@GreatestIam2 Said
Many of the Gnostic Christian beliefs are not well understood.
"Beliefs" as such have great potential for being misunderstood. Not least our own. Which for me is one of the differences between faith and belief.
@GreatestIam2 Said
We do not believe in any of the Gods and see them all as myths so to say we believe in this or that is rather silly. As you say, there are many sects and Gnostic Christianity is rebuilding itself to accommodate modern knowledge.
AAs I see it, allegiance to a God as
a Being, rather than as the Ground of Being itself, will always be part idol and "mythic"
@GreatestIam2 Said
But just to clear up the matter issue you brought up. First, it is the Christian God who cursed the whole earth from Eden.
Irrespective, a God who is deemed as being "apart" and cursing, is an idol/mythic.
@GreatestIam2 Said
Second, we believe that a spark of God is within all of us. We are matter and from that POV, we do not see any corruption of the temple of God. Matter then, we would consider perfect as befits being created by a God.
As I see it, "sparks within us" is a dualistic way of understanding. The orthodox Christian understanding (God "cursing" or not....
) that ALL was perfect and that ALL is contaminated is closer to truth.
Hunting for the spark, believing in a spark, thinking our own spark is bigger than anothers spark.......all poison.
@GreatestIam2 Said
A Gnostic Christian, once enlightened, can look about and see that all around us is evolving perfection.
This leads on from the previous answer. As I see it, it is better to have the Faith that there will be a reconciliation of all things than to believe that we are enlightened and others are not.
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