That would not be an accurate conclusion aside from Islam. Judaism was intertwined with Government over 2,000 years ago in a theocracy for a specific purpose, and was destroyed. Christianity wasn't supposed to be intertwined at all, but, through an accident of history, became so for a few hundred years. It's vestiges lie in Vatican City.
No, I didn't. I said there was a danger in combining the two. Islam is the ONLY one that fits that bill purposely.
Gnosticism isn't about personal accountability at all. It actually lays the blame for the state of the world on the Demiurge, Archons, aeons, etc. Humans are forbidden from knowing 'the truth' of their condition and are forever subjugated/enslaved. They just believe they can elevate themselves through 'gnosis'.
That is impossible as there is no 'g-d' in man and man will never be like J without the 'grace of 'G-d'. What gnosticism posits is that it is possible under man's own power which, time and time again, has been proven false.
I don't want to do anything of the sort so can't answer that question.
It wasn't forced, it was just so incoherent that no one could really figure out how it worked and it only lives on in TV shows, comic books, and movies.
Bro you're in bondage to theology and don't even realize it. The truth is not hidden from man. The following verses reveal that the truth is with the Son of Man or I AM, the God presence within...
John 8:36-58
36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Before Abraham was, I am.