New Posts For Thread: Gnosticism's origin: Christian or Jewish, or ...?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...Wikipedia resorts to an understatement when it says that, "[t]he is subject to a great deal of debate and interpretation".In fact it is more correct to say that there is no agreement at all among scholars.Here are two comments, each by two great schThe ever-on-going un-finished-ness of The Canon of Scripture is a Reality -- whether anyone LIKES it or not -- given The "Deutero-Canonical" Status of The Apoocrypha ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399566857#399566857The ever-on-going un-finished-ness of The Canon of Scripture is a Reality -- whether anyone LIKES it or not -- given The "Deutero-Canonical" Status of The Apoocrypha ...Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:20:04 -0500665.99 The number of the beast on markdown at WalMart.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399560001#399560001665.99 The number of the beast on markdown at WalMart.Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:44:20 -0500J'Carlin (Who is not the host) Nobody canh aspire to an academic career, with such manifest lack of ambition ... MdShttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399545189#399545189J'Carlin (Who is not the host) Nobody canh aspire to an academic career, with such manifest lack of ambition ... MdSTue, 16 Mar 2010 03:39:58 -0500T is right in that the books of the canon might be changed in their translations. I doubt that any will be added, though some might be persuaded to add books that are in others' canons. But new discoveries of ancient texts might lead to some new chhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399525925#399525925T is right in that the books of the canon might be changed in their translations. I doubt that any will be added, though some might be persuaded to add books that are in others' canons. But new discoveries of ancient texts might lead to some new chMon, 15 Mar 2010 22:13:36 -0500It doesn't bother me. I have the BS, but I didn't bother with the MoreS and certainly didn't Pile it higher and Deeper. I had no aspirations for the tenure track in BS.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399486549#399486549It doesn't bother me. I have the BS, but I didn't bother with the MoreS and certainly didn't Pile it higher and Deeper. I had no aspirations for the tenure track in BS.Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:17:11 -0500J'Carlin (Who is not the host) High praise indeed from the tenured professor of bull$#!+I understand ... you cannot stand the thought ... that you are not quite so ... er ... "accomplished" as HDOO in all respects ... MdShttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399473729#399473729J'Carlin (Who is not the host) High praise indeed from the tenured professor of bull$#!+I understand ... you cannot stand the thought ... that you are not quite so ... er ... "accomplished" as HDOO in all respects ... MdSMon, 15 Mar 2010 15:27:39 -0500??? Michael Servetus ... 1553 C.E. ***smoke**smoke***smoke****smoke***smoke*smoke**smoke****************************^^crackle^^^crackle^^crackle^^^==-wood==-=wood==wood=wood==http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399455473#399455473??? Michael Servetus ... 1553 C.E. ***smoke**smoke***smoke****smoke***smoke*smoke**smoke****************************^^crackle^^^crackle^^crackle^^^==-wood==-=wood==wood=wood==Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:26:44 -0500High praise from the tenured professor of bull$#!+http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399405969#399405969High praise from the tenured professor of bull$#!+Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:06:13 -0500Well done, Dr. de Chardin! With a little encouragement, you've just passed the bull$#!+ test ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399353569#399353569Well done, Dr. de Chardin! With a little encouragement, you've just passed the bull$#!+ test ...Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:15:43 -0500You profess to the a "Catholic" ("quotation marks" fully intended).1. Provide evidence that the Catholic Church does consider the Canon of the Scripture still "open". 2. What relevance would a positive specific answer to 1. have?3. I answer to 1. neghttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/43991/21868813/Gnosticisms_origin:_Christian_or_Jewish,_or_...?post_id=399351485#399351485You profess to the a "Catholic" ("quotation marks" fully intended).1. Provide evidence that the Catholic Church does consider the Canon of the Scripture still "open". 2. What relevance would a positive specific answer to 1. have?3. I answer to 1. negSun, 14 Mar 2010 12:54:45 -0500