A Revival of Gnosticism: "Christians for Biblical Equality"
Would you like to join a "Christian" group to learn and experience Gnosticism first hand? You may become a full-fledged Gnostic without even knowing it by they time they are done with you! Apparently, this "new" gospel, this "new" definition of "god" ("he"/"she" or "it", whatever you choose!) and "new" Bible interpretation for certain verses is really taking off and on the move! You can find booths at places like seminaries, Christian university campuses, and mission fairs! As Peter Jones says, "The Gnostic Empire strikes again!"
Now, they may leave out much of their beliefs initially. Like, for instance, they may leave out the part about how they are teaching that the pagan "Spirit of Sophia" is the wisdom of God in Proverbs; you may not hear at first about how they endorse such cults as the Unification Church and Christian Science, quoting from these cults on their web site, to support teachings of calling God "mother"; it may take some time for them to let you know about their books, tapes, and articles offered via their web site teaching "Christians" to call Jesus "mother" (!!!!!!) and how it would have made no difference if He had come as a woman! They may leave out details about one book they sell written by a man who claims to have a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross as a woman! (The man, by the way, is an openly homosexual pastor, whose books are offered through this "CBE" organization, not that they would ever endorse homosexuality, because, after all, this is "Christianity", right? THIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT CHRISTIAN)!
You may have to do your homework to find the Gnosticism they preach, but once you find it, you will find a fiery inferno of more darkness than any Christian could ever face in this world outside of hell, with no hope of surviving such a spiritual onslaught of wicked forces apart from the protection of the full armor of God.
You'll know you have found the true Gnostic spirit alive and well, when they proceed to teach you that a demonic spirit inspired the patriarchal verses in the Bible and those old traditionalists are of that same, out of date, antiquated, detestable spirit of "the enemy" and "demons". And this is not to mention all of the poor women, who have for centuries had to sing those hymns!
They write books to banish the patriarchy, and they write songs to banish the patriarchy, and they give sermons to banish the patriarchy, and they (re)write bibles to banish the patriarchy. They absolutely LOATHE the patriarchy.
They will teach you how we can't pity the pagan feminists, because, after all, they are just poor women who have turned to worshipping the animals, making fetish altars to "Jesus/Sophia" and leaving offerings for dolphins, turtles, and white buffalo in order to receive the spirits and powers of animals, swimming naked together in the ocean in celebration of "NO MORE PATRIARCHY!"............NOT BECAUSE OF SIN, BUT BECAUSE OF THE---dreaded and misled TRADITIONALISTS and that same old Bible.
And, all of life's problems are due to those horrible traditionalist, patriarchal teachings of the Bible and those who are "weak" enough to want to do atrocious unenlightened things like "submit" or "boast in weaknesses," believing that in our weakness, a Savior exists who is strong.
Gnosticism won't focus on that Savior. You will know you have found the heart of the Gnostic spirit about the time you start to feel that it is "all about you!"and, of course, all about women!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Satanic teachings are fearlessly and shamelessly preached in churches and seminaries, twisting Scripture to support it all! The president, Mimi Haddad, teaches that Christians can call God "mother" just as easily and rightfully as we can call Him "Father"! Her god is the "father-mother" god!
Funny, but I always thought that was Satan. But, then again, I have never been a Gnostic!
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Was Bishop Athanasius right in the acceptance of the books of the canon and apocrypha and the rejection of others, or are any rejected books useful in the faith?
Our church creeds do not list our canon, the collection of accepted books of the Bible. In Christ I ask the following questions concerning the canon and the personal authorship of its books.
(1) The most prominent Christian named St. Theophilus lived circa 400 A.D., yet Luke and Acts are apparently written to him who is not clearly presented to us in capital Greek as a boy or man who must have lived in the First Century A.D. and whom St. Luke must have known. In the absence of a saint's story of some First Century Theophilus, I dare to lower-case his name and to translate it as "pious one" (lover of God, friend of God, etc.), in which case St. Luke has written Luke and Acts to each reader alone, held to honorable and deep faith, in his or her quiet time and not at all for public preaching from our pulpits. I conclude, then, that the books of Luke and Acts should be preached from our pulpits only for reproof, etc. and for completeness in reading the whole New Testament aloud. In public please teach the Virgin Birth from Matthew and the Last Supper and Passion narratives from Matthew, Mark, or John. Luke and Acts are, however, suitable for small group Bible studies. From the pulpit, however, Luke and Acts must surely spoil our congregations out of reading St. John's and St. Paul's writings.
(2) The writings of the New Testament are written intimately without the other names of multiply named authors. For instance, St. Peter gives his name as Peter rather than Simon son of Jonah Zebedee and also known as Cephas and Peter. We readers are thus responsible to recognize the other names by which these authors were known. Thus, we must be prepared for St. Mary, for instance, to leave out her identification. I believe that this happened with St. Luke (a.k.a. St. Matthew?) and St. Mark (St. John son of Mary and surnamed Mark: Acts 12:12). Fourth Century church fathers may have understood or been in the dark concerning which names represented the same man. Four witnessing Gospels may represent quite less than four different men bearing witness.
(3) A major reason for rejection of some Gospels and other books under consideration for the New Testament canon must surely have been the hard fact that Fourth Century Imperial Christianity included very few speakers of Hebrew. The church fathers were moral strangers to Hebrew, and they worshipped in august basilicas with scant place for the laity, let alone women, to teach. Can we leave these books beyond the ken of the Fourth Century Church out forever?
I have found that despite our government's policies in favor of English and our people's loathing of learning foreign languages, I can impose Hebrew moral training upon American English-speaking Christians in this dissolute land by criticizing our ways in terms of Hebrew morals. When I explain that "Mishphot." means "judgment", my seeming microphone from a middle pew grips their attention. This stands in contrast to Greek, Latin, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, which are quiet languages subject to discipline (in Spanish, "grosero/a") for speaking too loud. Furthermore, all these languages lack some sounds of "Mishphot.im" meaning "judgments". Attempts to instruct these peoples in Hebrew morals to read the rejected books must have failed due to numerous new sounds to learn and hushing by social custom. I conclude that any Fourth Century Christians knowledgeable concerning Hebrew manners and morals who were contemptible enough to judge must have had none of the independence of the Blessed St. Mary and thus that they were not willing to suffer for their speech. Nevertheless, in English which is loud and clear, I am able to impose Hebrew moral training upon Christians who do not already care to learn Hebrew. Here, we have ears to hear what was discarded in the Fourth Century. Definitely, Moses' judgments have place in English speaking countries.
Let us open our ears and hearts to the full Word of God which pertains to our cultures. Click here to reply to this post
Re: A Revival of Gnosticism:
Posted On: 03/15/06 09:44:34 AM
Age 42, FL
I just joined CBE. I snail-mailed them to question them about your last article. I haven't yet heard back from them. I will e-mail them about this one. I sincerely pray you're wrong. I was a New-Ager. I don't ever want to stray from Messiah/Jesus. Thanks again for the warning if you're correct. Click here to reply to this post
Re: A Revival of Gnosticism:
Posted On: 03/15/06 08:49:55 AM
Age 50, IN
This article was very interesting to read. However, it ended too quickly. It needed a lsiting of what seminaries were hosting this heresy, where to find corroborating evidences, and exactly what organization the article is about. Click here to reply to this post
Re: A Revival of Gnosticism:
Posted On: 03/14/06 01:25:31 PM
Age 59, TX
The column lacks clarity on two counts:
(1) Is this the organization whose website is cbeinternational.org? It isn't clear.
(2) The many "charges" would have credibility if they were documented. In the absence of documentation, it reads more like a drive-by shooting than a credible critique. Click here to reply to this post
Re: A Revival of Gnosticism:
Posted On: 03/13/06 01:52:48 PM
Age 35, MN
I am so glad to know that I am not the only one who has anger concerning the deceived!
Thank you for your discernment. Click here to reply to this post
Re: A Revival of Gnosticism:
Posted On: 03/12/06 12:34:14 AM
Age 51, ID
This article sounds very interesting. Only problem is it is next to impossible to read in this font. Maybe Christian Worldview Network can limit publishing to a readable font. Arial and Times New Roman are very easy to read. Universal and other skinny line fonts are a disaster. Please consider those of us with older eyes. Click here to reply to this post
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