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After a long, arduous philosophical journey and becoming a Stirnerite, i no longer bother myself with believing or not in 'god'. For even if a 'god' did exist, it would be one more thing that does not concern me or what is my own! But since you asked, I'll answer in traditional Chomskyean form when...

That demiurge theory stuff is what happened when wisemen and philosophers found they had to resolve the idea of a perfect good god with the existence of this ugly imperfect world. A few of them avoided the problem of evil entirely by postulating a fake evil god or goddess that was responsible for c...

[/quote] Did Christianity, through the Roman empire, essentially subdue Gnosticism? I don't know much about it either other than it didn't prevail over Christianity. Yet some teachings of the Gnostics seem rather pluralist and humane such as that Yahweh is a fallen God who created a world of pain an...

h311inac311 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 6:50 pm

These teachings are actually quite similar to stuff you will find in Buddhism

It is true the Gnosis is similar to enlightenment in Buddhism. Supposedly, one can attain enlightenment with one direct apprehension of the nature of reality. So it is with Gnosis.

Don't do that on my account. I'm used to some ad hominem and rough play in forums.

Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Jan 08, 2025 3:31 pm Welcome to the forum. Hope you find what you are looking for.

Thank you!

I have already been called a "shitty inadequate little man," so I'm well on my way I guess.

Listening to the station that Amazon is playing after one of my playlists. Mostly enjoying it. The playlist is fairly long, but has The Fall, Beastie Boys, Leonard Cohen, Alice Phoebe Lou, Motorhead, Blue Scholars, Radiohead, Kikagaku Moyo etc. Somehow, the algorithm keeps playing Michael Kiwanuka, ...

You obviously don't know what sexism means. Has anyone on here suggested that women never do any crimes? Here's a bit of 'non sexism' for you: you are clearly as misogynistic and nutty as most of the males who regularly post on this forum. Yes, I'm sure as a woman, I've never encountered sexism or ...

The facts speak for themselves. Males make up 96 percent of the UK prison population and commit nearly 100 percent of sex crimes. That's pretty 'shitty'. What you are talking about are women who have what you consider to be horrible personalities. FFS. Get a grip. No, I gave a specific example of s...

Your 'observations' have nothing to do with the topic. Where in the topic does it say that all women are perfect saints? Why would you even bring up such a stupid assertion? You come barging into the thread ranting and raving about 'shitty women', after jointing the forum yesterday :lol: That's pre...

accelafine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:46 pm How unfortunate then that you come across as a shittly little man. But yes, there are plenty of shitty, misogynistic women around like you.

Again, what in my argument tells you that I am misogynistic? Are you really trying to say that all women are blameless? That's naive at the very least.

accelafine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 05, 2025 8:35 pm Says a clearly shitty, inadequate little man.

Are you referring to me? Because I assure you I am a woman. Not shitty, not inadequate, but with years of experience. If you have a problem with my arguments, then attack the argument, not me.

Do any women remain in this discussion? Just curious. I'm trying to track the whole thing and lost the female presence fairly quickly. A women's perspective, for what it's worth: some women are not worth the time of day--they are shallow, use people, are consumed with greed and fake their competence...

Morality is relative to subjective experience thus there is no universally applied definition of bigotry nor the harm implied from it. Morality is not fixed, but subject to change. Without standard definitions there is no conversation. Bigotry is exactly what was presented. Your response to it is y...

Sorry, I don't actually know anything about gnosticism, nor take much interest in religion at all. But I have noticed that when new people create topics they tend to be halfway down the page by the time the admin releases them, so they often don't get seen. Ergo, I am just bumping the thread. Thanks!