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EP 156 James Poulos on Remaining Human

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What Is Gnostic and How Do You Want Us to Take It?

Gnosticism is one of the longest lasting heresies in the biblical tradition. The idea being that, you know, we may not be able to interact with god, but we can understand the secrets of the created world. It comes from the ancient greek for knowledge, nosis, as in secret knowledge. And the goal is to basically let loose, break free spirit from the confines of the created or physical world. Once our spirit is freed in this way, is to become god, or to become as gods,. To leave or humanity behind and enter into a kind of paradesiac state where we elevated, or ascended, into a new plane of existence.

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