>>8102429I hope I'm not giving the mis-impression that I'm just knee-jerk opposed to gnosticism because >muh pastor told me it's heresy.
I've laid awake many nights losing sleep about how one can tell what scripture can be trusted. I would literally cut off my own hand and throw it away if I could get a straight unambiguous answer from God about whether or not Gospel of Thomas is Christ's genuine sayings!
One should exercise considerable caution. The evil one likes to come to us in tempting disguises. Gnosticism seems really tempting because it's like an Initiation which sets you apart from others due to your superior intellect etc. But if you actually follow it to its logical ends, it would lead to a world of hedonism and degeneracy.
But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give this last [who did not spend a lifetime pondering esoteric riddles] man the same as I gave you." (Matthew 20:13-14, modified)
