modern Christian faith to be confusing or contradictory and this video has been a true education. Thank you

@magnuscritikaleak5045

2 жыл бұрын

Yes also beware of false teachers Who call their channel word2believe.

@gweenpoole3545

2 жыл бұрын

It's good for be weary, but if you check the channel a bit more you can decide weather or not it is propaganda/adoctrination. I've decided that it's not Christian propaganda, but to each their own.

@AbandonedVoid

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Elaine Pagels, Hans Jonas, and Carl Jung. They all have works on Gnosticism that many Neo-Gnostics are influenced by.

@magnuscritikaleak5045

2 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedVoid Theosophist Madam Blavatsky had interesting takes, but her massive influence unfortunately influenced tyrannical dictators and questionable people.

@fredo69ification

2 жыл бұрын

@@gweenpoole3545 No such thing as Christian Propaganda.

This was so well done. So much information, but all in a easy to understand and digestible way. Thanks.

I love both your channel and Andrew's. So needed ones to spread real history!

just wanna say this is a great video, you explained it all very well :)

This is the greatest channel discovery I have had in a while. Awesome stuff man, keep it coming!

@davido3026

2 жыл бұрын

Gnosticism is represented tpday with a new name, "Freemasonry", "G" they recruit members from unitarians, rotary club. lions club, YMCA, boys scouts, etc. they rule the world, the UN their headquarters..... they are before everybody, but no one sees them!!!!

Interesting how this aligns with ideas of enlightenment in Hinduism and Buddhism and being conscious of the duality of things.

Thank you ever so much for this enlightening overview of Gnosticism. Yes, I subscribed.

Very enlightening. Thank you for taking the time to to explain this complex subject.

@user-jc6vy5gm8q

6 ай бұрын

Ephesians 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

Informative as usual, still one of the best channels on KZread.

Thanks. This is good work. I personally take "gnosis" to mean what we experience as a result of what we call Meditation. You reach a certain point in meditation when you know things, but it is not "data" type knowledge. And, most people that perform the practice can understand each other, yet it eludes formal language.

@AbandonedVoid

2 жыл бұрын

Gnosis is the spiritual insight gained from theoria. It's a specific part of Christian mysticism. Look up "Theosis" and "Quietism"

@blazejames47

2 жыл бұрын

I would say “understanding” rather than “knowing”. Successfully applying understanding.

@amandak19800

2 жыл бұрын

Innerstanding

@AculeousGaming

2 жыл бұрын

As Jesus said - “you take away the key of knowledge because you did not enter with yourself. And those that were entering, you hindered”.

@Ewr42

2 жыл бұрын

True understanding implies information being transferred losslessly without any added noise. It simply doesn't occur in objective reality to any degree of true knowledge. The only information that can be understood is the fact that the universe exists and you are a viewpoint of it. Almost everything else is only made up categories made up by humans agreeing on certain logical axioms. Nirvana like experiences reflect on that one fact and the difference between objective reality and subjective reality. All else is inferred subjectively by the individual by experiencing existence itself and knowing it's an illusion greater than the ego and the one truth tells us we're the universe more than we are ourselves.

Thanks so much for posting.

Wow. This is the best (ie. the clearest and easiest to understand) explanation of Gnosticism that have encountered. I really feel like I understand the concept much more clearly than I did previously.

One of the most interesting videos you've done so far! Extremely interesting to see how the different perspective on Christianity have come and gone throughout history. Thank you for your hard work!

@davido3026

2 жыл бұрын

Gnosticism is represented tpday with a new name, "Freemasonry", "G" they recruit members from unitarians, rotary club. lions club, YMCA, boys scouts, etc. they rule the world, the UN their headquarters..... they are before everybody, but no one sees them!!!!

@demonlord8398

2 жыл бұрын

@@davido3026 I bet a lot of ignorant people call you crazy. Just know that educated people agree with you.

@magnuscritikaleak5045

2 жыл бұрын

@@davido3026 in Reality Freemasons are Orthodox Christians, who hijacked the movement, because they rejected Mandaenism and Manichaeism, the are not actual Gnostics.

@ColossalPenisMcgee

2 жыл бұрын

@@demonlord8398 aww nice man. Who are they?

@demonlord8398

2 жыл бұрын

@@ColossalPenisMcgee Who are who?

I've been listening to this for a few minutes waiting on it to start before I realized it premieres in 14 hours 😶

@saffireskiez7671

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@Talia.777

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@lufhopespeacefully2037

Жыл бұрын

here we go the truth coming up,actually turah&bible were from god but they had been corrupted afterwards as a result god sent down quran upon prophet muhammed&god said i`ll preserved the quran thereby god had fulfilled ,let me show u friendly&honestly the truth,okee dokee.sheding the light on christianity to know the truth first of all there is no original bible the 4 main bible are contradicted to each other yet there is 1 quran but who is the writer of bible the answer is paul the jewish who hates jesus let us discuss about the significant event which is crucifixion why does your claimed god left his only son to crucify without any sin he had committed the disaster reached its uttermost when u found bible said on the tongue of jesus my god my god why do u forsaken me means jesus never crucified willingly have u an idea why do they crucify jesus because it`s a penalty of impure &particularly crucifixion because dindn`t touched the earth make it impured that what paul said jeasus get impure for us &see the authentic god what does said in quran chapter 3 verse 55 by the name of god the most gracious&most merciful , O Jesus, I will take you and raise you up to me, and had purified you from those who disbelieve, and He will place those who follow you above those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection, then to Me is your return, so I will judge between you regarding that in which you differed,the authentic god rose jesus to the sky before they kill him in addition he had purified him from a false accusation that he is impure the quran verse is comply with the bible itself :So they lifted up stones to stone him. But Jesus did and went out of the temple, passing through them." ( John 8:59 ),let alone of many verses in the bible incites to violence thus u found the largest massacres had happened in history the ww1&2 christian countries against christian countries 100 millions had been killed not to mention the sex stories in the bible nay u never found a single sex word in quran,don`t take it in personal just i clarify u the plain truth,bible said woman when she during the menstruation she gets impure &any thing she would touched it will be impure &should stay at her room till had done of it don`t see that an insulting to woman &how does the claimed god in bible said so he demeans& underrates his own creatures, yet islam honored the woman &she has a complete chapter its name women show us her rights,let us look at modern medicine which refutes the bible, ovulalation happens every 28 days from overy next month from other ovary when fertilization fails to happen mestrual bleading happens it always stops when a female gets pregnant ,menstrual cycle ovulation the female genital system consists of one uterus to overuse vagine& externat genital organs ,,the blood during menstruation could cause diseases to spread and that’s why a woman during her menstruation needed to isolate so the blood would not be passed around to other people And diseases not be spread that`s what god said in quran and they ask you about menstruation say, isolate women don't come near them untill they get purified verse 222 chapter 2,why there are priests,pastors&nuns reverted daily to islam,yet u never a muslim clergy left islam as per western media said that islam is the fastest growing religion in the world,i didn`t like to push islam onto u god said no compulsion in religion verse 256 chapter 2,figure it out then make up your mind;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;..............................................,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Interesting , concise , and informative . Human intellectual history is definitely reflected or dare i say defined by the religious beliefs and concepts and the growth of consciousness is definitely recorded in it . Very well done and thank you !

Top tier content. This is the kind of information that makes both hardcore orthodoxies and skeptics rethink everything they know about religion

@user-jc6vy5gm8q

6 ай бұрын

Ephesians 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

Excellent! You summarized this so well. Really appreciated.

Great job! Amazing content 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

I’m working my way through the Nag Hammadi. Videos like this help give the reading context.

I have always wanted to learn about the lost scriptures that were found and why the catholic church rejected them. Thank you for clarifying a lot of questions that I had! Great video! Great job!

@phillipholland6795

Жыл бұрын

Rome didn't want to accept Islam because of the strict prohibitions against paganism and alcohol whereas Christianity was easily molded by the Vatican to cater to the Europeans who could not let go of their traditions. Even the Christian-Roman image of God is eerily similar to the depictions of their original top deity, Zeus.

@mariskamahi6335

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipholland6795 my God please educate yourself lol

@phillipholland6795

Жыл бұрын

@@mariskamahi6335 Even the Neo-Latin languages like Portuguese and Spanish say Deus to mean God. It is you who needs to educate yourself.

@jonathanshepherd5515

Жыл бұрын

@@phillipholland6795 I'm no linguistics expert, bit I know that Deus isn't just Greco-Roman. It is derived from the Proto-Indo-European language for the Sky Father, Dyeus Phater. I'm not sure you could use that to say they couldn't let go of older pagan gods. That being said it is quite possible that Constantine syncretized the Christain god with the Roman sun god Sol Invictus.

@phillipholland6795

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathanshepherd5515 You will find no argument about that. However, Constantine himself worshipped Sol Invictus and received some kind of "revelation" from the sun (according to him, apparently) which influenced his conversion to Christianity somehow. Let's keep in mind the fertility worship of rabbits and eggs, the fertility goddess Ishtar from Babylon (and several coastal mediterranean pagan religions) which all got incorporated into Easter. Or the ten day Winter Solstice celebration called Saturnalia, which showed appreciation for the end of the sun's cycle, the shortest day of the year, and end of the dreaded winter that ancient Europeans dealt with year to year for centuries. It was a holiday of drunken cheer and debauchery, and gift exchanging too. Santa Klaus is a later Germanic/Nordic addition, draped in his hellish red fur. Krampus also originates from that region. Fire worship (Yule logs), Evergreen and mistletoe worship (because they survive freezing weather), and ancient pagans in Northern Europe always worshipped reindeers (and bears). Syricans never had any experience with elves, reindeers, yule logs and mistletoes, painted eggs, or trick or treat practices. They never dressed up as demons parading through the the town asking for candy. It appears many of these traditions survived in SOME form through modern Christianity. I wonder who's responsible for that. My guess would be some kind of money making machine, which was highly organized and exclusive, and would probably need to have a good grip on the people (having some kind of claim over Rome perhaps? the largest and most prominent empire of the time, which was at it's peak and in a period of peace and stability, and were already starting to experience an influx of Germanic people by the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD). Just a thought.

I've been binging your channel for a couple days now, and I love your content. You should do a video/videos about Kabbalah, it would be really interesting to listen to you break down the Zohar.

@johncasarino5627

2 жыл бұрын

look up his friend and colleague Dr. Justin Sledge at ESOTERICA another youtube channel, plenty of academic content on kabbalah there.

Now THAT'S the crossover I was waiting for :)

This was absolutely fascinating!

Thank you for making this message possible for us and amen have a great thanksgiving day and amen

They called gnostics cannibals yet they said bread is the body of Christ and wine is the blood

My two favorite channels collaborating… love it!

So glad I discovered your channel! You're awesome.

Thank you for the lucid introduction to the "Gnostics" of early Christianity and their religious thoughts!

@radrook2153

Жыл бұрын

You are either missing the hidden agenda behind the entire message, or else in full agreement with it.

wow! this is profound, i am an orthodox priest and you have given a very important information, the variety christian groups and the meaning of heresy. the meaning of Gnostics to. Thanx

@dugclrk

2 жыл бұрын

As a priest your not tough any of this. All you get is a thousand years of propaganda that has not only covered up but destroyed and killed all the early "Christians" that disagreed with the ones in power.

@isaacmuiruriimunza2091

2 жыл бұрын

@@dugclrk thank you for the heads up

@cowboyschad5x778

Жыл бұрын

Are you Orthodox or Protestant? It says Kenyan Methodist Church on your YT profile header. If you are Methodist then you are a Prot. The 3 sects of Christianity are Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Protestant

@-_-president-_-richardson-9705

Жыл бұрын

So,do you think that peace can be achived between the gnostics and the orthodox?

@isaacmuiruriimunza2091

Жыл бұрын

@@-_-president-_-richardson-9705 good one, there is need for understanding the two schools, where they collided at and the failure of managing these interesting faith traditions for the glory of God and path ways by which humans can understand the will of God. Peace is attainable in differences of opinion and as well as in agreed difference and so on. There has been peace which can be worked towards agreed disagreement in out time. 👍

Great work again, and thank you for doing this.

I have previously made an overview of Gnosticism, however, it did nt seem as intricate as this. very intriguing. there are so many puzzles to understand the reason and purpose of our creation. good work, and God save us all bro.

I’ve heard of Gnosticism before but had so much trouble wrapping my mind around the beliefs. Thank you for this unbiased, academic explanation that was backed up with sources!

Hands down the best breakdown of Christian Gnosticism I’ve come across yet. Well done Let’s Talk Religion and Religion For Breakfast! Keep up the great work.

@user-jc6vy5gm8q

6 ай бұрын

Ephesians 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

The Gnostic Gospels are one of the most brilliant things i have read. The world would have been a very different place if their work had not been destroyed when the Romans decided on the scriptures in the bible. My favourite chapter is the secret book of James. Plus Sophia played such a big role and she was completely stripped from the bible. Obviously at the time they were trying to make men more divine by taking her out.

@realCharAznable

2 жыл бұрын

That's a bit of a modern Western take on it, and sounds a bit reductive. They included virtually nothing discussed here in the compilation of the Bible. It was hardly some random sexist vendetta against Sophia and womankind. Where in the Bible do you see the male sex being said to be "divine"? After all, Mary is essentially worshiped in the Catholic church and always has been. The vilification of Gnosticism probably came from many different motivations, the least of which not being that it wrests control from the governing church and makes "the kingdom of God is here and now" a reality. And further, if there is real truth in Gnosticism, all of these events perfectly make sense in a world made by Yaldaboath.

@SorchaSublime

4 ай бұрын

@@realCharAznable why do you ask "where in the bible" when OP was clearly referring to actions taken by people in the Church, not the contents of the bible itself. Bad faith questioning.

@LordBathtub

4 ай бұрын

​@SorchaSublime he mentions clearly two instances of drawing directly from the bible so the fella you're replying to is justified in his response

You did a supurb job explaining that, especially the differences between the Sethian and Valentinian teachings. Thanks

Great info as always

Having come from eastern esoteric tradition and simultaneously being well versed in many other traditions except the Semitic ones and so only having a rudimentary grasp of the Gnosis and Kabbalah and understanding them through the inner vision rather than in conceptual or scholarly fashion I appreciate your efforts to summarize and describe various traditions in a non-biased way so I can relate to the conceptual side of things. That's sort of rare, it requires some serious philosophical extensity and depth.

@Thewonderingminds

Жыл бұрын

Irrelevant details, Simply when you need to prepare a sandwich, learning the life history of the man who first made sandwiches is totally irrelevant.

@DanielJackson2010

Жыл бұрын

@@Thewonderingminds You may have commented on a different comment than intended, since I didn't talk about history of sandwiches. But in case you have intentionally replied on my comment, please do expand a bit on it, cause I totally fail to follow what are you up to with these sandwiches.

@Thewonderingminds

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielJackson2010 Experientially I'm stating that it's totally futile attempting here to explain with a few words or statements that which is passed on and transferred with immediate interaction of questioning.

this feels so life changing to me, thank you for making this video essay❤

@hannahlennertkristiansen4797

2 жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to this video

@anthonyjason5721

Жыл бұрын

@@hannahlennertkristiansen4797 how was it life changing for you? If you don’t mind me asking

Very interesting and well explained. Thank you for your work.

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you!

What a wonderful overview of Gnostics. Thank you for this.

@NightmareRex6

4 ай бұрын

why is it when read the bible "something is missing" and then read gnostic "ah there it is" and at same time if read only the gnostic text "something is missing"...... well the orthadox fills it, despite being "incompatable" [note that the pike document which predicted ww1 and ww2 (passed) sied WW3 will in part be triggered by tricking athest and christains to kill eachother] - all are just "a side of the SAME coin"

Well done Sir.

Good research and excellent illustrations!

Nice explanation, super didactic. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

A collab everyone was dying to see.

This was very helpful thank you!

Enjoyed this. Well put

Thanks for posting this video.

Henry's early insight feels like an epiphany. The oral traditions and, eventually, early scriptures did not have instructions; people were free to believe, interpret and choose the gospels as they deemed fit which would spur an overload of different, clashing ideologies.... It makes so much more sense now why there was such a violent outlash at heretics. Not because they challenged the status quo, but because they were direct threats to BE the status quo. Or, in other words, how the modern Catholic Christianity is, quite literally, theology as seen by the victors. The Sethians themselves, their origin story is absolutely trippy - some Azathoth level of weirdness really - but the explanation of the material world is WAY more sensical. It explains why the Old Testament God is so cruel, why our world is so imperfect and full of pain if God is so good, etc. I really liked it. Besides, having heard about the Book of Judas before, things become even clearer. The apostles worship Yaldabaoth, not the Unknown God.... Except Judas. Judas has the gnosis. It's awing. Jesus is not much different from the serpent, really. And I can DEFINITELY see why they were so violently fought - their views violently depart from a large portion of the Christian mythos. Absolutely amazing video.

Man just ran across this video and turns out I’m gnostic. I don’t believe in most Christian doctrine and never have had much faith in the religious system but I believe in the teachings of Christ and I believe his message was about finding god in yourself. Not in the church. I never knew what I believed had a name. I thought I was heretic and that was that lol. This is great!!!

Fascinating video, thanks for sharing

Thank you for this ❤

I enjoyed this presentation

Everyone should watch Michael Heiser’s 6 hour video about Gnosticism.

I've been searching for more material about early Christianity. This hits another point of it. Thank you! It is amazing.;

This helped me understand greatly.. Thank you 🙏

Gnosticism: "Don't believe anything or anyone that calls itself the one true God,even if it is very powerful. It's an idiot and it's lying, you're better off finding the truth of things for yourself." Christianity: "Yeah that's great imma let you finish but this God is totally the one true God, it said so and it also said it's perfect and never lies!"

Thank you for this great video of gnosticism, I've read hundred of pages now and still confused about them until I found thins masterpieces

Great content, well done!

Thank you, very well presented

Amazing how nerd fights can affect people for millennia. Top notch job explaining a very complicated and loaded subject. I learned today! \o/

@Gtkid1245

Жыл бұрын

Its finally cool to be a nerd! If it was 20 years ago my ability to recite all 150 pokemon would have made me king. Nerd fights made me lol have a like

@joannagan8867

7 ай бұрын

i see it more of a political fight cos i doubt these ppl are truly religious it's just them pushing their political agenda

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6 ай бұрын

Ephesians 9 (What does “he ascended” mean except that he also descended to the lower, earthly regions[c]? 10 He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.) 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Research The Shrud Of Turin proof of The Living and resurrected Christ, Let those who have eyes to see and ears to hear discern the eternal truth of Christ!!! Give no room to false doctrines of devils and satanic belief systems DO NOT BE FOOLED by WARLOCKS AND WITCHES !!!! Praise The Living Christ pray to download the Holy Spirit of YAHWEH, to accept and cleansed by the blood and covering of Christ, and to become one with The Heavenly Father : YAHWEH EL ELYON ELOHIM EL SHADDAI with Holy Ghost Baptism, seek deliverance renounce the kingdom of Satan and repent from all known and generational sin!!!! In the name of YESHUA HAMASHIACH ADONAI , THE HOLY ETERNAL CHRIST (The Anointed One)!!!

Fascinating, thank you. Food for thought.

This was very helpful thank you so much ❤