GNOSIS "Secret Lives of Jesus" (5/5)

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http://gnosislosangeles.org/ Why were these texts buried -- and why have they remained virtually unknown for nearly 2,000 years? Their suppression as banned documents, and their burial on the cliff at Nag Hammadi, it turns out, were both part of a struggle critical for the formation of early Christianity. The Nag Hammadi texts, and others like them, which circulated at the beginning of the Christian era, were denounced as heresy by orthodox Christians in the middle of the second century. We have long known that many early followers of Christ were condemned by other Christians as heretics, but nearly all we knew about them came from what their opponents wrote attacking them." [Elaine Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels, (New York: Vintage, 1989)

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[astrofrk]

@crucisnh You are correct, Jesus taught tolerence but thanks to most of his followers, Jesus is probably the most misunderstood and misrepresented person in history. These are the people that say I'm not Christian because I'm a Gnostic but I did research instead of just going by what some ignorant pastor told me. I can understand if you are a non-believer, thanks to them. I get tired of apologising for the ignorence of so-called Mainstream Christians who have no idea what Love is.

[crucisnh]

@astrofrk I'm a non-believer who finds all this stuff very interesting. I get annoyed with people of various Xtian denominations who are amazingly intolerant of other denominations simply because the others don't believe exactly as they do. There's also some hypocrisy to it because Jesus' message seems to be one of tolerance, and yet here are all these people being intolerant of others who don't believe in Jesus in the exactly proper way. It's pretty silly to me.

[astrofrk]

@crucisnh Thank you, you and I have similar beliefs. I am a Valentinian Gnostic Christian. What about you?

[TronaldDump420]

These alleged scholars disagree with all these gospels that were suppressed by ROMANS and JEWS and say that history proves them wrong and they base their conclusion off the same meager Gospels allowed with bare info. That is so ignorant or the Suppression continues by Jewdeigo Crossianity. Because these neigh Sayers know more than the people living in times of the origination of Christianity. These Gospels have Jesus denouncing the Torah and Mosses propaganda of the Jew

[maac]

@EruditeScythian I agree. The preachers in the churches never discuss this and most of the christians are ignorant about this... How pathetic they don't know what really happened.

"The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life." - Matthew 27:52

[casillas989]

These videos are not for people who are not opened minded everyone has there opinion

and we must accept that what we believe is beautiful but that doesn't mean everyone must believe

what the rest believes

[sandyabernathy]

I think all this information was really good. A Spiritual child in a fleshly body grows and learns how to choose good as they grow up if they are guided that way. I appreciate hearing all these "Lost" books. It doesn't change my belief or my faith in God. To me alot of this is logical. We are to be quick to hear, and slow to speak. Everyone has their own story in life.

[chadwarrenonline]

And another thing, this info is lame to me. If this is what I saw as an example of Gnostic wisdom I would have never looked further. Its just one simplistic tall tale after another and there is no interpretation. The info I know doesn't argue with Christianity so much as interprets the meaning differently. It is against the salvation Messiah because they knew that was a scam - that's just an excuse to get people to kill each other. If you know the truth you don't fear a lie - censorship =BS

[chadwarrenonline]

What we could all use is to brush up on our critical thinking skills. Have y'all noticed how these supposed learning channels are full of professors that tell us their view and don't show proof of their claim? I thought it was only religious people who operated on faith? Did you know that critical thinking skills haven't been taught in public education since the 1800's? We're trained like how you give a dog a treat for being right "aka saying what I tell you to say." Look up The Trivium.

[crucisnh]

@IMBUED Not a problem. I get a little annoyed at people who seem to think that the so-called gnostics in early Christianity weren't Christians because they didn't follow what is now the orthodoxy. In their ignorance they don't realize that there was no orthodox view at the time. It hadn't even been decided if Jesus was truly divine or not. There simply was no settled Christianity.