Gnosticism in Action

More than one reader scoffed at the analogy I drew between Gnosticism and the dominant philosophy of the Modern Age, which is an incoherent admixture of socialism, moral relativism, nihilism, materialism and (paradoxically) New Age spiritualism.

Here I offer only one additional piece of evidence that the analogy is sound. This is from an article in the Guardian, by Stephen Kinser, a former New York Times bureau chief. I trust that no one dispute that the UK Guardian and the New York Times are respectable representatives of the dominant philosophy of the age.

Founded by idealists who wanted to make the world a better place, [the human rights movement] has in recent years become the vanguard of a new form of imperialism.

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