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Old 09-19-2008, 05:01 PM
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Default What is Pantheism or Gnosticism?

I keep getting told that that ^^^^ is what I am. I m so confused about everything!
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Old 09-21-2008, 05:01 PM
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Pantheism is believing that all is God and God is all. Gnosticism is believing that there is a secret wisdom that will lead people to salvation.
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Old 09-23-2008, 05:01 PM
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Agnosticism means lack of absolute knowledge, Gnosticism means Absolute Knowledge of the spiritual world.

Pantheism is the belief that the universe and what people call God are one in the same. Often confused with deism or polytheism, pantheism is, by default, a secular, atheistic position. It's also not a form of pagan earth worship, as some people occasionally mention.
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Old 09-25-2008, 05:01 PM
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pantheism is the belief that god is all things; there is nothing outside of god.

gnosticism is the path of knowing (nosies). Gnostic sects would have arcane and secretive teachings and practices designed to foster a direct knowledge of our non-separation from god; that we are a part of god, that we are god.

modern Christianity is a corruption of gnostic teaching.
the roman church invented the dogma that there is only one son of god. the original teaching (obviously) is that we are all sons of god.

recognizing that you are confused is the best place to start!

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Old 09-26-2008, 05:01 PM
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Pantheism is the belief that God is manifested in everything.
Gnosticism, is knowing 'God' or the divine through personal experiences rather than faith.
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Old 09-29-2008, 05:01 PM
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism

I'm no expert on Pantheism, so you should check Viki out. ^^

Gnosticism has to do with knowledge, just like agnosticism. One can be a gnostic or agnostic theist/atheist. Gnostic says that I am 100% there is or is not a god.

Personally, I am a gnostic atheist about the Abrahamic god, but agnostic about all the others.
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Old 10-04-2008, 05:01 PM
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Joju get it.
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Old 10-06-2008, 05:01 PM
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