lameness

Lee Berman · 18 Jan 2011, 14:26 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 09:26:25 -0500
Subject: (urth) lameness
Message-ID: <SNT123-W5210F0EAA685C3CC202810CFF70 at phx.gbl>


>Andrew Mason: In origin, it's [demiurge] a Platonist concept, introduced by the man himself.
>Gnostics and neo-Platonists transformed it in different ways. In Gnosticism the demiurge is 
>a negative figure, which is a major reason why Christians tend not to like the term - but in 
>neo-Platonism he is positive (more or less).
 
>It can also be taken to imply one who creates out of pre-existing material, while the Christian 
>God is normally taken to create out of nothing.

 
Excellent, clarifying post Andrew. Thanks.

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