Gnosticism
In Our Time: Religion
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The Seven Steps, Not Just One
The notion of original sin comes much, much later than the major period of the gnostics. But nevertheless, this sense that somehow you needed to be redeemed from your sins is not what it's all about. salvation here is more like liberation. It liberates you from this evil, materialist world created by an opponent god. And as caroline said, as sophia comes down as eveen, indeed, as the snake, and says, go on, go on. Try it, see if it works. Go on, he won't kill you. And he doesn't. Adam does eat, and he isn't kill he it a rat on a mege a does eat,
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