what is gnosticism? be as specific as possible?

what is gnosticism? be as specific as possible?

The religion of Jesus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism

An agnostic is a person who doesn't believe or disbelieve in God

So a GNOSTIC person would believe that all religions are valid, and that they are all different attempts to understand God, although they don't fellow any religion specifically

No on being specific...It was a sect of Christianity that differed from most in that it included other books in than the "Canon" or the bible that is generally accepted. Hundreds of other books didn't make it into the canon

Gnosticism is claiming you KNOW that your belief is true. I KNOW computers are real. I KNOW unicorns are real. I make these claims saying that I know the status of computers and unicorns. You might see a bastardized version of (textual) knowledge in gnosticism.

to the best of my knowledge...

gnosticism means 'knowing'... it is direct knowing of the revelations of God through inspiration of the Holy Spirit... verified by Holy Scripture. it is NOT relegated to a single religion but is enjoyed by all true 'Gnostic's' regardless of faith. it is divine Grace... and a true blessing.

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edit: i received this in my mail this evening and i thought of this question so i will share what i received with the readers....

"The mind full of faith and love and purity and strength, once focused upon the ideal of God, will receive teaching and inspiration and advice directly, and in the case of everything he meets with in his life."

Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan

thank you for your question...

Gnosticism got its name from the Greek word No?sis, meaning ?knowledge.? Gnostic groups contended that salvation is dependent upon special mystical knowledge of deep things unknown to ordinary Christians. They felt that possessing this knowledge enabled them to teach, as The Encyclopedia of Religion says, ?the inner truth revealed by Jesus.?

Scholar R.?E.?O.?White calls Gnosticism a combination of ?philosophic speculation, superstition, semi-magical rites, and sometimes a fanatical and even obscene cult us.? Andrew M.?Greeley of the University of Arizona says: ?The Jesus of the Gnostics is sometimes incoherent, sometimes unintelligible, and sometimes more than a little creepy.?