GP025: What Do Gnostic Christians Believe?
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Have you ever wondered what Gnostic Christians believe and how these beliefs fit together with one another? In this episode of the Gnostic Podcast Dr. Jay Forrest gives you an overview of what he believes on over a dozen topics. This topics include The Experience of God, The Safest Way to God, the Scriptures, Apostolic Tradition, The Holy Trinity, Creation and Evolution, Jehovah, Humanity and Sin, Jesus Christ, Salvation through Gnosis, Holographic Simulation, Spiritual Resurrection, The Holy Spirit, The Sacraments, Priesthood of All Gnostic Christians, Organic Church Life, and The End of the World. Jay uses the Belief statement from the website as the basis of the podcast, working through each statement and explaining it in more detail.
CREDITS
Theme Music was “I believe” by Dale Rucklos
Closing Song was “Such a Sweet Epiphany” by Jeffrey N Kelley
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In this episode of the Gnostic Podcast Dr. Jay Forrest deals with one of the most controversial question that divided the early church – the God of the Jewish Scriptures. Most people don’t know much about the Old Testament part of their Bibles…. all that is about to change. Jay reveals the God of the Old Testament in all his severity. Passage after passage reveals a God of war, and cruelty, and brutality. For many, this is very upsetting and disturbing. Passage after passage we hear Jehovah God telling the Israelites to kill men, women, and infants. He commands to destroy entire nations – complete and utter genocide. Jay then explains the options proposed by three early Christian groups: The Marcionites, who reject the entire Old Testament; the Catholic or proto-orthodox group who accepted the entire Old Testament, and the Valentinian who viewed it as a fallible patchwork of a number of sources. As you will learn, the Gnostic Christian solution is the best one once you see all the facts laid out. You can’t completely reject the Jewish Scriptures because Jesus and the apostle quoted approvingly of them, and you can’t completely accept the Jewish Scriptures because that means God approves of war, genocide, and the wholesale slaughter of infants and babies and pregnant women. This podcast is sure to be an eye opening experience, even if a little uncomfortable.
