... (frequently expressed as being under the sway of an alien secondary god, creator of the phenomenal world and/or God of the Old Testament) and spiritual existence (belonging to the eternal reality of fullness of the high God and/or God of the New Testament) these were the linchpins of various gnostic systems. These presuppositions were at once the explanation of how the rift between appearance and reality occurred ... to my brethren and say to them, I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God." Mary Mag'dalene went and said to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord";...

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... . Hinduism, unlike most religions, has no founder and no one scripture. Hindus do not have one "Holy Book" like many other religions, but many texts including the four Vedas along with their Upanishads, called the "Sruti", several Dharma Sasthras or Smrutis, Ithihasas and Puranas including the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. The Bhagavad Gita, or "Song of God", comes as part of Mahabaratha, is an essence of ... into various religions by peoples in different ages, who indulged in interpolations and admixture. These alien elements were eliminated by God and Islam, in its pure and original fo...

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