Kushana's Bible Question Page: Recent Comments

Comment on Did the Gnostics Care About Christ?

Kushana Torumekia — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:36:01 GMT

Dear Bill,

The types of Gnosticism which mentioned Christ's death usually regarded it as part of a divine and eternal plan to combat primordial evil (the Archons). That said, most forms of Gnosticism were more interested in what Christ was before he appeared on earth, how he made the trip from the divine realm to earth (as a guide for how his followers could avoid the evil entities which guarded each level of heaven in their own journey to that realm), and what Christ taught after being resurrected from the dead.

This is why many scholars now disagree with what the Church Fathers said about Gnosticism: the main ideas in most types of Gnosticism did not come from Christianity and do not depend on Christian doctrines or on distortions of the Bible. Gnosticism probably had several ancient sources, for some types of Gnosticism this included some Christian themes and ideas.

Yours,

Kushana

Comment on Did the Gnostics Care About Christ?

Bill — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 04:59:57 GMT

So theologically speaking, WHY did Christ die? What was the purpose from a theological perspective?

Comment on An Invitation

Kushana Torumekia — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:18:27 GMT

There have been some excellent recent books on Nestorian Christianity (and on Manichaeism, which revered Jesus and used some Christian scriptures), any one of them would answer your question.

-Kushana

Comment on An Invitation

Kushana Torumekia — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:14:50 GMT

Not that I know of: read Gregory Riley's Resurrection Reconsidered for why resurrection (and immortality) of the ordinary physical body was not part of early Christianity's cultural vocabulary.

-Kushana

Comment on An Invitation

theophila — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:30:53 GMT

Or, more biblically, has the Fourth Gospel ever been read (by a community who left records) as an immortality manual along the lines of taoist spiritual alchemy, taking "eternal life" utterly literally?

Comment on An Invitation

theophila — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:56:19 GMT

What did Christianity mean to the central asian tribes in late antiquity and early middle ages?
We have some idea of what they had in terms of writings based on what made it to china, and we have the communications with the "nestorian" patriarch, but what do we have in the way of artifacts or graves to indicate what their christian practice consisted of?

Comment on Excuse Me, My Cell Phone Is Ringing

Ted Williams — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:26:05 GMT

You do have to love Ted Dekker. Also thank you for your article on the Unhidden Bible. It's amazing how these folks continue to distort Biblical scholarship.

Comment on Online Evangelical Schools Growing

shimla hotels — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:34:25 GMT

This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away for free. I love seeing websites that understand the value of providing a quality resource for free.

Comment on My Good Enough Blog

Coeli — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:18:56 GMT

That's priceless. "Your writing is of adequate academic quality for other people to claim as their own." What a compliment.

Comment on Gabriel's Revelation

diziizleyelim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:29 GMT

Thanks My Friend..