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Paul claims to be a Pharisee from which you are quoting , from one of his epistles - Colossians.
Jesus clearly told in John 8:44 we have different fathers.
Because if we are all sons of the father of Jesus regardless of the circumstances, none will perish and all will be saved, including the devil.
Al, in post#11 you ask "please tell us why". Your theories do not come from scripture, they violate the kiss principal, and they only produce another form of godliness w/o the power to produce the fruits of the Spirit, healing the sick and casting out demons. If you are going to ignore my answers, stop asking.
Al, in post#11 you ask "please tell us why". Your theories do not come from scripture, they violate the kiss principal, and they only produce another form of godliness w/o the power to produce the fruits of the Spirit, healing the sick and casting out demons. If you are going to ignore my answers, stop asking.
If there is more than one Father, we have not yet met the God of the Universe. I am going by scripture in total, as one single book. If we don't do this, we need to then divide the authors we agree with from the one we don't believe. There can only be one first Son of God described by Colossians. He is Adam, the Father of humanity if we are strictly looking at the Bible. If we want to speculate, then there are many other documents we could consult, such as the Kore Kosmou fragment from Egypt, or the Corpus Hermeticum. Any of the Gnostic scriptures would also give you another view, with our Lord as a Demiurge.
Bottom line is this: we really don't know.
Time, The book that was lost and now is found,the AOJ, is more scientifically advanced than any of your modern technology science could ever hope to be. Watch & learn.
So tell me, if we are created in the image of Yaltabaoth, what is that image?
What is the nature of this image which implicates the malevolence of Yaltabaoth?
Science explains this perfectly which can be directly observed. The pattern is repeated at multiple scales from the Universe itself, to celestial bodies, to our own bodies, microscopic cells, subatomic particles and if there's anything even smaller than that.
The behavior of this image produces the same outcome whether it's the Universe or a Galaxy or a microscopic organism which is death.
It might seem meaningless to you but it means everything in how we should run our lives. The ignorance of this is what causes man to follow the instincts of his father - Yaltabaoth and murder his only home - Earth.
Hosea 4:6
my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests.....
From AoJ:
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Knowledge is what leads to perfection and sets us free. The knowledge of everything, not just in religion.
I have read the Gnostics. Specifically, we are told that the creation of the Demiurge was a shadow of the true Pleroma. We get this fact as Eve refined in the image.
Look in the mirror Pro 10:7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. shall rot literally, be worm-eaten, useless and disgusting. [JFB]Don't judge your perceived enemies. God is not an enemy; God created all things; God makes all things new. Keep this in mind as you read. Who is your accuser? Your Mind.
How many agree with Al, satan is good? How many agree with timewerx, there is a good satan and an evil satan? How many, besides me, think they are both wrong?
I didn't read this whole thread, but I'm thinking I agree with you single eye. Satan wasn't created as Satan but as Lucifer. He was supposed to be good. But evil was found to be in him, he lost his place in Heaven, and has been called Satan ever since. That's my belief.
Timewerx writes "It might seem meaningless to you but it means everything in how we should run our lives". What is "it"?
Time, Let me see if I understand you correctly. Jesus was baptized and we were told by The Spirit of Truth to listen to Him. He selected 12 disciples and trained them until His return to heaven and informed them that The Spirit of Truth would teach them the rest of what they needed to know before producing scripture. Now we need to wait for you to finish the job before we can know the truth that sets us free? So the entire world, up till now, has been in spiritual darkness waiting on you to elighten us? Is this what you want us to believe?
Time, "the scripture they produced was corrupted over time". The scriptures in the nag hammadi library were buried prior to the launch of the bible-canon obsession, so how did they become corrupted exactly? Show me where I ever "preached detoxification". If detoxification is what you think I am about, then you have not been paying attention which is typical of mystics who think they are the ones with the special secret knowledge that the rest of us lack. DaVinci never demonstrated that he could heal the sick and cast out demons like Elijah, Jesus, and the saints so his opinions on matters of faith are no more significant than anyone else's.
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