Who created God? Who is "God"?

The Monad [GOD, Brahman], Sophia, and the Demiurge explained | Gnostic Origins #gnosis #gnosticism #hempenology

This secret GODDESS banned from the Bible #gnostic #ChristConsciousness #ExChristian

The Myth of Sophia and the Demiurge - Real reason God destroyed Sodom #gnostic #demiurge

9 Sophia’s Fall: The Birth of the Demiurge - Jesus says Lucifer (Angel of Light) was right

Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal: God, no God? Do Buddhists pray?

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Who created God? Who is God? (The Vedas)

Who created God? Who is God? Ancient wisdom of Vedas

• GOD? Brahman (Godhead)
• GOD? Monad (Gnosticism)
• The Buddha was a nontheist, not an atheist
• Brahma ("Supreme")
• Devas in Buddhism ("Deities")
• Devas in Jainism
• Saccidānanda (Sat, Chit, Ananda means truth, mind, and bliss)
• Demigods
• Devas in Hinduism
• The Vedas ("Knowledge Books")
• Buddhism, the God-Idea, and earthly human origins
• Aeon (Gnosticism)
• Sophia (Gnosticism)
• Demiurge
• Yaldabaoth

Sophia births the Demiurge #Sophia - True Gnostic interpretation of Eve + the Demiurge

Eve didn’t come from Adam’s RIB, they lied - Gnostic Sophia (Refutation of All Heresies)

God admits the Serpent was right | Revelation - Sophia and the Demiurge: Gnostic Creation

Shocking truth about Gnostic concept of the Demiurge - Gnostic Sophia: Origins of the world

Gnostic Lore Part 1: Abraxas/Mary Magdaline/Quantum Sophia/

The Apocrypha of John and its parallels

(Alan Watts) It's ALL a show, the lila ("divine play" of God or Pure Consciousness), this Samsara (painful Round of Rebirth), this Maya (illusion)

The Buddha confronted "God" and said: "You're not the Creator" 

(Buddha's Wisdom by Matt) The universe has no creator | Here's what Buddhism says instead

Atheism is wrong, right? (South Park)

(Armchair Analysis) When South Park hilariously satirized ATHEISM?

Ancient Indian atheism: materialism

(Stephan's History of the World) The atheists of ancient India ("Nothing exists after death")

The Vedas are wrong? Karma has no effects?

Charvaka (Sanskrit चार्वाक, Cārvāka), also known as Lokāyata ("world only"), is an ancient Indian school of materialism [1].

It is an example of the atheistic schools in the ancient Indian philosophies [a][3][b][5][c].

Charvaka holds that only direct perception (seeing with my own eyes, experiencing with my own senses), empiricism (provable, objective scientific method), and conditional inference (logical deduction and argument) are proper sources of knowledge; it embraces philosophical skepticism and rejects all ritualism [4][6][7][8][9].

In other words, the Charvaka epistemology (the study of how we know or decide that things are true) states that whenever one infers a truth from a set of observations or truths, one must acknowledge doubt; inferred knowledge is conditional [10]. It was a well-attested belief system in ancient India [d].

Brihaspati, a [heretical] philosopher, is traditionally referred to as the founder of the Charvaka or Lokāyata philosophy, although some scholars dispute this [11, 12].

• The Buddha taught a way to be rid of (wrong) views
• Heterodox schools of Indian philosophy | PPTX

On Lokayata | Indic Civilizational Portal

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Charvaka developed during the Hindu reformation period in the first millennium BCE [13] and is considered a philosophical predecessor to subsequent or contemporaneous heterodox philosophies such as Ajñāna, Ājīvika, Jainism, and Buddhism [14].

Its teachings have been compiled from historic secondary literature such as those found in the shastras, sutras, and Indian epic poetry [15].

Charvaka is categorized as one of the nāstika or "heterodox" schools of Indian philosophy [16, 17]. More

• Heresy in Buddhism: Six Heretical Teachers at the time of the historical Buddha
• Akriyavada: denying the efficacy of karma (deeds) to produce results in the future

Christians: These other religions are false

Nice Jesus the Anointed One, the Christ (Kristos) loves a prosperity gospel in his name?

Why Christians say these 10 religions are false

Is this fool's gold? It looks so shiny and pure.

For millions of faithful followers calling themselves "true Christians," truth isn’t a spectrum but a line drawn by scripture, and these ten belief systems cross it in ways they say matter eternally. [Should other religions be banned when Trump is installed as True Leader before Christmas 2026?]

Religion is often a hot topic at dinner tables across the country, especially when beliefs clash over who holds the ultimate truth about life and the afterlife.

Hey, you Goddamned sinners, send me $$!

For many Christians, their Bible serves as the final rulebook, the final truth, and any belief or faith that deviates in the slightest from [their translation and interpretation of] its core teachings is frequently viewed as missing the mark ("sinful").

This perspective stems from a deep belief and conviction that spiritual truth is not subjective but a narrow path defined by specific scriptures, some of which are apocryphal or not really found written anywhere, like the details of the "Rapture" to come.

While modern human society often encourages a flexible approach to spirituality, orthodox Christianity draws hard lines in stone regarding the nature of God and what counts as "salvation." Everyone else is wrong.

This often leads to strong disagreements over the validity of other faith systems (and often bigger fights within a single system, sect, or Christian denomination, some of which have no right to even call themselves "Christian"), from ancient traditions to newer spiritual movements.

Here is a look at ten belief systems that Christians often reject, along with the theological reasons they push back against them....

1. Mormons and Latter-Day Saints
2. Islam and the Prophet Mohammed [PBUH]
3. Jehovah's Witnesses and the Watchtower
4. Scientology and Thetans [but genocidal Ziontology is okay]
5. Hinduism and the many gods [here's looking at you, Usha]
6. Buddhism and the Path to Nirvana
7. Wicca and Modern Paganism
8. New Age Spirituality
9. Unitarian Universalism
10. Atheism and Secular Humanism.

Coming in at Number 6, Buddhism and the Path to Nirvana: While Christians often respect the ethical discipline of Buddhism, they reject its central non-theistic stance (which many take as atheistic).

Buddhism does not acknowledge an ultimate Creator God (like Maha Brahma, the "Great Supremo" who imagines himself the Creator of all things), which is the very foundation of the Christian worldview

• [with their Demiurge Yaldabaoth the vengeful Judge Yahweh/Jehovah of the Old Testament, even if Jesus spoke out against this impostor in the name of the True God of Light that stands behind everything, a kind of Brahman figure behind the illusion of Maya, if one only took Gnostic texts into consideration as was the case before the official Church banned and burned any such gospels and teachings by Jesus].

The Buddha taught the Path to Nirvana

The ultimate goal of Nirvana (the "Deathless," "freedom from all suffering and further rebirth"), which is the cessation of craving and cycling and wandering through the illusory and miserable Wheel of Life and Death (Samsara), is viewed as a hopeless end compared to the Christian promise of eternal life.

Christians also disagree with the idea that suffering is something to escape solely through human effort and mental cleansing. They believe that suffering has purpose and that God is present with believers through their torments, trials, and tribulations. [Smile, the Christian God wants you to suffer.]

A study by Arizona Christian University found that only 4% of American adults hold a biblical worldview, which might help to explain why Eastern philosophies (such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Sufism to some extent) are gaining traction over traditional church teachings.

• [Adding an "-ism" to any word or doctrine is a good way to discredit it right off the bat, at least in the imperial Christ-ism/ propaganda we are fed in the West.]
• MSN (Why Christians say these 10 religions are false) edited by Wisdom Quarterly

A hidden secret behind all religions

• Brahman versus Maya
• Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
• The Hero with a Thousand Faces
• Quantum vacuum state
• God is Love
• Is it possible to love everyone boundlessly?

Wisdom Quarterly converts to Gnosticism

OM, knowledge is king and compassion queen.

Big announcement: Beginning tomorrow, Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal will switch to Gnosticism, having been convinced by Prof. Pagels and other Gnostic Bible scholar like Prof. Bart D. Ehrman, Dr. Ammon Hillman, The Gnostic Informant, and Danny Jones... Of Gnosticism, Dr. Hillman explains, these teachings are timeless, but that is not to say eternal. They are aionic, outside of time, just as can be said of the historical Buddha's Dhamma, recorded in the Tipitaka, the Timeless Teaching, which the Vedas (and Brahminical Mahayana Buddhism) call the Sanatan Dharma, "the Eternal Truth."

Watch the full documentary movie FREE right now at christspiracy.com

Ancient Greek expert: Jesus Christ used children as drugs | Dr. Ammon Hillman

• The official Christian/Catholic European Church doesn't want you to know, so this knowledge is banned! Avert your eyes from forbidden wisdom...or else!
• Gnosticism
• Gnosticism in modern times
• Princeton Prof. Elaine Pagels, Bible scholar, The Gnostic Gospels
• Professor Elaine Pagels' The Gnostic Gospels
• Dr. Ammon Hillman, Greek Bible scholar, on ancient drugs
• Christspiracy: The Spirituality Secret: Jesus the Nazarene (St. Issa as he was called in Tibetan Buddhism of Ladakh as recorded in Hemis Gompa) was a kind and compassionate vegan

The latest revelation from MorgueOfficial, a creepy name but a good person

• MorgueOfficial, Gnostic Teacher, Wisdom Quarterly, April 1, 2025

What is the history and point of April Fool's Day? - Who's the God? I'M the God, Lord Craig!

Why I'm not a Christian (Bert Russell)

Why I'm NOT a Christian | Bertrand Russell

(Jupitar Star) This thought-provoking video explores Bertrand Russell's classic essay, "Why I'm Not a Christian," in which the logician and renowned philosopher outlines his reasons for rejecting Christianity and organized religion.

(A Dose of Reason) Why organized religion makes absolutely NO sense

Russell critiques the historical and philosophical foundations of Christianity, addressing topics such as the problem of evil, the lack of empirical evidence for religious claims, and the contradictions within religious texts.

Alan Watts for when we think too much, what is the question?

Through logical reasoning and intellectual clarity, Russell presents a compelling case for skepticism and atheism (or at least rejection of monotheistic claims by the Abrahamic faiths), challenging traditional beliefs while encouraging viewers to think critically about religion and its role in society.

(MorgeOfficial) How to prove God doesn't exist - Why are women ill-treated in the Bible?

#atheist #theism #nontheism #religion #questions #science #atheism #bible #truth #catholic

Alan Watts for when you think too much

(T&H - Inspiration & Motivation) Alan Watts gives a clarifying and powerfully insightful lecture on knowing, religion, Jesus, and the big questions we ask. "Life is not a problem, in other words, not a contest between ourselves and our environment. This conception of life turns out to be basically phony." Original audio source: Alan Watts, "Extended Seminars, Early Radio Talks - Ghosts" (T&H).

• Jupitar Star, March 26, 2025; A Dose of Reason (YouTube), 2024; T&H - Inspiration & Motivation, Oct. 23, 2023; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Let us repeat God's name (Gnostic)

When God was asked its name, the answer that came was: I am. Who? I am that I am. But did the Teacher not teach that we ourselves are God (GOD, Godhead, Godhood, Brahman?) in a state where we imagine separation from source, from the All One, from connection?

If so, could it be that I am that "I am" of which they speak when asking God's real name? Why did the Church and ancient Judaism forbid the pronunciation of this "name"?

It's interesting that a part of Eight Limb (Ashtanga) Yoga is japa, or the repetition of a divine name (or God's name) as a mantra ("mind instrument") for concentration/meditation.

This "Word of God" was BANNED for being TOO POWERFUL

This "Word of God" was BANNED for being too powerful

(MorgueOfficial) Started streaming March 24, 2025: An ancient divine force was hidden, silenced, and nearly erased. Why? Because it revealed a truth too powerful for religion to control. This isn’t the Word you read in church… See Dawn of the New Earth (The Neogenian Dawn)

Not in my officially-approved state religion!

Jesus is Caesar's Messiah (Joseph Atwill)

• YHWH (Yahweh, Jehovah, YHVH) is, in Kabbala, the Tetragrammaton, which is four characters (yodh, he, waw, he) representing the Four Elements (the dhātus or maha-bhuta in Buddhism). If "spirit" (sh or shin) is inserted in the middle, the name becomes Yeheshua (Yahoshua, Yeshua, Yesus, Iesus, Issa, Yahoo, etc.)
• Mahā-bhūta: The four "primary elements" (or ultimate characteristics of matter), is another name for the Four Eements (dhātu) underlying all materiality.
• Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus

Karma? Why atheism with Ricky Gervais

(Felepa) Atheist comedians, Part 1: A variety of comedians go on about religions oppression

Ricky Gervais: Why I'm an Atheist

By Ricky Gervais, Wall Street Journal via Dan Pizarro

"You can't say that!" - "You can."

Ricky Gervais is the writer and star of HBO's Ricky Gervais Out of England 2: The Stand-Up Special (website: rickygervais.com).

"Why don't you believe in God?" I get that question all the time. I always try to give a sensitive, reasoned answer. This is usually awkward, time consuming, and pointless.

Buddhism and the God-Idea

People who believe in God don't need proof of his [her, its] existence, and they certainly don't want evidence to the contrary. They are happy with their belief. They even say things like, "It's true to me" and "It's faith."

I still give my logical answer because I feel that not being honest would be patronizing and impolite. It is ironic, therefore, that to say, "I don't believe in God because there is absolutely no scientific evidence for his existence" or "from what I've heard, the very definition is a logical impossibility in this known universe" comes across as both patronizing and impolite. More

Stand up comedian Ricky Gervais: I am WOKE now! - I'll be a humanist, a hedonist, a materialist

For those who care about this sort of thing, here is a link (wsj.com) to an essay by British standup comedian Ricky Gervais about his reasons for being an atheist and how he deals with it in a world that is predominately hostile towards his lack of belief. His views also happen to be my own (Dan Piraro).

Buddhism is non-theistic, not atheistic

All of them seem convincing. I won't believe any

What's the difference? Well, a theist thinks he knows there is a God. An atheist thinks he knows there isn't. An agnostic doesn't know, isn't sure, or is afraid to say/decide, whereas a nontheist knows and says that whether there is a God or not, what has that to do with my enlightenment, my awakening, my liberation (salvation, emancipation, deliverance) from ignorance, craving, hatred, fear, suffering, and rebirth? The disappointment/pain I experience comes about as the results of my deeds (actions of mind, speech, and body), my views, words, and conduct. If there is a God that's still true. I can see it as true. If there is no God that's still true. I can see that for myself, reflecting in my own life along the lines of the Buddha's discourse called the Kalama Sutta.

Why did the Buddha have so many followers?

Now, people think the Kalama Sutra says, "Think whatever you want, and don't believe whatever you don't want." That's not what it says at all. Keep reading. The Kalamas didn't know how to decide which spiritual teacher or teaching (doctrine) was right. They all sounded good and said the others were wrong. When the Buddha came to teach, they first questioned him about this problem of not knowing who or what to believe since they all sounded good and had a point. So the Buddha taught them in such a way that it did not depend on him or his authority, reasoning, charisma, or anything else but their own experience. He asked them the question, Can you see from your own experience that greed, hatred, and delusion arise in a person for their own harm, the harm of others, and the harm of society? Or how is it? In the same way, the same question may be asked in reverse: Can you see from your own experience that nongreed (letting go), nonhatred (love, compassion, joy in others' joy, unbiased calm), nondelusion (wisdom, knowing, clarity) arise in a person for their own benefit, the benefit of others, and the benefit of society? The Kalamas could see that, not as a belief or blind faith in this or that teacher but from their own personal experience in life. If you can see that, then maybe you can see that bringing about the end of greed. hatred, and delusion is good and a teaching (doctrine or Dharma) that does that is of benefit and maybe something you'd like to learn. They did. So the Buddha taught them without reference to books, authorities, teachers, views, or biases. They were amazed. This made sense. This made sense because they could see that it was true from their own observations and experiences not someone else's.

The Buddha was not a teacher of God, not a prophet or disciple of God. He was a teacher of Karma, an advocate of the right understanding that things happen to us because of our deeds, life after life. What happens to us in any existence is intimately wrapped up in our deeds of body, speech, and mind (the views, opinions, preferences, and biases we hold). "Karma: It's everywhere you're going to be."

Shaolin Master Shi Heng Yi on Karma as "God"? - The founder of Hindu-ism is Adi Shankara

who did not invent the Eternal Way of Life (Sanatan Dharma), Vedas, yoga but turned made the ism

• Could Christians mean impersonal Karma when they speak of a personal God alive in the world? "Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows [whatever deeds one does], that will one also reap [experience the result of]" (Christian Bible, Galatians 6:7, biblehub.com).
• Deeds (karma, actions) are like seeds (things we sow) capable of maturing (vipaka, ripening) and bearing much fruit (phala, results). This impersonal karma process is unfailing, all-knowing, all-seeing, as the Abrahamic "God" is said to be.
• Better translations? Amplified Bible: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked [He will not allow Himself to be ridiculed, nor treated with contempt, nor allow His precepts to be scornfully set aside]; for whatever a [person] sows, this and this only is what [that person] will reap." Christian Standard Bible: "Don’t be deceived: God is not mocked. For whatever a person sows [one] will also reap," Contemporary English Version: "You cannot fool God, so don't make a fool of yourself! You will harvest what you plant." GOD'S WORD® Translation: "Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest [as a result of having planted it]." Good News Translation: "Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap [in return] exactly what you plant."

• COMICS: Dan Piraro's Bizarro on religion
• Ricky Gervais on science, Ricky Gervais (blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy, Dec. 19, 2010) via cartoonist Dan Piraro ("Holiday Message," BizarroBlog);Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Is Buddhism an atheistic religion?

(ReligionForBreakfast) For Westerners, Buddhism has a reputation of being an atheistic religion, but is this assessment true? Let's have a look at the facts because truth is often stranger than fiction.

• 00:00 Intro: Theravada, Mahayana, secular Buddhism
• 3:14 Buddhist cosmology and devas
• 7:25 Can the devas help us? (Theravada perspective)
• 13:46 Bodhisattvas and Mahayana Buddhism
• 15:26 Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism
• 16:19 Buddhist modernism
• 19:48 Secular Buddhism
• 24:47 Conclusion

Register for the class "Who are the Hungry Ghosts?" (religionforbreakfast.eventbrite.com).

This video was made possible through the support of Grant 1928 from the John Templeton Foundation managed by The Queen’s University of Belfast. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the John Templeton Foundation or The Queen’s University of Belfast. Join Patreon community:   religionforbreakfast. Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters. Thumbnail art by ‪@hotcyder.‬

• Religion for Breakfast; Osho (Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh); Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

A Gnostic Jesus for the Holidays

Ginger Jesus (TziganeArt/DeviantArt) Spaceman ET?

Gnostic story of Jesus: What we were never told

(Occulys) Dec. 3, 2024: Who really was "Jesus" (Issa, Messiah/Maitreya, Isa, Ieoeus, Y'shua Ben Yusuf, Joshua, Son of Zeus, Emmanuel)? To most, he’s the savior who died (killed by temple Jews or Roman pagans) for humanity’s sins. But to the Gnostics, an ancient group of mystical Christians, Jesus wasn’t here to atone for sin. He was here to reveal a mind-blowing truth about the world and our place in it.

⌛ CHAPTERS

• 0:00 Introduction
• 01:07 Who were the Gnostics?
• 03:00 The Gnostic Jesus
• 04:17 The teachings and miracles of Jesus
• 05:42 Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane
• 07:21 The betrayal of Judas
• 08:10 The Last Supper and Eucharist
• 09:55 The Crucifixion and Resurrection
• 12:05 Outro

This video begins to uncover the story of Jesus through the lens of Gnostic texts like The Gospel of Thomas and The Gospel of Philip.

[See further the amazing work of Bible scholars like Dr. Elaine Pagels, Dr. Bart Ehrman, Dr. Francesca change-your-last-name-already Scrvyysthhyllk, and the possibly demonically-possessed but in any case genius classicist and Ancient Greek scholar Dr. DC Ammon Hillman because, sadly, the scholars who try to reveal the truth of biblical matters all get condemned as madmen, heretics, and Satanists for not telling mainstream Christians what they want to hear but what the textual evidence actually shows. What Christians accept on blind faith and find most comforting to their cultural way of thinking is dangerously wrong, but try to tell them that. It comforts them to rest on delusion, but who can say anything?]

From the Garden of Gethsemane to the Last Supper and the resurrection, this video explores how Gnostics saw Jesus as a cosmic teacher, a liberator of the soul, and the key to awakening the divine spark within us.

Get ready to challenge everything we thought we knew about Jesus, Christianity, and current Bible interpretations and discover a side of his story that’s purposely been hidden and kept from us for centuries.

🎓 SOURCES

• Gospel of Thomas
• Gospel of Philip
• Gospel of Judas
• Second Treatise of the Great Seth 
• gnosis.org
• ehrmanblog.org

🎶 Music used in the video: "Background Music - Gunpowder" by CO.AG "Background Music - Game of Thrones" by CO.AG "Wonderful Things - Cinematic Music" by CO.AG Licensed under Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Some of the images are hand colored by Adam McLean and taken from the alchemy website www.alchemywebsite.com (Copyright Adam McLean 1997-2011). Thanks to Adam McLean for beautiful work. All other images and clips are in the public domain. If I have used an image or clip that you own, please contact me at the email address below. 🤝 Contact information: occulys@gmail.com. #gnosticism #gnostic #AncientHistory #history #mythology #spirituality #mysticism #alchemy

Why Buddhists do not worship God

Religion: Why Americans are leaving church

Leo Moriachelli, "Losing My Religion" (R.E.M. cover); Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point, npr.org, 1/24/24; CC Liu, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

'The great dechurching': Why so many Americans are leaving churches

About 40 million Americans have stopped attending a place of worship in the past 25 years.

What's driving it, and what does it tell us about the importance of faith in America?

Michael "Mike" Graham and Pastor Jim Davis join On Point Host Meghna Chakrabarti.

• AUDIO: The Great Dechurching of America (pscrb.fm)

Dechurching?

The Great Dechurching

We are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in US history.

It is greater than the First and Second Great Awakening and every revival in our country combined...but in the opposite direction.

Yet precious little rigorous study has been done on the broad phenomenon of dechurching in America.

Jim Davis and Michael Graham have commissioned the largest and most comprehensive study of dechurching in America by renowned sociologists Dr. Ryan Burge and Dr. Paul Djupe.

The Great Dechurching takes the insights gleaned from this study to drill down on how exactly Americans are dechurching with respect to beliefs, behavior, and belonging.

This book gives the church in America its first ever deep dive into the dechurched phenomenon.

Learn about the dechurched through a detailed sketch of demographics, size, core concerns, church off-ramps, historical roots, and the gravity of what is at stake.

Then explore what can be done to slow the bleed, engage the pertinent issues winsomely and wisely, and hopefully re-church some of the dechurched. [Or decide it's better this way.] More

ABOUT: Hosted by Meghna Chakrabarti, On Point is WBUR's award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Its unique combination of original reporting, first-person stories, and in-depth analysis creates an experience that makes the world more intelligible and humane. Deep dives, original stories, fresh takes, On Point tries harder.

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