Andrew Smith Theory Of Knowledge Essay

The Gnostics taught knowledge. They knew that if a person knew knowledge, not only would it transform him but it would also set him apart from others to a degree. But no amount of knowledge is worth anything if you don’t apply it to your life. As cited in Gnostics by Andrew Smith: “True knowledge is direct, personal knowing, acquaintance, recognition, familiarity with God as one might know an ideal father or mother or friend or lover.” The physical or matter is a world that is deceptive by nature. The body is a rug or a coat that has been pulled over the spirit, and the soul to blind you from the truth. The body is an animal, and its rulers reside in the unseen or the spirit. The body can become tied into spirit once the body engages in the

For example, in Judaism, in order to eat an animal, the person has to raise the animal a specific way then pray for the animal then proceed to kill the animal in a specific way.
Another example of asceticism and libertinism is Christianity that was derived from Judaism. In Christianity, the person must be celibate and has to wait till marriage in order to have sex. There are even some forms of Christianity that even in marriage one can’t have sex that way. In the book of Thomas, he says in verse 14, “If you fast, you will bring sin on yourselves.” But in verse 27, he says, “If you do not fast from the world, you shalt not find the Kingdom.” Fasting is only an interpreted world to routines and customs. Sex is an appetite that is different from the others that the body possesses. Sex is the manifestation of the passion two people hate for each other. Yet at the same time, too much sex can be used as a weapon or a device to weaken oneself. For example, when a man leaves a woman after impregnating her, the male can just leave and cut his ties to her. But because the female has to carry the baby for nine months, she has to take the risk of damaging her body to abort the child. Now an example of weakening the body is after the male ejaculates, not only does the male not want to reside alongside the female. He loses his energy and usually goes right to