How I got here, and what is this place?

[Jo S]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

There is no such thing as "gnosticism within Christianity". It's a different religion, as I explained before. Any gnostics within Christianity are not Christians. Also, gnostics accept the "gnostic gospels". The local churches definitely reject the gnostic gospels. This is further proof that the local churches are not involved with gnosticism.

Gnosticism is a system of thought or philosophy that's exclusive to Christianity and incorporated in existing Christian theology. Similar systems or philosophies exist outside of Christianity but they are called different things. New Ageism, Buddhism, ect...Gnosticism isn't a seperate religion. Religion requires the worship of a specific diety or dieties.

You have a point. Also, isn't His presence already in every person (not just those born of him)? Isn't God omnipresent ?

If God is omnipotent, does he have the ability to restrict himself if he chose to? The things that make you go, Hmmmm...

New age Mysticism is New age thought.
Christian mysticism is Christian thought.
Gnostic mysticism is Gnostic thought.
Islamic mysticism is Islam thought.
etc

This would be more accurate;

New age Mysticism is New age thought.
Christian mysticism is gnosticism.
"Gnostic mysticism" is non-existent. There's no such thing and is a contradiction of terms.
Islamic mysticism is Sufism.

The one thing they all have in common is they're all systems that lead you away from the truth.