Have you investigated Gnostic Christianity?
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We are all involved in the discussion, Cliffy, and every voice, every opinion matters : )
So can you point to where Jesus condemned Gnosticism and other religious practices?
Cliffy, these are the words of a pastor/teacher at Full Gospel Mission in Cameroon, Africa. They are his words to support/defend. I include them in the discussion because my online research concerning religious syncretism frequently references contemporary Africa. According to N. B. Mbock, modern Cameroon syncretizes animism, eastern religions and New Age philosophy.
I was accused one time of being an expert on the new age. I'm not but I know a thing or two about it and I can unequivocally say that I have witnessed evangelical Christians adapt more and more of what they accuse the so called new age of practicing - laying on of hands is one, personality worship/idolatry, etc. I stopped paying much attention to it a long time ago because of the absurdity of the evangelical movement. I try to live my life according to the teachings of Jesus but I would never call myself a Christian because the evangelical/literalists movements has made a mockery of them.
Jesus touched people (including those considered untouchable) during his incarnation.
So they say. So have I. I have practiced foot reflexology, massage therapy, reiki and spiritual healing for decades.
Yes.
Did it seem any more likely to be correct than any other version?
No.
So how did it strike you Mr. Sinister?
Just like all the rest, no roots in reality.
"In Darren Aronofsky’s new star-gilt silver screen epic, Noah, Adam and Eve are luminescent and fleshless, right up until the moment they eat the forbidden fruit. Such a notion isn’t found in the Bible, of course ... I recognized the motif instantly as one common to the ancient religion of Gnosticism ... The world of Aronofsky’s Noah is a thoroughly Gnostic one: a graded universe of “higher” and “lower.” The “spiritual” is good, and way, way, way “up there” where the ineffable, unspeaking god dwells, and the “material” is bad, and way, way down here where our spirits are encased in material flesh ... Darren Aronofsky has produced a retelling of the Noah story without reference to the Bible at all. This was not, as he claimed, just a storied tradition of run-of-the-mill Jewish “Midrash.” This was a thoroughly pagan retelling of the Noah story direct from Kabbalist and Gnostic sources." The Secret Gnostic Key to Aronofsky's "Noah" that Everyone Missed - Aleteia
Interesting - a mystic/syncretistic Jewish, Gnostic Noah. It's complicated : )
Interesting - a mystic/syncretistic Jewish, Gnostic Noah. It's complicated : )