RE: What the devil is a "gnostic atheist"?
October 7, 2012 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2012 at 3:23 pm by IATIA.)
To a certain extent, I agree with Stimbo. Dictionary definitions are good for referee purposes, but the definitions are simply from a poll and the majority rules. It is quite possible and quite frequently that one's definition does not agree with the 'norm'.
Case in point, I feel that 'gnostic' is reference to christian sects, albeit somewhat of an archaic definition today, by nature of this forum, we here do reference old and archaic histories and literature and, for clarity of argument (IMHO), gnostic as a reference to select christian sects is not only acceptable but preferred.
Case in point, I feel that 'gnostic' is reference to christian sects, albeit somewhat of an archaic definition today, by nature of this forum, we here do reference old and archaic histories and literature and, for clarity of argument (IMHO), gnostic as a reference to select christian sects is not only acceptable but preferred.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
