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Is Artificial Intelligence A Digital Demiurge?
Some provocative thinkers have compared AI to the demiurge of Gnosticism. The demiurge is a kind of false god, whom many Gnostic scriptures describe as […]
The Gnostic view of Jesus
What was the Gnostic view of Jesus? We might more appropriately discuss Gnostic “views.” The term “Gnosticism,” as I’ve written previously, can be applied to […]
The Gnostic View of Adam and Eve
The Gnostic view of Adam and Eve is very different than what Christian orthodoxy holds. In traditional Christian teaching, our first parents were placed in […]
The Gnostic View of God
Gnosticism radically reimagines the Abrahamic God, the creation he authored, and our relationship to both. Many Gnostic texts don’t see the God of Genesis as […]
The Apocryphon of John Explained: Yaldabaoth, Sophia, and The Gnostic Creation Myth
The Secret Book of John, also known as The Apocryphon of John, is a second-century Gnostic text that claims to contain hidden teachings of Jesus […]
Is Simulation Theory A Religion?
Is simulation theory a valid scientific hypothesis, or is it a new religion? Simulation theory, first proposed by philosopher Nick Bostrom, is often cited, but […]
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