My qualm with gnostic mythology is that the architect is actually quite chill if you think about it.The architect made a beautiful eventful life for Truman, and he even got a wife handed to him. If Truman were to be born without the Christoph's blessing it's a possibility he could have ended in drug addiction or homeless.Obviously we are made to assume that Jim Carrey is a talented individual that could succeed on his own terms, but what if he didn't. Nursery baby swap stories are enough.
>>220584249You might have autism.
>>220584290Yeah I have diagnosed autism
>>220584249the primary argument of gnosticism though is that it robs us of the connection with the spiritual world via the world that the demiurge createsso yes you are correct that the world he created in the movie was good enough and comfortable to live in but at the same time jim carrey was being robbed of free will and Truth
>>220584249Just like any other devil, the demiurge would be “designed and directed” by God as well
>>220584249Idk about others but me personally i would have killed myself if I couldn’t escape.
>>220584249You're missing the point that it was manipulated at every turn for the public's entertainment. It wasn't some beneficent act, it was exploitation, no matter how "nice" it was.The moment he strays he is herded forcefully back into the pasture, unable to love who he loves and love life as he would choose it.All the good intentions in the world do not justify the restraint of free will.
>>220584449Iirc the original much darker vision for the film set in the city ended like that
>>220584249Most people don’t like living in cages no matter how pretty you make itIf you can’t understand this, you probably don’t have a soul
The demiruge gnostic christian believed in that has been meemed on /x/ is actually called Yaldabaoth and is an vilainus being who created material world and keeps souls trapped in it, buddhism has less vilainus demiruge like figure called mahabrahma who created the material world and thinks his the highest being and the creator of all but he's mistaken, but he's not evil like Yaldabaoth.
