I am asked this question...I say I am Catholic. Simply because I go to a Catholic church to partake in the Eucharist. I am well aware of the mistake within the question itself, but what is the proper answer if someone asks? I do not want to go into preaching more about God, because I may be mistaken in my own thoughts as well.
Accepted Answer
First, you should understand that Gnosis is not a religion according to the common understanding of that word. That is to say, it is not a set of beliefs, nor an identity we use to classify ourselves. You are welcome to call yourself any religion that you like, or none at all. Samael Aun Weor said in The Perfect Matrimony:
I think it is also instructive to meditate upon the words of the Apostle Paul:
This is a very delicate issue, and as I see it, the apostle is not encouraging us to lie or be disingenuous. However, he recognized the conditioning that afflicts the minds of so many people, and how often people prejudge the message they are hearing based on their (religious) biases, because they do not know how to listen.
Out of compassion for those people, in order to help them we often need to skillfully navigate the minefield of their minds, and meet them where they are, rather than having them come to us. This encompasses many things, but in the context of your question, can involve utilizing language, stories, symbols, and scriptures that the person we are trying to serve will understand and accept. Meeting them where they are when the need arises to serve.
Practice what you will, study in any school that you like. Pray in the temple that pleases you the most, but practice Sexual Magic. Live the path of the Perfect Matrimony. We are not against any holy religion, school, order, or sect. All of these sacred institutions are necessary. Nevertheless, we advise you to live the path of the Perfect Matrimony. The Perfect Matrimony is not opposed to any religious way of life or to the esoteric practices of Holy Yoga.
The Gnostic Movement is made up of people from all religions, schools, lodges, sects, orders, etc.
I think it is also instructive to meditate upon the words of the Apostle Paul:
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. - 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
This is a very delicate issue, and as I see it, the apostle is not encouraging us to lie or be disingenuous. However, he recognized the conditioning that afflicts the minds of so many people, and how often people prejudge the message they are hearing based on their (religious) biases, because they do not know how to listen.
Out of compassion for those people, in order to help them we often need to skillfully navigate the minefield of their minds, and meet them where they are, rather than having them come to us. This encompasses many things, but in the context of your question, can involve utilizing language, stories, symbols, and scriptures that the person we are trying to serve will understand and accept. Meeting them where they are when the need arises to serve.
Accepted Answer
First, you should understand that Gnosis is not a religion according to the common understanding of that word. That is to say, it is not a set of beliefs, nor an identity we use to classify ourselves. You are welcome to call yourself any religion that you like, or none at all. Samael Aun Weor said in The Perfect Matrimony:
I think it is also instructive to meditate upon the words of the Apostle Paul:
This is a very delicate issue, and as I see it, the apostle is not encouraging us to lie or be disingenuous. However, he recognized the conditioning that afflicts the minds of so many people, and how often people prejudge the message they are hearing based on their (religious) biases, because they do not know how to listen.
Out of compassion for those people, in order to help them we often need to skillfully navigate the minefield of their minds, and meet them where they are, rather than having them come to us. This encompasses many things, but in the context of your question, can involve utilizing language, stories, symbols, and scriptures that the person we are trying to serve will understand and accept. Meeting them where they are when the need arises to serve.
Practice what you will, study in any school that you like. Pray in the temple that pleases you the most, but practice Sexual Magic. Live the path of the Perfect Matrimony. We are not against any holy religion, school, order, or sect. All of these sacred institutions are necessary. Nevertheless, we advise you to live the path of the Perfect Matrimony. The Perfect Matrimony is not opposed to any religious way of life or to the esoteric practices of Holy Yoga.
The Gnostic Movement is made up of people from all religions, schools, lodges, sects, orders, etc.
I think it is also instructive to meditate upon the words of the Apostle Paul:
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. - 1 Corinthians 9:19-22
This is a very delicate issue, and as I see it, the apostle is not encouraging us to lie or be disingenuous. However, he recognized the conditioning that afflicts the minds of so many people, and how often people prejudge the message they are hearing based on their (religious) biases, because they do not know how to listen.
Out of compassion for those people, in order to help them we often need to skillfully navigate the minefield of their minds, and meet them where they are, rather than having them come to us. This encompasses many things, but in the context of your question, can involve utilizing language, stories, symbols, and scriptures that the person we are trying to serve will understand and accept. Meeting them where they are when the need arises to serve.
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