tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post4854854628575535822..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: The Dusty Web of GnosticismBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-40694398118090579422016-07-28T11:07:33.438-07:002016-07-28T11:07:33.438-07:00since there were definitely Gnostic elements at wo...since there were definitely Gnostic elements at work in the Corinthian church. In that case Paul would have been clamping down on feminist influence, rather than women generally. <br /><br /><b>agreed. my paper on 1 Cor 11 reflects that</b>Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-46286663439940543872016-07-28T06:19:04.057-07:002016-07-28T06:19:04.057-07:00I agree that both ancient Gnosticism and today'...I agree that both ancient Gnosticism and today's neo-Gnosticism are driven by dualism. Of course the idea that matter is evil directly contradicts Genesis, in that after creating the material universe (including humanity), "God saw that it was good." Don McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387665301048762546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-84815111397794997062016-07-28T06:14:13.104-07:002016-07-28T06:14:13.104-07:00Oops, that should be:
"If women were given t...Oops, that should be:<br /><br />"If women <i>were</i> given to a feminist version of Gnosticism...it would make sense that Paul would instruct Timothy to resist it."Don McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387665301048762546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-3657821798361364462016-07-28T06:11:32.203-07:002016-07-28T06:11:32.203-07:00Joe, that's an interesting take on 1 Tim. 2:11...<br />Joe, that's an interesting take on 1 Tim. 2:11: <br /><br /><i>"Paul laid this injunction upon Timothy, not as a universal command for all time, but to inform him of his current practice in light of the current climate."</i><br /><br />If women given to a feminist version of Gnosticism circulating in and around Ephesus, it would make sense that Paul would instruct Timothy to Don McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01387665301048762546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-4327362333300752072016-07-28T02:49:28.881-07:002016-07-28T02:49:28.881-07:00Don (sorry about the lower case up there)
Gnostic...Don (sorry about the lower case up there)<br /><br />Gnosticism was going among the Jews before Christianity existed. But those faithful to Judaism were not part of igt, They said that the Jewish God was evil, the Demuerge who forgot he was just an intermediate spirit and created matter by mistake. One group said the serpent in the Garden of Eden was the good guy, Tney were called "Ophites.&Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-26530783714943743012016-07-28T02:42:03.211-07:002016-07-28T02:42:03.211-07:00Hey
don, interesting topic. I've studied Gnos...Hey <br />don, interesting topic. I've studied Gnosticism extensively. Another place where it is seen in <br /> Bible is 1,2 Tim. It has always seemed to me that the women Paul wrote against in 1 Tim were Gnostic teachers and the discussion of eve and being kept through child bearing related to certain Gnostic versions of Gen. garden story. see <a href="http://www.doxa.ws/social/Women/Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.com