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I've only recently started reading the source material and I've learned that the Gnostics believe that the God in the Torah is actually an imperfect God (described as resembling a dragon) and not the true Father of everything. Jesus Christ's father is not the Torah God but the true Father of everything. Jesus Christ was trying to save humanity from the Torah God.

Seems pretty accurate to me. Many people say that jews worship the devil. Well, the Gnostics basically said the same thing in texts over 2000 years old. I've also heard the Torah God is a dragon bit before and thought it was a modern view. I didn't realize it literally was written in texts 2200 years old.
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I doubt there's much confusion since in the Apocyphon of John it says: "The Father looked at Barbelo in the unstained light that surrounds the invisible Spirit and his radiance, and from him, she conceived. In this way, he generated a flame of light in the light, in the form of blessing, but it is not equal to his greatness. It is the only child of the Metropator, which emerged. It is born by him alone, the only son of the father, pure light. The invisible and virgin spirit rejoiced at the light that arose, which appeared through the first power of his Pronoia, that is, through Barbelo."

Essentially, the Father, the son and the invisible virgin spirit are the trinity in this context.

The resurrection is the reason the Catholic Church declared Gnostics as heretics. The Gnostics believe that Jesus did resurrect but as his true form which is "pure light".
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CaptainTrouble on scored.co
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Yeah, I'm not surprised. This is why I ordered the original texts to read because I hate reading second-hand information. It's almost always skewed.

"However, I saw someone coming near us who looked like the one who was laughing on the tree (cross). He was filled with the Holy Spirit, and it was the Savior. There was a great light surrounding them, indescribable light and countless angels blessing them... ...The one who was released is my incorporeal body. I am the rational Spirit, full of radiant light. The one you saw approaching me is the spiritual Fullness, uniting perfect light with the Holy Spirit in me... That is why I said, 'To everyone who has, more will be given,' and 'Whoever has nothing,' - which refers to the man of this world who is completely dead - 'will have everything taken away'. And if someone manifests from the immortal being, they think they will capture him; 'to him it will be given and will be taken from the one who is.' But you, be brave and do not fear anyone, for I will be with you so that none of your enemies will have power over you. Peace be with you; be strong." When the Savior had said this, Peter came to himself. The Apocalypse of Peter." - Apocalypse of Peter
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