The idea that we are to be absorbed into the Deity is Gnostic in its origins and is quite antithetical to Christianity.”~R. Alan Woods [2006]

Obviously, if theism is a belief in a God and atheism is a lack of a belief in a God, no third position or middle ground is possible. A person can either believe or not...

Scientism is gnosticism wrapped in a post-modern package”.~R. Alan Woods [2009]

There is no way to tell if we are the pioneers of a visionary new age, whisking humanity into the high vibrations of an interdimensional love party, or post-modern Don Quixotes attacking techno-industrial windmills with...

The resurrection of the body forbids us to despise the material realm.

Why build entirely new systems for connecting to Christ consciousness when the institutions—whether Methodist, Lutheran, or Baptist—have already been created?

Could it be that following our initiatory path and connecting with higher source wisdom might actually be one of our species’ best defense systems?

Maybe the same essential download was also being delivered to other people—a massive, compassionate battalion of us—at the same time.

From this perspective, we were all divine Shakespeares, creating and playing the roles of muscled heroes and conniving villains, pious saints and debauched sinners, corrupt CEOs and disinterested temp workers.

God loves ‘stuff;’ after all He made it

But if subjective pietism is not the real crux of this all-important Gospel, if it is instead belief in the plan of salvation, how are we not dealing with “salvation by (cognitive) works” and Gnosticism...

Love is an involuntary gift that manifests unplanned.

Gnosticism is undeniably pre-Christian, with both Jewish and gentile roots. The wisdom of Solomon already contained Gnostic elements and prototypes for the Jesus of the Gospels…God stops being the Lord of righteous deed and becomes...

The question, ‘What is the difference between God and Satan?,’ was put to Zeena LaVey, seven-year-old daughter of the High Priest. Her answer was…’SATAN MADE THE ROSE AND GOD MADE THE THORNS.

Have you by any chance an edition of St. Ignatius’s treatise against the Gnostics?” he asked in a low clear voice. The young assistant looked gravely back. “Not for sale, I’m afraid,” he said. “Nor,...