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Opened a can of worms by reading Dick’s VALIS

I’m now going to have to read his 900+ page exegesis, ...
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
you retards are illiterate hillbillies, hth
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
gnosticism would make sense if it wasn't completely at odds ...
Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit
  10/13/25
gnosticism flourished in the early christian era, it was bru...
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
It doesn't make sense attached to Christianity in the sense ...
Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit
  10/13/25
it's easy to square christianity with gnosticism, the first ...
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
it's only easy if you literally ignore Jesus's quoted statem...
Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit
  10/13/25
it's a natural end-state for 200+ IQ autists
Thriller Henna Kitty
  10/13/25
Have you read it?
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
yes, but in UG. Went through a huge PKD phase. Try "Flo...
Thriller Henna Kitty
  10/13/25
they made a shitlib TV series out of that one, no? personal...
useless site codepig
  10/13/25
fair point re metaphysics. good follow-on is Radio Free Albe...
Thriller Henna Kitty
  10/13/25
albemuth was his last published novel, i think. i think i c...
useless site codepig
  10/13/25


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Date: October 13th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: useless site codepig

I’m now going to have to read his 900+ page exegesis, sigh, and who knows what else maybe . He’s too evolved, he’s deeply keyed into the Jung/gnostic stuff similar to my approach but not entirely, and he had an interesting vision/epiphany which changed his world

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345815)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:21 AM
Author: useless site codepig

you retards are illiterate hillbillies, hth

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345864)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:22 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit

gnosticism would make sense if it wasn't completely at odds with the life and ministry of the historical Jesus

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345866)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:23 AM
Author: useless site codepig

gnosticism flourished in the early christian era, it was brutally suppressed by the satanic this-world-focused power hungry church

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345869)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:26 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit

It doesn't make sense attached to Christianity in the sense of any sort of Jesus based religion.

It makes sense as sci-fi Matrix and general philosophical approach to theodicy I guess (although overly engineered explanation)

Square this with gnosticism:

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345875)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:27 AM
Author: useless site codepig

it's easy to square christianity with gnosticism, the first thing to point to is the temptations of christ where satan offers christ rulership over all of the nations of the world, implying that satan is in charge of this reality. try squaring that with the goodness of this world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345883)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Cruel-hearted Primrose Pit

it's only easy if you literally ignore Jesus's quoted statements that demonstrate nothing more than orthordox Christitianity such as:

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money

And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.



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Date: October 13th, 2025 12:01 PM
Author: Thriller Henna Kitty

it's a natural end-state for 200+ IQ autists

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345965)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 12:10 PM
Author: useless site codepig

Have you read it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345991)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: Thriller Henna Kitty

yes, but in UG. Went through a huge PKD phase. Try "Flow My Tears" for some underrated dystopian action

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49345995)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 12:13 PM
Author: useless site codepig

they made a shitlib TV series out of that one, no? personally, i always liked dick's short sci fi stories vs his bigger novels - i was interested in his ideas and not the character play. even in VALIS i would prefer that he ditch all the characters and just delve into metaphysics directly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49346002)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 12:21 PM
Author: Thriller Henna Kitty

fair point re metaphysics. good follow-on is Radio Free Albemuth

dunno on TV series

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49346014)



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Date: October 13th, 2025 4:34 PM
Author: useless site codepig

albemuth was his last published novel, i think. i think i confused the book you mentioned with the man in the high castle tv series shitlib slop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5786018&forum_id=2Ã#49346732)