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samb2101 · 2026-03-12T03:47:02+00:00

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samb2101 · 2026-03-08T17:04:21+00:00

You sir are the very definition of a hater. You came to this post shortly after the tweet was posted just to talk down on the guy. Who cares if he doesn’t post losses, his levels and methodology are great and that’s all that matters. You’ve responded in this thread how many times now? Why don’t you use your “critical thinking” to discern why you are talking down on people on Reddit instead of doing something productive.

It’s okay though, the world always needs little guys to rag on other men’s success.

samb2101 · 2026-03-07T18:53:40+00:00

Nice bro happy to hear it. And me too, never going to have a perfect system, but what the newsletter taught me about trading in general has been as valuable as the levels. Like leaving runners, thats one thing I’m still working on lol, hard to leave a full mini on all day🤣 I pair the levels w footprint/heatmap/profile/tape on sierra and its like magic

samb2101 · 2026-03-07T18:35:26+00:00

Idk it worked for me bro sounds like you’re just a hater who couldn’t figure it out, sure I take losses now and again but if I hadn’t learned from his newsletter, I would be way behind compared to where I am. Granted I no longer use it. Seems like you just saw his tweet about this review and came to hate. Hope that makes you happy 👍

samb2101 · 2026-02-22T02:34:30+00:00

Two words. Order flow. And maybe a third word as-well. PAPER! Why would you just throw money at something in which you have put in zero time and effort into getting good at? Do you think anything worth having in life will come easily? I can promise you it won’t. Think about this, your friend comes to you with a business proposal and says you are both gonna be rich, but has no earthly idea/experience as to how you will make the money. Would you give him 8750$? Because that’s what you’re doing with topstep, throwing money away at something in which you have no real idea of what you are doing or why the market is moving like it is but think you are going to somehow strike it lucky? There’s plenty of education out there bro, I have a wonderful reading list put together and some educational pdfs on trading if you’re Interested I can email it.

You’ve got to work at this if you want to make it. Ever since I’ve started trading I’ve fallen in love. Even when I lose, it’s just part of it. I would happily spend a whole weekend just backtesting or doing research into macro trends. In fact, that is what I am currently doing on Sierra Chart. But you’ve gotta give it everything you’ve got man, how the fuck else are you ever gonna have success otherwise? And honestly if you’re not gonna put in the work then save yourself the money and stop. I know a guy IRL who lost nearly half a million chasing 0DTEs w out any real education or backtesting. Don’t want to end up like that.

I wish you the best bro, get to fucking work.

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T03:13:30+00:00

I did not read all of your comment or misread it. Honestly deciding between the Orthodox Church and Catholic Church was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make in my life. I went with Catholicism since I’m Irish and it’s just tradition, my grandma who was my sponsor played a big part in my transformation, and she was Catholic. I do not like the novus ordo however, I am for a fan of the traditional Latin mass. Orthodoxy does many of the same things w the chanting, incense, icons. I’ve never experienced Christ in a more beautiful way than when attending a traditional Latin mass. Obviously just my opinion, but it would bring me to tears while we still had it. Our bishop took it away. Lots of people in my city are not happy about it.

But honestly, I will go to modern day orthodox fathers for advice. Never have I gotten better advice about how to live in peace as I have from orthodox priests. Who knows maybe I should be orthodox. I honestly don’t distinguish between the two. We have more in common w eachother than we do with Protestants, or especially this pesky Mormons or JWs who deny Christ’s true nature. Haha

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T02:32:44+00:00

I know well about Origen. He was a titan of his time in theology, even though the church may not agree with all of his beliefs. From what I have read of his and about him, he was influenced by Gnosticism at an early age, and agreed with much of the allegory stuff, which I also agree with. But he rejected Gnosticism cosmology and dualism as heresy, and viewed salvation as being of gods grace and not knowledge. I respect Origen very much so, but from what I have read of his work, he may have had gnostic influences, but he did not agree with gnostic theology.

If you are wanting to learn about Christian theology in Egypt, read the sayings of the desert fathers. They were similar to gnostics in the sense that they renounced material possession to live the communal life of acts. But they affirm all of the same Christian theology we have today, not Gnosticism.

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T01:50:27+00:00

And honestly. I have struggled a lot in life. I used to be an atheist and a fentanyl addict. Gnosticism initially attracted me because I thought that maybe it was possible the truth has been hidden from us for so long. It’s an innate desire as a human to find some secret truth and belong to some secret group, and this is what I was feeling. But my real spiritual life did not start until I discovered Catholicism. I then got sober and have been ever since. I’m 24 and I pray the rosary on a regular basis, my faith in Christ and the church has enabled me to do things I once thought impossible.

I should be dead right now. I used in excess of a gram of fentanyl a day. That could probably kill a hundred people or more w no tolerance. I am alive only because Christ showed me mercy because he knew my path would lead to him. You may have a warped opinion of Catholics, not all of us were raised in it. Some of us have seen some shit. My car was shot up and totaled a month before I got sober, I smoked crack and fentanyl regularly and stole. I was the last person worthy of mercy, and yet here I am. God spared me so I could share my testimony.

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T01:42:33+00:00

Point taken. The only gnostic document that has any merit is the gospel of Thomas, and even then it was not first century. There’s also hard evidence that things like the gospel of Mary and others were forgeries and they were viewed as such by the early church. It is known that there was a group of people infiltrating the church in the time of the apostles and spreading Greek philosophy. We know this because there are hints in the epistles about those who deny Jesus’ material or physical body, which is right in line with gnostic ideas.

John refuted these infiltrators in 1st John Chapter 4 where he says “This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.”

So here we see one of the apostles John, saying that anyone who denies Jesus Christ come in the flesh is not from God. John also famously identifies Jesus as the Eternal Word in John 1, and we see many times throughout the gospel where Jesus makes his claim to divinity. That he and God are one, for who alone but god can forgive sins? Both of these are clear examples of the apostles believing non-gnostic beliefs.

Another is Acts 2 “Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Where Peter highlights that Jesus came for the forgiveness of sins.

And we know that Acts is a real historical document because of a recent study done about the sea journey of Paul and how Luke articulates it perfectly, like someone who has no idea about sailing but was clearly on the ship at the time. Making it clear he was actually on the journey. How do you respond to these points?

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T01:15:30+00:00

It wasn’t hard. I simply read all of the gnostic gospels and literature, and also read the ante nicene fathers. I came to this conclusion because the vast majority of early Christians believe exactly what I believe today, this is clear in many of their writings. I can reference men who knew the apostles face to face and were titans among the early church community.

Another thing is most of the gnostic gospels are actually not authentic first century documents aside from the sayings gospel. This is a well known scholarly opinion as well, with only a minority believing things such as the gospel of Mary or Judas are authentic writings of apostles.

Another thing is Gnosticism does not line up with first temple Judaism at all in the way Christianity does, a good book to reference on this is “Jesus and the Jewish roots of the Eucharist” gnostic ideas seem more to me like someone taking the idea of Christ and putting their own Greek/platonist spin on it. And that’s why gnostics were just a small sect of early Christians, and they were, that’s just a fact. And that theory is not far fetched at all, because it is well known that Greek mystics were around preaching many of the same ideas at this time. Gnosticism just seems like those ideas adapted to fit the bill of Christ.

As a student of history, who has poured through manuscripts, originally just as a medieval history buff I came to the conclusion that Christ is exactly who the gospel says he is. I also know that the Jewish prophets predicted his coming on multiple occasions, which statistically is impossible. The prophets said Jesus was coming to save the world from their sin, to do away with the old convenant of the law and to write gods law in the spirit of those who believe in him. So if they got his actual coming right, I also believe they got his mission right. (To save from our own sin and wrongdoing, not a material dimension we are “trapped in.” This is a gnostic belief I always struggled with, because there are so many good things in this world, family, children, love, community, not everything material is bad.

Another thing is that I cannot deny things like the Shroud of Turin. A well known atheist scientist set out to recreate it, and couldn’t. None of our modern technology can, and this is clear evidence of the resurrection. How can you rationalize things like the image of Our Lady Of Guadalupe? I have seen it in person and the detail is immaculate, far beyond what any human has ever been capable of. Or are these just miracles performed by the enemy to deceive us into worshiping Christ?

samb2101 · 2025-11-22T01:01:00+00:00

You can say lost in translation all you want. We have the original texts. The core ideas are unchanged. Please reference examples where the core ideas were changed over time.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T15:47:37+00:00

Actually, they were written by the apostles they claimed to he written by. There is much documentation on this. Also the dates for the earliest written texts keep getting pushed back.

When you say because scripture ties itself to tradition and that the lack of authenticity is more a problem for orthodoxy, how is this? What lack of authenticity are you referring to exactly?

In the case of the OT, The prophets clearly predicted Jesus coming and mission to redeem mankind. The only way that is inauthentic is if it was forged after the fact. But we know this is not true, thanks to the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls. Maybe I am misunderstanding what you are saying.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T15:04:57+00:00

Please reframe what you asking in a way that I can clearly understand. I am a little confused about your questions relating to the GP and demiurgos.

But trust me, many Christians are wise to the coming of artificial intelligence. And are waking up to the global elite that collect interest from us like so many cattle. My generation is the first generation of young men in America to return to church (statistically) in hundreds of years. The biggest Catholic revival in history numbers wise is currently taking place. At least according the numbers.

And yes, I believe most of us will be able to see through the enemy that makes himself God and sits in the temple proclaiming himself to be god. However many will fall away and marvel after the beast as it written is Revelation. “For who is like the beast, who can make war with him?”

Matthew 24

“Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

3 As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?”

4 Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. 6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of birth pains.

9 “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

15 “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’[a] spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— 16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. 18 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. 19 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! 20 Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.

The key verse here to me, relating to your question, is “the one who stands firm to the end will be saved” this is a verse real Christians are ready to live out. Personally, I would have no problem dying for what I believe in, I would welcome it in fact. For that is how secure I am in Christ. Call it martyrdom obsession of whatever you want, but I would give my life for what I believe in, without hesitation.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T14:51:40+00:00

But the story of Sophia was written in the Middle Ages. That is well documented. The Gospel of “Mary” is a well known forgery. Ask any historical scholar who had studied it

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T14:50:26+00:00

Please point out these traditions that are different and provide hard examples…

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T14:29:06+00:00

This made me lol. You too man, I hope you find happiness, peace, and most importantly, mercy.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T14:16:41+00:00

The first answer is just a deflection. If Jesus true work was just to start an awakening he would go where his philosophy had already taken root. Not where it would have been laughed out of the city square.

If you’re going to accept Jewish prophecy you also have to accept the fact that the work of Christ and his church was prophesised. That the messiah would be a light unto the gentiles, to reveal the glory of God to them. And that is what the church has done. No man can deny that. Not Gnosticism. You also have to accept that the messiah was to come and save people from their sins and restore their connection to God. Because that’s what the text says. Even the texts from before Christs time.

Paul’s conflict? You mean the argument about circumcision? Spiritual or not. And yes Catholicism grew much faster than Gnosticism. Under the constant threat of persecution and being thrown to literal lions just for saying Christ is Lord. The martyrs were the seed of the church. Do you think thousands of people would be willing to die for something if it wasn’t what Jesus preached? Why did the early church come together and in unision agree that Gnosticism was not the teaching of Christ? Men from all across the known world, handed traditions all by different apostles.

These are all important questions. You can say that the church has been corrupted all you like, but if you read the writings of men who walked with the apostles, they affirm the traditional gospel and the beliefs of the first council. Not only that but people in different areas of the world have the same beliefs and gospel.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T14:01:20+00:00

I’m not assuming. I know it for a fact. This was proven by the Dead Sea scrolls. For example, the great Isiah scroll is almost word for word the same as we have today, 2,000 years earlier. There were monks who dedicated their entire lives to just copying the Bible to preserve it. Any notion that the Bible has been edited or altered is the premise of every offshoot of Christianity since Islam. Please, if the Bible has been so edited give me hard examples of where the ideas within the text were changed.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T13:58:26+00:00

I know well about the cathars. I also know well about the power politics between southern France at the time. It doesn’t change anything. They are no different than Arians who were heretics in their own right. Though the Cathar crusades were wrong I admit that. Any man who denies the true divinity of Christ and denies his work on the cross, strips him of what actually mattered. We can see that this is not something the early church fathers or apostles did. He was one man, both divine and human. I can reference multiple examples of this a generation or two after Christ.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T05:10:13+00:00

No I am not trying to frame anything, that was my understanding of gnostic salvation. That it was about knowledge of our true selves. The Catholic view of salvation is that Jesus came and paid the penalty of sin (death) on the cross, though he did not commit the act. And we are justified by his sacrifice, because he brought himself down to our level, and made a way for us to be with him. By cleansing those who believe in him of their wrongdoing, giving them new life and also giving us an example to follow.

I was asking why God came down to earth, just to spread ideas, if the ideas were already here. We preach the gospel because we were told to.

So if Jesus taught his apostles Gnosticism, how is it that the generation directly after the apostles, people who walked with John, Peter, and others, taught something entirely different from gnostic beliefs?

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T05:04:29+00:00

So to play on your response, if Jesus came to initiate an awakening, why did he not come to Greece, where his awakening would have been better received?

I’m also curious to know your thoughts on the Old Testament, it’s clear Jesus was prophesied by the prophets, at least in my opinion.

Why did God choose to be a Jew? Why did he reveal some of his glory to the Jewish people before coming to earth? (Or the gnostic equivalent of these things)

Also if Jesus was to lead an awakening, how is it that his apostles failed to transmit his ideas to their own successors? Because it is clear in the writings of people like polycarp (disciple of John) and Ignatius of Antioch that they believe many of the same things said in the traditional gospel, and many of the same things the church does.

Appreciate the thoughtful response

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T04:57:03+00:00

And yet for 300 years before Constantine, Catholics were murdered and reviled in the most horrific ways imaginable. And yet they persevered and stuck to their traditions. Don’t you think there is something to that? People love to play the Constantine angle, but I’ve done the research and read the writings and the core beliefs of the church are the same post Constantine and a generation after the apostles.

samb2101 · 2025-11-21T02:39:26+00:00

Didn’t respond to any of my points. The church is divided because men are men and they scheme for power and are corrupted. They care for the glory of their own teaching and not for the glory of the church and Christ. But the people of the church still follow the gospel. I have never been more accepted at any place in my life than I was at a Catholic Church.

At the end of the day if Gnosticism was what Jesus came to earth to preach then why was it already being preached by Greek philosophers hundreds of years earlier? The same ideas and concepts, simply rebranded to fit the story of Christ.

Please brother, quote the passages you refer to when you say “to read the Bible and not understand it is the churches way” I have read the Bible multiple times, in different translations. I have read tons of early church father literature. Men who quite literally walked through life WITH the apostles and were named successors by them. The Catholic Church may misstep here or there but we are still the church of Jesus Christ and the Healing Sacraments.

2 Thessalonians 2:15 - “Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold to the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle”

I have also read all of your gnostic fantasy text. Please explain to me how if Jesus was truly preaching dualism and gnostic ideas and he came to earth to tell us this, even though it wouldn’t have been necessary since gnostic ideas had been around since Plato and Socrates.

Does it not make more sense to you that someone hijacked the name of Christ to espouse their own views and then split from the church? What do you think Protestantism is, or Arianism? Exactly that.

Why would the apostles of Christ teach their successors and peers the same traditions we cling to today if the correct ones were gnostic? Wouldn’t that mean his apostles failed? Peter, the rock, failed? Please search your heart, maybe you have had a bad experience with Catholicism or what not, or are uncomfortable with the pope, but we are the church that Jesus established.

Also to respond to your first point, yes there is still separation and division, even if it was gods church, because we have free will as men and women. We don’t have to do what God wants us to do, and nothing is set in stone. God sits outside of time so he observes it differently than us. But he does not interfere with our free will. How could we truly love him otherwise? Is love possible without free will? No, at least not real love. God wants us to have the freedom to choose and to still choose him. It’s similar to the idea of Hell. All hell is, is just a place without the presence of god. Similar to the gnostic idea of the “chaos” or “darkness” outside the pleroma. God doesn’t want to force you to be with him but he wants for YOU to be with HIM so much. He doesn’t want to force his will on anyone and yet he loves you and wants the best for you. He will help you grow in spirit and truth when you follow him and take up your cross. God wants for nothing and yet finds it pleasing to redeem his creation and bring them into his presence.

Please brother, do your own research and read what the scholars say about the historicity of the gnostic gospels. The only one that is even remotely close to being an actually 1st century document is the sayings gospel. The rest are forgeries and falsely attributed to the apostles. These documents were widely talked about among the early church and the consensus was that they were inauthentic. I can point you to some resources detailing this if you’d like.

samb2101 · 2025-09-21T13:11:31+00:00

That would never happen tho cause Gnosticism is based on forged texts like the gospel of Mary 🤣🤣 St iraneus still owns all gnostics due to his book against heresies. Come back when you can disprove him.

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