What is "Gnostisism"?

[I, Brian]

Originally Posted by mosherosh

As a modern Gnostic Christian (Holistic Godhead vs. Dualistic Godhead) I am convinced the Asia Minor Johannine school or class of Christian theology that produced the "John" gospel, letters, and Revelation knew that Yahweh was an imposter god. Not in the usual classical Gnostic way as a secondary god below Sophia, or Wisdom of God, but as a son of EL Elyon, God Most High in the Canaanite pantheon. There are clear indications that these Johns knew what archeologists are now confirming with resurrected cuniform texts from ancient Canaanite sites. Somewhere along the line priests and scribes of Judah pulled a fast one and switched their tribal war god, Yahweh for God Most High and since Canaanites weren't around to call them on the fraud, their version got accepted as Jewish religious history.

You sort of make it sound like there was a big conspiracy within Judaism to hide a supplanted god, and that only a brave underground preserved the truth of this dastardly deception.

Perhaps you'd like to start a new thread specifically about points of Gnosticism as you follow them? It certainly sounds like an interesting subject. Go easy on the Paulines though - especially on the Christianity board. Perhaps try starting something on the Mysticism board, as that's possibly the safest/best place to discuss the deeper issues of Gnosticism.