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Karadeniz

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1. The secret teachings in the synoptic gospels are based on this understanding.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 06:33 PM
Apr 10

Any true spiritual scheme must include a set up and process available to everyone and a universal "deity". Jesus tried to teach a soul/source system.
Unfortunately, the Gnostics gummed it up by demanding faith in the Christ spirit which now amounts to an obstacle between soul and source. They may not have intended that, but orthodoxy became an arm of Rome and Christ became a tool for power. Making faith in Christ's vicarious atonement meant Jesus's vision of a universal theology was lost. So now we have a Christian God and the Jews have Yahweh instead of a union which might have brought a common system that could eventually include everyone.

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