Posted on 10/17/2023 1:18:40 AM PDT by spirited irish
n the Gnostic myth, the Cosmic Mind for example, is a completely perfect therefore alien and mysterious Divine One Substance, an “immeasurable light which is pure, holy and immaculate.” (Apocryphon of John) In addition to this supreme god of nature there are other, lesser divine beings in the Pleroma, a heavenly astral dimension of the universe. (2)
One of the lesser beings is an evil, malformed, ignorant deity sometimes called Yaldabaoth who mistakenly believes he is the only god. Gnostics identify Yaldabaoth as the Holy Creator God of the Old Testament who created the world, life, consciousness, angels and ensouled human beings.
Although traditions vary, Yaldabaoth is said to have been tricked into breathing the divine spark of his mother Sophia that formerly resided within him into the human being (Apoc. of John) resulting in the human dilemma: man is a divine spirit trapped by Yaldabaoth in an evil material body in a false world of matter. The astral heaven is his true home but he is in exile from the Pleroma.
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And Christians are mocked for believing in God?
Sheesh.....
Or, this absurd theory can be seen as another example of atheists stumbling across reasons to believe in God.
To computer model one protein takes massive computer power. Your body has thousands of different proteins. Same problem with most other living things. In short it is easier to make an actual Universe than a computer model of one.
Truth will set us free. In this case, when truth reveals the superstition, stupidity, and demonic underpinnings of what passes for 'enlightenment by science (magic science or scientism)" they will no longer fear the mockery, ridicule, and hatred of the so-called forward-thinking science crowd. And their faith will be strengthened.
I like reading science fiction but I have noticed that much of what people are looking for in those stories is found for real in God.
Things like eternal life, perfect health, perfect, peaceful society, etc..... The concept of a highly advanced being creating life on other planets (like 2001: A Space Odyssey)
And sci-fi has advanced life forms, some good, some evil, interdimensional travel, etc, and yet Christians are mocked when we call them angels and demons.
Many people like to create a god in their own image on their terms.
People are also mocked when they call them "Santa Claus" and "Tinkerbell."
Regards,
Yeah, belief in the God of the Old Testament is slightly less absurd, right?
2 Kings 2:23-24 "From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys."
Regards,
Noweh!
To me, the stronger and sounder approach is to leave the existence of ETs, UFOs, and the like as open questions subject to inquiry while directly challenging the core premise of scientific materialism. Notably, the most recent Noble Prize in Physics went to three scientists who in a lifetime of painstaking work disproved the "hidden variable" theory of quantum entanglement.
By default, this leaves consciousness as real and as essential to explaining quantum entanglement and material existence. As physicist Max Planck contended, consciousness then precedes material existence. This is consistent with the Christian story of material creation and of the creation of all life and of Man as being from God.
The notion of robotic overlords and alien scientists as responsible for creation and material existence suffers from an obvious flaw: what or who in the realm of consciousness created them? With God as the obvious and most reasonable answer, logical parsimony (also known as Occam's Razor) urges us toward simplicity in explanation. The result is that we have little reason to believe in the unnecessary complication of supposing that we were created by robotic overlords or alien scientists or ETs.
Simple answer -- no. Long answer -- also, no.
Does this have anything to do with my buddy Bigfoot?
Another person in the group said, "Every Christian and Jew knows that. He's not from Peoria or Kansas City, you know."
The young(er) person making the first comment just stared with mouth agape.
Live in other than a cell phones view of this world and you will know that there is a supreme architect of the universe. The beauty and majesty around ate more than happenstance or imagination, I love fall of the year.
What these folks seem to miss is that they themselves are included in this paradigm and therefore anything they have to say is meaningless.
In the middle of trying to cope with the losses of our beloved nation...I am at a
loss to explain how God’s simple message of salvation through Jesus Christ becomes so convoluted as this science fiction monstrosity of lies. Makes my head hurt. I’m so proud to be a fool for Christ. Come soon, Lord Jesus before our heads explode.
Absolutely agreed!
Thus one environmentalist conducts workshops in which participants are urged to “remember their alleged evolutionary history by rolling on the ground and imagining what their lives were like as dead leaves, slugs, and lichens.”
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There is a fungus among us.
If we listen, we'll hear the insane laughter of satan and his evil legions as the cackle and snort over the trick they've played on 'best and brightest' as they roll around on the floor
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