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Gnostic Christianity Still Alive? Are You One?
boeboe
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With the discussions on "what is an atheist", "what is an agnostic", etc, I thought this may be a fun test for some of you to take. Hopefully, it can remain an adult and civil discussion.
Much of the thrust of early Christianity (4th century) was to define what they, as a religion, could accept as true, and what they could not accept as "gospel". Prior to this time, there existed a group of "so-called Christians" we now consider "Gnostics". Without going into what a "Gnostic Christian" is, I would like to first suggest that many of you may be Gnostic Christians and not realize it. Frankly, I have considered myself a Gnostic Christian for several years, even though it seems this sub-group of Christianity apparently started ending when Constantine the Great began to embrace Christianity, and finally when Theodosius proclaimed Christianity to be the State religion of Rome a few decades later.
I found an interesting quiz, and actually my suspicions were confirmed in taking the quiz. The results of the quiz came back that I am a "Modern Christian Gnostic". I am sure that there are many here would will take the test and confirm that they are "fundamentalists Christians" or "mainstream Christians". Maybe a handful will find they are actually "traditional Gnostics" or some such.
I just found this to be sort of fun; it did seem to confirm to me that I am, at the very least, a "Gnostic Christian" to some degree. No surprise to me. But I am wondering if other regulars here would be willing to post their results?
Don't overlook the yellow bars and anwser them as well, as to how you rate the significant of the question.
http://selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=christgnostic
Much of the thrust of early Christianity (4th century) was to define what they, as a religion, could accept as true, and what they could not accept as "gospel". Prior to this time, there existed a group of "so-called Christians" we now consider "Gnostics". Without going into what a "Gnostic Christian" is, I would like to first suggest that many of you may be Gnostic Christians and not realize it. Frankly, I have considered myself a Gnostic Christian for several years, even though it seems this sub-group of Christianity apparently started ending when Constantine the Great began to embrace Christianity, and finally when Theodosius proclaimed Christianity to be the State religion of Rome a few decades later.
I found an interesting quiz, and actually my suspicions were confirmed in taking the quiz. The results of the quiz came back that I am a "Modern Christian Gnostic". I am sure that there are many here would will take the test and confirm that they are "fundamentalists Christians" or "mainstream Christians". Maybe a handful will find they are actually "traditional Gnostics" or some such.
I just found this to be sort of fun; it did seem to confirm to me that I am, at the very least, a "Gnostic Christian" to some degree. No surprise to me. But I am wondering if other regulars here would be willing to post their results?
Don't overlook the yellow bars and anwser them as well, as to how you rate the significant of the question.
http://selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=christgnostic
Comments
Fudamental Christian, also that I won 1000$, and I am a good kisser[:)]
That always seems to happen to fundamentalist Christian. Why?
Religion has about four elements, generally they are FAITH, KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY, EMOTION. The Gnostic approach is to emphasize knowledge and devalue the others. As such Gnostics would have the more logical viewpoint, looking for an understandable solution to every occurance, such as how the Universe was started, how did Mary become pregnant, how did Jesus raise from the dead and so on. As such they differ from traditional Christians primarily on the Faith issue.
Thanks for the understanding.
Interestingly enough, Traditional Christian Gnostic.
This, in spite of the fact that there are very, very few organized Gnostic churches. Outside of the internet, I have never seen one! Those that exist must be considered as very "unusual", I am sure. Well, actually, I think the Society of Friend (Quakers) tend to be somewhat Gnostic in their thinking and methods, but even Friends churches are not that common.
I think I'm what you'd call an evangelical believer in Jesus set free by the Holy Spirit to love you into the kingdom of God. And I'm having a lot of fun enjoying God and doing all I can do for his glory and the good of his people.
Folks, the Good News is so good, we just can't keep it to ourselves!