Subject: three philosophies of religion. |
Bible Note: EdB, My personal impression of a gnostic is someone who believes that God can be known through the acquisition of knowledge, wherein saving grace is not necessary to get to heaven. Rather, salvation is accessed through having heightened supernatural sensitivities through years of studious practice, and the work of the Holy Spirit is not really necessary. Just so long as you get smart enough, then you're fine. I think this is how the ancient gnostics were anyway. As far as agnosticism goes, you're probably right. I'm not so much granting vast credence to traditional dictionaries as maybe I should. Rather, I am more practically interested with the belief systems of the agnostics that I've met in real life. I find it rather difficult to concisely label people, and traditional dictionaries fall quite short, in their attemtps to do so, with their concise one-liner definitions. - Reighnskye |