Two schools of Gnosticism and their conflicting missions — People often tell me after reading my articles that they do not recognize my work as a form of Gnosticism. I usually try to explain this incongruence by claiming that I am a Thomasine gnostic as opposed to a Johannine gnostic. As I see it, originally there were the Thomasine…

Confessions of a wannabe cult leader — Saint John is credited with the two most influential books in the New Testament. I have written about the Revelation of Saint John in my last three articles. In this article, we will take a look at his other big hit, the Gospel of John. In the beginning, was the Logos … Let’s see how a couple…

Confessions of a wannabe cult leader — Vernon Talks to God Vernon Howell skipped school one day because he wanted to talk to God. He went to his church and got down on his knees and prayed. “Dear Father, I know I’m stupid, but please talk to me ’cause I want to serve you.”¹ God answered soon after. Vernon could hear…

Confessions of a wannabe cult leader — Growing up, I was never much interested in the Bible. We weren’t really a church-going family. As far as I recall, the book that put me on the road that would eventually lead to the Bible was Strange Stories, Amazing Facts from Reader’s Digest Books. …

Confessions of a wannabe cult leader — David wasn’t after your money. He didn’t want to put you down. He would go out of his way to help you if he could. All that he really wanted was for you to join with him in Bible study. Can you imagine anything more wholesome? …

Crucifixion as messiah repellent — Unlocking Texts by Merging Two Into One As I have mentioned in an earlier article, one of the cryptological methods employed within the Gospel of Thomas¹ is the splitting of a clue into two consecutive sayings that then need to be merged back into one. …

Ask a seven-day-old child about the place of life — This article is going to be a lot like my last one which you can read here. I’ve written these articles to demonstrate how the Gospel of Thomas¹ seems to operate. Let’s take a look at a fairly complex saying: Saying 11: Those Who Are Living Won’t Die Jesus said, “This heaven will disappear, and the one above…

Seeing beyond the divisions of gender — (1) Jesus saw infants being suckled. (2) He said to his disciples: “These little ones being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom.” (3) They said to him: “Then will we enter the kingdom as little ones?” (4) Jesus said to them: “When you make the two into one, and when you make the…

Lifting the curse of the vineyard — On wine and vineyards The Gospel of Thomas has a rather dark view of wine and vineyards. (40) Jesus says: (1) “A grapevine was planted outside of the Father. (2) And since it is not supported, it will be pulled up by its roots (and) will perish.” The saying seems to be talking about…

Advanced Christian numerology for non-believers — Trump as King Cyrus Trying to convince Christians that they are hypocrites for supporting a flagrant serial adulterer, an ignorant liar, and a conman grifter in Donald Trump is a genuinely hopeless task. One might say that Trump’s Christian supporters have been vaccinated against the obvious contradiction by a theological loophole. Trump is not…

When Happens When God Gives His Consent? — I’m not an atheist, but I sympathize with the atheists’ position. I follow a few blogs that share the interactions they have had with Christians. …