You assume he fears to, what if he is merely uninterested in you — New2K2
do you mean individually. — New2K2
Very boring huh. — New2K2
does your pet fully understand and anticipate you? — New2K2
telepathy with a familiar cat but that cat doesn't understand half of what goes through your mind and probably doesn't care. — New2K2
Now, if you can ignore ego and pride for a moment, imagine you are the cat and God is the human. — New2K2
So why not just present their arguments rather than quote from texts as if the text - rather than reason - has authority in these matters? — Bartricks
mythology puts 'reason' on a pedestal. — fresco
'logos' being your particular idiosyncratic myth. — fresco
I mean that the mythology employed by gnostics uses logos as a key concept in a mystical sense generally denoting 'ultimate divine order' or 'absolute reason'. — fresco
Logically, it does not follow. — The Owl
OK, sounds like I agree. There are so many gnosticisms, that perhaps such things do not apply to some of them, but otherwise, same page. — Coben
Is there a core text for this one basic (true, it would seem) Gnosticism? You mention we - are there meetings? a webpage? IOW he was basing his ideas, and I think oversimplifying them, on what are called gnostic writings. Fine, you see much of this as false, as not true gnostics - much as various subsets of major religions might make the same kinds of distinctions. What are the core texts, if any, of your true Gnosticism?There is only one basic Gnostic Christianity and our friend does not have a clue as to what that looks like. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Is there a core text for this one basic (true, it would seem) Gnosticism? — Coben
bible was written as a book of wisdom, but literal reading screwed up the wisdom. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Reading your text only convinces me of your dislike of mainstream Christianity, — New2K2
New2K2 — New2K2
We’ve established that if you believe mankind should have free will, then God cannot clearly show himself to the extent that the evidence would be insurmountable. — philorelkook
First – an objection to the inference in premise 1. You are claiming that the reason that God does not show himself is out of fear. You have not offered any evidence to support this claim. — philorelkook
6. God shows himself subtly. — philorelkook
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