I'd say that the Torah is the start of ethics. — uncanni
If you cannot recognize that god murdered A & E by neglect by insuring they would not eat of the tree of life, then you are not reading the story right. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Look at what you wrote to me: If..., then... That leaves me with no response. — uncanni
Scuse me, but the Torah is Jewish, much older than xtianity. — uncanni
If we were meant to be naked, — PoeticUniverse
Send me a pm when you can be polite. — uncanni
Not food, nor water, nor air - yet surely, reason he has denied you.Have you denied your children what they need to survive?
God did. — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Such is the faith of babble. — Shamshir
I don't think you'd use fig leaves in battle. — uncanni
Although the term 'ethics' is anachronistic
— Fooloso4
I'd say that the Torah is the start of ethics. — uncanni
High marks to you my friend!! I could not agree more with your analysis! — 3017amen
Bullseye on the etiological myths. — Brainglitch
So you think that man's higherst form is to be too stupid to even know we was naked and having his moral sense as bling, as scriptures state was the state of A & E.
Would you deny your children the tree of all knowledge and an education?
Would you think they were their best when as bright as bricks? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
That's nice! It makes me think of the differences between lower life-forms and higher degrees of consciousness. Meaning lower life-forms work mostly from instinct. Where higher life-forms (self-aware Beings) are born with more of a blank slate. Like the brain of a computer where data is entered/received to make the software work. — 3017amen
‘Knowing that’ without ‘knowing how’ has contributed to much of the fear, hatred, oppression and destruction that humans have unleashed on the world... — Possibility
I hope I'm wrong but I think he takes the Christian Bible too literally and considers it infallible. — 3017amen
It's sad because he gives Gnosticism a bad name. — 3017amen
Yep, it appears GCBishop has an axe to grind for some reason(?). — 3017amen
Would you deny your children the tree of all knowledge and an education? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
Would you think they were their best when as bright as bricks? — Gnostic Christian Bishop
A bad name? What name? No name.It's sad because he gives Gnosticism a bad name. — 3017amen
But I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater either. Overall the good outweighs the bad. The Bible is an awesome book... ! — 3017amen
No, but we’re not talking about denying this. Hypothetically, it would have been a significantly easier education if we weren’t so afraid. — Possibility
GCB: In many ways I agree with the Gnostic viewpoint. What I don’t agree with is your attitude toward those who don’t agree. In my view, ignorance isn’t solved by vitriol, but by compassion. — Possibility
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