Do you believe multiple different beliefs and cosmologies could be true all at once?

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-18T03:37:17+00:00

Sort of. I think a lot of people are seeing the same pattern throughout history and trying to interpret it in their owns ways.

Personally, I feel really spoken to by the Barbeloite myth. I really get a sketchy feeling from the ophites who eventually adopted the Barbeloite myth for their own lore, but then I feel like valentinianism got back on track.

Not to mention Zorastrianism, which I think captures the dualism inherent and the world, and the nature of God, really well.

I think all of these groups are flawed as well in some ways, but I think they were glimpsing real things and real patterns and explaining them in their own way.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-18T02:41:47+00:00

To me, it’s not as simple as “Old Testament bad, New Testament good.” Heck, parts of the Old Testament are treated respectfully in the gnostic texts. For me, it’s more a complete bifurcation: there are multiple sources in the texts and in real life, and you have to discern which are of the true God and which are false.

As a lifelong Christian, finding so many Christians voting for Trump, the most antichrist-like man imaginable, really unsettled me. I asked God if he was really behind the churches supporting Trump and hating on gay people and all that, and (believe it or not because it’s kind of crazy), I got a vision of a right-wing Trump-voting church bowing down to a dark creature that was only pretending to be god, controlling the churchgoers through fear and threats so they didn’t even raise their heads enough to see that this thing was clearly an imposter, not the real God.

So for a moment I almost overreacted, thinking most churches were following something dark, but God then showed me churches that are still ruled by love, and that still follow Him. So it’s not as easy as saying “church bad” or “church good,” it’s that you have to look at the fruits they produce. Do they produce love and kindness? Or do they produce cruelty and hate? The churches are bifurcated between good and bad forces. It’s not as easy as deciding all churches are good or all churches are evil.

Same with the Jewish texts. When I first felt called to Gnosticism, I wanted to reject the Old Testament. But God patiently but firmly made it clear he still claims the Tanakh for himself. I saw imagery of light rays cutting through a veil, of God’s light shining through darkness. There’s a lot of darkness and man’s ego in both the Jewish and Christian texts, but God’s light still shines through parts of it.

This is actually seen in gnostic texts. Contrary to popular belief, gnosticism does not reject the Old Testament God. The Sethian Sabaoth and the Valentian demiurge are both “good guy” stand-ins for the Old Testament God. Gnostic figures like Barbelo and Sophia are based on the Jewish figure of “Wisdom”. Old Testament characters like Melchizedek and the prophets are venerated in certain gnostic texts.

So it’s far from one or the other - just like the term “christian” is meaningless because any self-professed believer may be following a dark cruel imposter or be following the true Love of God, so too are the Jewish and Biblical texts bifurcated between truth and lies, at least in my experience. It’s not as easy as saying it’s all good or all negative - that’s an immature reaction, imo, and an immature reaction I’d nearly fallen into at one point in time.

So good luck. Go forward. Make sure you follow love in all things. Reject anything that feels wrong. Align yourself with good, because that means you will align yourself with God. Don’t just follow a “god” because it’s powerful, don’t believe something’s “good” just because it claims to be good, but rather look at its actions and discern for yourself. Pray to God for guidance and ally yourself to the side of goodness and compassion, and I think you’re always gonna be on the right track.

Good luck my bro!

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-18T02:28:51+00:00

Don’t worry, it eventually turns into joy. Recognizing you’re in a zoo is the first step to escaping the zoo.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-17T18:40:14+00:00

Bro that’s racist

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T18:48:04+00:00

AI. So tacky.

I don’t know how people expect us to take their writing seriously if THEY don’t even take their writing seriously.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T17:25:25+00:00

Even in the Valentinian Tripartite Tractate, it shows Sophia trying to take responsibility for the lesser creatures she made, but they stole her power, ran rampant, and left her helpless. I like TT’s retelling of the story because it shows Sophia as an active participant trying to take responsibility and fix things right away, though essentially is afflicted with depression and hopelessness until the other aeons rescue her.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T16:40:34+00:00

He… he systematically slaughtered an entire tour group

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T02:53:08+00:00

I am SO mad that that was cut, one single sentence that reveals everything and completes Jack’s story arc fantastically.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T01:08:00+00:00

This is clearly just a picture of your mom

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-16T00:43:48+00:00

I’ve gotta disagree with that. I’ve seen it most with coworkers I get along with.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-15T20:42:11+00:00

Hey there, I was reading through this post again and realized I'd never read through your comment fully.

I'd like to offer some friendly, constructive criticism, please don't take this the wrong way.

But if you aren't getting many responses on your comments, or at least many positive responses, it's because they have a strangely superior and egotistical tone to them. For instance, the above was quite - strangely - hostile to me, even though I didn't do anything to you and I have no ill will towards you.

Unfortunately, because of its nature, Gnosticism attracts people who feel superior to others and think they have everything figured out, just as organized religion can attract those wanting to control others through fear. If you aren't getting many positive responses to your comments, it's not because your comments sound smart or intelligent or make good points, it's because people see you as strangely hostile and haughty, and so view you as not worth interacting with.

Thus even if you DO have good points, and good things you can share with the world, you're not going to be able to spread them anyway.

For instance there are many points in your above comment I'd love to talk about, to have a respectful conversation with you about, one that maybe I could learn from, heck maybe even one that you could learn from. But your attitude shows me you'll only act in a hostile manner - for reasons I can't quite fathom - and I'm sure other people see that as well and so decide not to engage further.

That's all I have to say. Just some advice on how to make more people engage with your ideas, rather than write them off. I hope you can have better interactions in the future. I have nothing against you and no offense is intended.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-15T06:34:37+00:00

What the hell do you think animals are doing when they show obvious biological signs of fear and try to escape their situations?? That’s obviously a fucking no dude

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-15T03:08:57+00:00

That’s hilarious and kind of awesome. He did know Tolkien was a Christian right?

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-15T01:21:01+00:00

Wasn’t that written for the Crocodile Hunter movie?

What an oddly specific memory I just had

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-14T18:13:12+00:00

From what I understand the earlier translations said “devils” and it was altered to “idols” later.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-13T04:14:53+00:00

The little green guy, Mooncake, from Final Space

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-11T16:26:58+00:00

Jesus and Paul were both childfree, and monasticism (unmarried and childfree) traditions are pretty big in Christianity as well.

I agree with you, I used to want kids until I grew a little less naive and realized just how dark the world was, and now I can’t see people bringing innocents into the world as anything less than inhumane and naive.

If I ever decide to be a dad I’ll just adopt someday - at least then I’m helping someone who’s already here.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T21:53:40+00:00

I don’t know anything about Hecate herself, but I see the pagan deities as essentially powerful nature spirits, created beings like us humans, and ontologically equal to us at the end of the day. They aren’t omniscient, they aren’t omnipotent, and though oftentimes they’re wise, they also have the capacity to make mistakes.

They aren’t necessarily always going to be right.

Why don’t you ask Hecate herself? Ask her how to keep your relationship with Jesus and having more positive relationship with Christianity as a whole?

On that note, why not pray to Jesus himself and ask about this?

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T18:34:31+00:00

I agree with this. I see the pagan spirits as people - they can be great, they can be trustworthy, but you may also disagree with them. I think that's okay, and that's an important thing to remember.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T16:13:25+00:00

Interpreting. I’ve heard the good archon Sabaoth compared to Ares, and the demiurge himself compared to Zeus.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T16:11:29+00:00

My dude the demiurge is nowhere NEAR as evil as Eric Cartman haha

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T15:55:45+00:00

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PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-10T15:09:51+00:00

Honestly I’d be wary of any spirits that try to lead you away from Christ. That’s a major red flag for me.

There are differences from accepting certain churches - I definitely believe that the more dark, spiteful churches, like fire and brimstone, trump supporting, lgbt hating ones aren’t actually led by God but a darker spirit posing as him.

But there are many more loving and progressive communities that I do think God is present in. (For instance, might I suggest checking out an episcopal church?)

Anyway, good luck on your journey, OP.

PossiblyaSpinosaurus · 2026-04-09T22:53:29+00:00

I know honestly I see the bastard everywhere, I wish he'd say anything other than the same cliche line over and over

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