At it's heart, gnosticism also detracts from and diminishes the weight of Christ's sacrifice, because it follows in the tradition of the Arian adoptionist perspective (; of Arius) pertaining to Christ's divinity, which implies that the Christ didn't really die on the cross, and that only the mortal shell of the husk the Christ possessed upon baptism died, so there's quite a few paradoxical heresies baked into the metatheology of its doctrine. It's real popular with petulant and recalcitrant edgelords, however.
In my opinion, it's a healthy step toward becoming closer to "Truth", as a sort of attempt to find proof through its disproof, but it's not a good place to "fix" ones views; it's a detour along the path to seeking Christ; a tangent(opposite of adjacent)if you Will.
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