Disadvantages to Gnosticism
Disadvantages to the Igbo Religion
- No guarantee for salvation
- Unable to receive the special knowledge resulting in no afterlife
- Dose not offer a goddess of earth that watches over crops
- Only restricted to one God
- No protection from ancestors
- Having to follow a strict base of rules
- Not breaking peace during peace week
- Continuing to work and have a successful harvest or be punished by the gods
- Breaking the peace during peace week dooms the rest of the village
- Possibility of being recantated as undesirable animal
Advantages to Gnosticism
- Through obtaining the secret knowledge being able to reach salvation
- Having a relationship with the unknown God
- Protection from the evil God
- Faith in the unknown God that he will help you throughout your life.
Igbo's Religion
Advantages of Igbo Religion
References
The traditional religion of the Igbo people is the belief of a creator God and several other deities. They belive that their ancestors watch over them and protect them. Their ancestors also are responsible for the rain and harvest.
Igbo Religion Comparison
- They have several deities that they can rely on for several different things in their life
- Their ancestors protect them from harm
- They are honored and prayed to after death by their descendents
- Their religion gives them hope in their lives
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Gnosticism
Gnosticism is the belief that salvation is archived through learning the special knowledge. This special knowledge can only be obtained through a relationship with the transient being. They also believe that the unknown God was to pure and perfect to create universe because the universe was evil. So he created an evil god to create the universe. To learn the special knowledge you must be taught gnostic teachers.