>old friend from middle school contacts me
>he is gnostic now

HELP MEEEEEE WHY IS THERE HERESY EVERYWHERE

@themilkman Going through his Manichean, Marcionist or just random Cult Phase?

@Waldbrand some esoteric shit with the demiurge and "gospel" of thomas

@themilkman To Early in my Studies, no Idea what that is (the Thomas Thing) @SuperLutheran

@Waldbrand @themilkman Fake Gospel written by people who thought that asceticism is the solution to everything and that their inner thoughts constituted dogma. It's an entry level subversive document meant to trick Christians into reading further, more heretical stuff.

@SuperLutheran @Waldbrand @themilkman Man people really be out here putting their keen and unregenerate minds to the task of religion and coming away with the most unappealing options of all time

@Robert_Edwardly @Waldbrand @themilkman Well yeah, but they won. There are icons of Sophia in moscow right now, and Christians are told that if they don't pray to Sophia through that icon, fast half the year and engage in mind-numbing contemplative prayer then they'll go straight to hell. Gnostic dogma and praxis saturates most of the Body of Christ to this day.

@SuperLutheran @Robert_Edwardly @Waldbrand @themilkman who's sophia

@reallyangry @SuperLutheran @Robert_Edwardly @Waldbrand @themilkman >Saint Sophia of Rome and her daughters openly confessed their Christian faith and were eventually denounced to the Emperor. Brought to Rome for trial, Hadrian marveled at the beauty of Saint Sophia, but realizing she was beyond his flattery, put each of her daughters on trial separately.

>Saint Sophia's efforts as a mother were rewarded as each of her faithful daughters refused to honor the pagan gods and, with her encouragement to place their faith in Christ the Heavenly Bridegroom, accepted the crown of martyrdom after torture and beheading.

>Emperor Hadrian, intending to make Saint Sophia suffer more, permitted her to take the bodies of her daughters. She placed their remains in coffins and reverently buried them on the top of a hill, sitting by their graves for three days and giving up her soul to God. Even though Saint Sophia did not suffer in the flesh for Christ, she was granted the crown of martyrdom for the suffering she endured in her heart.