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Well it's not a matter of if you can be gnostic as such, it's whether you claim to be gnostic I agree, it's not a stance I'm fond of. The best argument from gnosticism is that you know no coherent definition worthy of any consideration has been put forward. It's all gibberish, and even if you got hold of some powerful thing or other by the collar, the person making the claim would have fuck all idea if it was their god or not. No one has answered that point for me, ever. Just vague statements about, "Well I'd just know!"

You can use "know" in the informal sense, that's what Matt Dillahunty does. It's a word with several meanings, and there's no hard and fast rule for what gnostic is. We know there are no gods as much as we know there is gravity.

Exian: Thanks for the suggestions, I shall add those in! Yeah, I thought I'd put in the more well known religions and leave it there. YEC and OEC are important ones, I'll jam those in.