>In ancient Gnosticism, the God of the Old Testament was identified as the Demiurge—a lesser, ignorant, and sometimes malevolent craftsman god who created the physical universe, distinct from the supreme and ultimate God of pure spiritHow do modern white people explain why the old testament god was so evil while the new testament god so good? Sounds like Gnostics figured it out
>>224705815Isn't the Judeo-Christian-Islamic god a mix of El, Yahweh, Baal etc other west asian deities?
>>224705815>>224705815>modern White peopleI think you mean Christians? Not all White people are Christians, and not all Christians are White people. Anyway, the answer is that Christians cannot reconcile the evil god of the old testament with their supposed god of love in the new testament, ancient non-Christian philosophers have commented on this. >>224705870Yes
>>224705815they cant, my priest at church wouldnt touch the subject with stick during his homilies. best youll get is "look how strong god is!" when talking about how he killed a bunch of innocents or "the lord will show mercy only to those who repent"
It is the same god in both testaments.>But they seem like a kind being in the new testament!Read the book of revelations.
If the demiurge is the god of the old testament and the demiurge is evil, wouldn't that make Jews the most evil people on earth?
>>224706542It would, but the so called demiurge is not the god of the old testament, it is heresy.
>>224706553Says who?
>>224706584The christian canon.
>>224706605Doesn't beat my random conjecture. Or incel canon if you will
>>224706605The Christian canon decided by a council of clergy 3 centuries after it was written? The gnostics died out not because they were proven wrong by other Christians, but because they were murdered by other Christians.
>>224706542No because Jews dont really worship the "demiurge" or think hes loving. They just think he exists and try to not be cursed by him.
In the eyes of Christians are Gnostics preferable to muslims and jews?
>>224706683Interesting point
>>224706692All religions are based on the same superstitions.
>>224706683Sounds demonic
>>224706747Whats demonic about that? Its like if AM from I have no mouth was a real being and we are trying to not make him angry. You are not loving AM or thinking hes the pinnacle of morality, you are trying to not be fucked by him. Thats Judaism.
>>224706766AM could just as easily apply to Yahweh in that analogy.
>>224706766>AM from I have no mouth was a real beingI have no idea of what you are talking about
>>224706859You never heard of "i have no mouth and i must scream"?
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>>224706766Judaism its more of a ethnicity than religionThey all work together and dont accept outsiders only a few exception.>>224706747They are they literally try to scam God
>>224706892Rude
>>224706908>Judaism its more of a ethnicity than religionThat's bullshit. Jews lie about their ancestry.
>>224705815The whole ordeal with Jesus changed his mind and he stopped being mean
>>224706892this is considered rude in my culture
