One should read the Nag-Hammadi Codices (of which this is a part) to fully realize the kind of company this codex keeps. One quickly determines the lack of scriptural value.
When reading such things, the antithesis is the most valuable lesson, those things which one must suppose are happening in the society that would spawn such a work for the obvous purpose of changing attitudes within the Church. It is interesting to see the same forces working against the church so many, many years ago.
The more things change, the more they remain exactly the same.
Exactly. But don't expect any seriously engaging discussion by taking that stance. Posters would rather call one sophomoric and tell one to "shut up".