@plotinus_enjoyer @BowsacNoodle @Witch_Hunter_Siegfried @WhiteJihadJaws @grey @Thickasabrick In my reasoned opinion, flawed though it is and may be, I am convinced that “Gnosticism” represents a fairly broad family of syncretistic attempts at reconciling the conflicts and dramatic tension that existed/exists between Apostiolic Christianity, and Classical Hellenism (including some other significant religious influences current in the Mediterranean World at the time).
I’m not a recognized authority on the subject; merely a very interested and somewhat educated layman on the topic. I set out at one point to understand why and how Orthodoxy became the nearly-unanimous opinion of the Ancient Greeks, as I‘m convinced such an understanding yields valuable insight into everything.
As usual, I’m not interested in getting into religious arguments on the internet; this is all primarily a learning exercise for my own and my family’s edification.