NAG HAMMADI

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Have you heard of Gnostics Gospels?

Here is a two-part article on the Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown:

Part 1 of a Special Planet Envoy Critique of The Da Vinci Code

Part 2 of a Special Planet Envoy Critique of The Da Vinci Code

Read on and throw in your additional questions.



Here is an excerpt of part 1:

In addition, there is the misleading notion that the Gnostic writings are consistently pro-woman, while the New Testament writings–and thereby the authors of those books–are anti-woman. This idea also arises in The Da Vinci Code. After quoting from the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, where Peter complains about Mary’s closeness to Christ, Sir Leigh Teabing states: "I daresay Peter was something of a sexist." (p. 24. He then remarks that "Jesus was the original feminist. He intended for the future of His Church to be in the hands of Mary Magdalene" (p. 24.

But Brown never bothers to have his characters quote from the final verse of the Gospel of Thomas, the most famous of the Gnostic texts. That verse states: "Simon Peter said to them: ‘Let Mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life.’ Jesus said, "I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the kingdom of heaven" (v. 114). This passage and others like it do not fit well with the feminist view of the Gnostics, just as the Church’s positive treatment of women throughout history does not compare well with the negative picture often depicted by feminist groups.

Here is also a two-part article on gnosticism:

Gnosticism and the Gnostic Jesus

The Gnostic Gospels: Part Two

Thank you.

[shoeless_rebel]

as we all know dan brown is a fiction author though he based everything on facts and actual history but it doesn't mean that his writings can be taken as his interpretation of history

Well, I didn't know he was basing "on facts and actual history", are lies suddenly truths now? Are half-truths suddenly complete truths, now?

take it easy bro... have you even read his books? it's fiction i know but the palces and events were real like bernini's work, proof of bernini's link with the illuminati and stuff like that... i'm not saying the story itself is real... i'm not some kind of a zealot u know hehehehehe... ur funny

[shoeless_rebel]

and oh yeah... i forgot. in case of doubt houndedbyheaven? google it

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[richmack27]

for me, as with any books, it can be altered... same with the bible... you see, the bible is written not by the gods, but by humans only.... therefore, the ink and the words used can be altered... we cant say that the religion that we have right now and its teachings are the same with what they had hundreds of years ago.... there had been some flaws and people who are seated with powere ( popes, religious people) during the ancient times could have already changed the contents of the bible to what it is right now.... i myself am a devoted catholic, i fear GOD, and god alone... i believe in him and his existence and in him alone... i dont believe some (75%) of the thingsthat the bible or other priests are telling us, because i believe what they are teaching/telling us are already the results of hundreds of years of change done in the bible and its teachings... ^_^

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Mas maayo adto ni niyo tiwason sa Spirituality & Occult. Dili sa Politics & Current Events.

[pinoyapache]

I agree...

[amingb]

St. Jerome did not Doctor the Bible when he translated it into latin .. Until now the Vulgate is still the Reference or sources of Todays Bible ....