Gnosticism is bunk--literally the oldest lie in the Book.
Do you know it when you see it?
Discussion
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Alive and well inside the Church (repackaged as Dispensationaliasm) and outside the Church (a la transgenderisn and transhumanism)
*Dispensationalism
...hm that's one I've not heard before. What's the connection between gnosticism and dispy?
I will need to research further if there are historical links with gnosticism and Darby or the Brethren, but it seems Dispensationalism has, primarily through its eschatology, let in a lot of gnostic ideas. I should clarify that Dispensationalism itself isn't necessarily gnostic (at least I cannot currently make that argument), rather it has been a theological vehicle to bring in a lot of Gnostic thought into the Church — emphasis on the spiritual over the physical, a near repudiation of the material world (this is more apparent in some circles than others), minimizing the importance of space/place specifically in worship, *just passing through* mindset, escapism and their specific views on a spiritual heaven over a robust theology of physical resurrection and a new earth, a high time preference and a lack of emphasis on building things that last, etc.
I'll add that one can unknowingly have Gnostic-like ideas as a Christian and not be Dispy or premil, but I see the fruit most often in those circles (I was once in those circles).
I was, too. Appreciate this.
My brother is a Dispensensationalist and sends me videos he's watched from time to time to try to persuade me or to get my take on them. Here's one he sent me today, which reminded me of this post. I only could stand a few minutes of it, but it helped me see why Dispensensationalism is like Neo-Gnosticism: they claim to have special or esoteric knowledge about the End Times and when things take place, despite the fact that Jesus told His disciples it's not for you to know (Acts 1:7).