Sciencing Gnosticism: – A seditionist movement (good or bad) – A cult (secret kn

Sciencing Gnosticism:
– A seditionist movement (good or bad)
– A cult (secret knowledge)
– Dual morality and ethics
– Amorality and immorality
– admission of failure on the real world
– admission of powerlessness in the real world
– psychological sedation for failure and powerlessness

Gnosticism emphasises esoteric, internally revealed knowledge and is a demonstration of confirmation bias, where individuals favor information that confirms their pre-existing beliefs or hypotheses. Gnosticism’s focus on inner revelation as a source of truth highlights the human tendency to internalize and prioritize subjective experiences or insights over objective, external evidence.

Translating Gnosticism into scientific or behavioral terms involves viewing its core concepts through the lens of cognitive processes, psychological states, and mechanisms of learning and change.

While Gnosticism as a religious or philosophical system encompasses beliefs and practices beyond the immediate scope of empirical science, framing its key aspects in terms of cognitive and behavioral processes provides a bridge to understanding its appeal.

This approach emphasizes the human quest for meaning, the resolution of cognitive dissonance, and the transformative power of knowledge, all of which are central themes in both Gnosticism and the scientific study of human behavior.

—“Gnostics intentionally deceive people, by claiming they have special knowledge and then use claims of special knowledge to manipulate people, usually baiting people into hazard. We practice our piety through evil. Summon demons to control masses by morality. change morality so that they can control the public. They control the demons through their superior knowledge of evil . so they are dualistic in their understanding.”—(David Livingstone (black muslim from montreal))

The gnostics like the jews and muslims have dual ethics ingroup vs outgroup. To them morality is a weakness.

It can’t scale because the people become wise to the lie.