examines the difference

pt 2

Reasons why I think agnosticism makes more sense than theism.

this is a vlog response to one of my friends over at youtube. sorry I had to split it in two. my mpg encoder wouldn't encode the whole thing.

Some texts from the NT that supported the Marcionism beliefs about Christ being apart from OT teachings : Romans 8:3, Luke 6:43-44, Mark 2:22

Marcionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcionism
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/info/marcion-wace.html
  more...
Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09645c.htm

Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1585&letter =A&search=Marcion

The Antithesis
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/3827/the_antithesis_c b.html


Tertullian "Against Marcion"
http://www.tertullian.org/articles/evans_marc/evans_marc_04b ook1_eng.htm

Interview with Bart Ehrman about Lost Christianities
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/150/story_15091_1.html

"Forcing the end" Jewish Background
CHRISTIANITY: A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Yeshua_Quest/index.php?showtopic =90

Kitos War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitos_War

Jewish-Roman War
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Jewish-Roman_War

Jewish messianic claimants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Messiah_claimants  less

Sorry about the title before. It copied wrong!

Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06592a.htm

Jewish Encyclopedia
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=280&letter= G&search=Gnostic
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Smadewell's:
Paul - Against Porot-Gnostic Archons: Rabbinic or Hellenistic Astrology?
http://z11.invisionfree.com/Yeshua_Quest/index.php?showtopic =46

The Nag Hammadi Library
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html

The Gospel of Philip
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html

The Apocalypse of Peter- May have influenced Dante's Inferno
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/apopet.html

The Gnostic Bible- By Willis Barnstone

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Wisdom Literature
Gospel of Thomas
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gosthom.html

Sethian
Who were they?
http://jdt.unl.edu/lithist.html

The Three steles of Seth
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/steles.html

Valentinian Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/index.html

The Gospel of Philip
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/gop.html

Syrian Literature

Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hymnpearl.htm

The Song of the Pearl
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hymnpearl.htm

Hermetic Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/hermet.htm

The Prayer of Thanksgiving
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/prat.html


Mandaean Literature
Who were they?
http://www.mandaeanworld.com/mandaeanworld1.html

The Ginza
http://www.gnosis.org/library/ginzarba.htm

Manichaean Literature
Who were they?
http://www.gnosis.org/library/manis.htm

Writings on Mani- Note the integration of Buddhist Ideas.
http://essenes.net/mythos.html

Islamic Gnostic Literature
http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/islamlit.htm
http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/islamic_gnosis_wisdom/

Some texts
http://www.gnosis.org/sufi.mystica.html

Cathar

Who were they?
http://www.languedoc-france.info/120101_beliefs.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathar

Cathar Texts
http://www.gnosis.org/library/cathtx.htm  less

...the whole nine yards...
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Sorry I stumbled through that one. I'm bad with names. I was able to find all the texts mentioned.

Many of the texts are lost and are only found in quotes of the Early Church Fathers. Hope you all enjoy   more...this.

I use the Hebrew word in order to possibly explain that they may have been like the Christians in Acts 4:32-37 This makes more sense to me.

The Gospel of the Ebionites
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/gospelebionites.h tml

The Gospel of the Nazarenes
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/nazoreans- ogg.html

Epistle of BARNABAS
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/barnabas- hoole.html

Letter of Peter to James.
http://bennieblount.org/Online/ECF/ANF/ANF-08/anf08-42.htm#P 3254_1014821

Simon Magus, a Formidable Antagonist.
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.vi.iii.iv.v.html

The Clementine Homilies
http://www.essene.com/ClementineHomilies/index.html  less

Sorry to be long winded. Have a drink and enjoy.

Early Christian Writings
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/alphabetical.html

The Quest of the Historical Jesus
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/schweitzer/
  more...
Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~humm/Resources/Bauer/bauer05.htm


Q: The Lost Sayings Source
Burton Mack's translation
http://www.cygnus-study.com/pageq.html  less

THE GNOSTIC SOCIETY LIBRARY
http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlalpha.html

Writings of the Early Church Fathers
http://www.ccel.org/

Texts that influenced my thinking:

Anchor Bible Commentary
New Jerome Commentary
  more...Lost Christianities
The Battle for God
The History of God
Who Wrote the New Testament
Dead Sea Scrolls
Power of the Myth
Myths to Live By
Nag Hammadi Library
The Gnostic Bible
Lost Scriptures
Golden Bough
Liberating the Gospels
Writings of the Early Church Fathers  less

My views concerning fundamentalism, extremism, research, and sources of information, debating ect. . Sorry to be long winded!

I take the Atheist Challenge

Are Christians really following the Ten Commandments? It appears not, if they completely ignore two of them (at least).
What is the way Christianity treats the Old Testament? Who decides which rules from   more...the Old Testament stay and which go?

All views are welcomed, this is a matter that quite interests me.  less

The first webisode of the Salvation Squad has finally arrived! In this introductory episode, the Salvation Squad will come face to face with one of their oldest enemies: the dreaded agnostic.

The Salvation   more...Squad is a deadly and professional merecenary group composed of three of the world's greatest religious figures: Justice Jesus, Chainsaw Claus, and Easter Bomber.

Justice Jesus is the leader of the group, and is an expert with firearms. Chainsaw Claus is 2nd in command and specializes in hand to hand combat. He is particularly adept with his handy chainsaw. The final member of the group is Easter Bomber. This bunny is the squad's demolitions and pyrotechnic expert. If it can burn or explode, the bunny will do both just for the hell of it.

These three iconic warriors combine their skills together to form the most feared and deadly force ever known to exist. They are committed to ridding the world of secular tyranny and taking us all back to simpler times.

They are the SALVATION SQUAD!


Music Generously Provided by Ryan Wiley and Matt Sanders. Thanks Guys!

Totem Nation Films
TotemToons@gmail.com  less

A short video on the subject of conspiracy theories and skepticism.

When one knows nothing about one particular subject, the only rational stance is an open-minded and skeptical agnosticism. Following   more...this, agnosticism becomes gnosticism and one is sufficiently armed to determine whether an idea has merit or if it's nothing more than a far-fetched "conspiracy theory".  less

Response to Castaa's "Dear God" question, "Why do you believe or disbelieve in the theory of evolution".
For me, when you look at anatomy, the fossil record, and genetics, evolution   more...just makes sense.  less

I think religion was the natural outgrowth of our ancestor's observations, coupled with the development of language and storytelling. They were simply trying to make sense of the world. There are many   more...different creation stories because we were spread out all over the planet as our cultures arose. Different cultures became separate because they grew up in unique surroundings. Religion served as a social glue, a set of ideals and beliefs that were the precursors of our secular laws.  less