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[RICHARD ROMEO]

L. Bernier says:  Yes, the early church fathers were appalled by the 
gnostics, because 

the gnostics upset the  (then emerging) power structure.    It wasn't 

about chaos vs. structure, it was about the individual pursuit of 

knowledge, and the idea that no one person (given that we are none of 

us omniscient) should be allowed to interpret scripture or any moral 

code for the rest of humanity.  The bible says nada about abortion, 

but the Catholic Church would have you believe it's the 11th 

commandment.  And who are you to argue if your access to studying the 

scripture is denied?  Better just to burn them as heretics, eh?

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Yes I agree with what the gnostics were so annoyed about and heck those 
church fathers weren't a nice bunch, but after reading a bit about both 
sides of the issue, it dawned on me that the Gnostics seemed to be a very 
elitist club.  



Is knowledge 'knowledge' because it's something we all agree upon as 
knowledge or can we get by with individual intuitions?  I'd say we need a 
bit of both   



Richard Romeo

Coordinator of Cooperating Collections

The Foundation Center-NYC

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