LocalFOIA@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 hours agoIf a god demands your soul for eternity, theyre a demon.message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down124file-text
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareIf a god demands your soul for eternity, theyre a demon.LocalFOIA@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejustaman123@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agoThey literally believe God is an evil God and that’s why suffering exists in the world. It’s also why people who increase others suffering are rewarded in this world.
minus-squareOryxAndCake@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoJust this god of this failed material realm that we’re in. They believe this reality was a mistake and the god of it is an imposter who’s either gormless or actively cruel, depending on which sect. There is a higher realm above this one though with the true big daddy good guy god in it, and that’s who Jesus was on about in the new testament. Jesus is more like a prophet to gnostics as he’s the first one to pick up on and preach about the higher realm god. (I’ve been weirdly into learning about gnosticism lately, it’s fascinating stuff.)
They literally believe God is an evil God and that’s why suffering exists in the world. It’s also why people who increase others suffering are rewarded in this world.
Just this god of this failed material realm that we’re in.
They believe this reality was a mistake and the god of it is an imposter who’s either gormless or actively cruel, depending on which sect.
There is a higher realm above this one though with the true big daddy good guy god in it, and that’s who Jesus was on about in the new testament.
Jesus is more like a prophet to gnostics as he’s the first one to pick up on and preach about the higher realm god.
(I’ve been weirdly into learning about gnosticism lately, it’s fascinating stuff.)