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Post by gnosticbishop on Jun 15, 2015 23:59:57 GMT
Is it a sin to seek knowledge?
Is it a sin to want to open one’s eyes instead of being blind?
Is it a sin to do as scriptures urge us to do?
Matthew 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Gen 3:2 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil:
Adam and Eve were doing exactly what we are all told by scriptures to do, yet God seemed quite upset.
Why is seeking knowledge and ignoring a vile command to remain in ignorant bliss wrong or a sin?
Are you sinning when you seek knowledge and becoming more like God?
Regards
DL
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Post by jamierobertson on Jun 16, 2015 15:33:22 GMT
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Post by gregmita on Jun 17, 2015 14:11:21 GMT
Apparently, it is a sin to seek knowledge if you are a Gnostic bishop.
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Post by wraggy on Jun 18, 2015 5:47:07 GMT
He also got banned from BIGFOOY.com. A forum about Australian Rules Football. Although he possibly was in the Science/Politics/Religion forum at the time of the offense. If you get a yellow or red card or banned on one section of the forum you are locked out of all forums for the duration of the penalty. |
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Post by gnosticbishop on Jun 18, 2015 15:07:02 GMT
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. Eleanor Roosevelt
Regards
DL
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Post by gnosticbishop on Jun 18, 2015 15:09:17 GMT
What exactly is wrong with free speech and association?
I do not expect an intelligent answer but just wondered if you fools can analyse your own actions and criticisms?
Regards
DL
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Post by gnosticbishop on Jul 13, 2015 18:26:50 GMT
We all do as much as we can in seeking knowledge. The problem for unfortunate Christians is the perception of the terms knowledge and truth.
The idea of Jesus dying for us was created to produce a sense of indebtedness that the population is supposed to feel.
The idea of the fall was created to have people interpret the scripture in a way that makes them think that seeking knowledge is a sin.
This makes it easier for Christians to pushed to become unthinking sheeple that can be easily manipulated, --- just as the re-writers of the bible and interpretation biased preachers want.
Christianity can thus profit from fear and indebtedness in this manner.
In the end, knowledge and truth are for our own enlightenment. Seeking untruth is a form of transgression and that is what priests and imams try to produce. Priests and imams are quite skilled in helping people lie to themselves.
Conditioning that some would call indoctrination or brainwashing when pushed to it's present extreme.
Strange that our own governments give tax credits and exemptions to organizations that basically spend their time lying to people. You and I subsidize this legalized fraud by paying the tax shortfall.
We are thus all paying for priests and imams to lie to the gullible and vulnerable.
There ought to be a law against that.
Regards
DL
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Post by unkleE on Jul 13, 2015 22:16:17 GMT
The idea of Jesus dying for us was created to produce a sense of indebtedness that the population is supposed to feel. The idea of the fall was created to have people interpret the scripture in a way that makes them think that seeking knowledge is a sin. Hi DL, I'm interested in these comments. Can you explain the reasoning behind them please? It seems to me that both ideas have very different origins, but I'd like to see your ideas before I comment. Thanks. |
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