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Originally Posted by right-track
The church had a grudge against the Gnostics.
Gnostic belief pre dates what we know as Christianity.
The Gnostics believe God is evil. The God that made the material world that is.
Gnostics believe that once we realise the 'truth' (that our souls/spirits are trapped here on earth) then we will be free.
Gnostics see the earth as a kind of Matrix...the film was based on Gnostic belief.
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But they still had many of the same beliefs as christians and many of their texts were exponentially more popular at the time than those that ended up in the Bible. It also talked about Mary Magdailne being more than just a friend to Jesus (which is what the Da Vinci code was based upon).