I have heard of Gnostics in the 300's, A.D. and Gnostics in Southern France at the time of the Crusades. The earlier Gnostics pointed out that the God of the old testament was different from the God of the new testament. The old testament God chose sides and sent people to war. The God of Jesus was universally loving. The authorities at the time said there was only one God and killed the Gnostics. They also killed the later Gnostics. Well, those Gnostics walked into a fire rather than be converted.
Gnostics were wife, swapping whores
I have heard of Gnostics in the 300's, A.D. and Gnostics in Southern France at the time of the Crusades. The earlier Gnostics pointed out that the God of the old testament was different from the God of the new testament. The old testament God chose sides and sent people to war. The God of Jesus was universally loving. The authorities at the time said there was only one God and killed the Gnostics. They also killed the later Gnostics. Well, those Gnostics walked into a fire rather than be converted.
It was also very common for them to wife swap, and they became very degenerate.