tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post8584287944646451632..comments2022-03-30T22:27:10.393-06:00Comments on The Path of Gnosis: How Dare We?Fr. Troy Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12059937568362451242noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-89720930710130211582009-06-07T20:01:01.988-06:002009-06-07T20:01:01.988-06:00I don't consider churches to be "evil&quo...I don't consider churches to be "evil" at all, necessarily - especially Gnostic ones.<br /><br />Just far less "essential" than they consider themselves.Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-32651761393330647952009-05-07T19:54:00.000-06:002009-05-07T19:54:00.000-06:00Apparently, no statement of facts can go without o...Apparently, no statement of facts can go without objection by someone.<br /><br />“We know of no Gnostic hermits, no solitary practitioners.” Apparently, there is one report of one hermit. The simple statement clearly says we <I>know</I> of none. This could be amended to read that we know of one with no change in the argument. One report in a tradition that spans continents and centuries does notFr. Troy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12059937568362451242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19821486.post-39059604491728503862008-12-26T02:51:00.000-07:002008-12-26T02:51:00.000-07:00It seems as if an individual's Freewill behaves mo...It seems as if an individual's Freewill behaves more like gasoline than water if applied, even lovingly, to this type of smoke and flame.<BR/><BR/>While watching television recently, I heard an interesting, unintended remark made by an addiction specialist treating a patient (which I will now mangle).<BR/> <BR/>While reviewing how the patient had been verbally attacking him, the doctor commented Echohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09224563593551120096noreply@blogger.com