Originally Posted by right-track

Very similar to Buddism.
That you are doomed to return to earth until you tap into the divine spirit inside us all.
In short we are all a part of the higher God...one and the same, but we have to see the truth to be released. We are God.

Gnostics also believed it was a sin to have children.
Dooming spirits to an earthly existance.

Jesus was Gnostic...he spoke in parables only Gnostics would understand.
The Church sexed it up for the massses and the rest is history (according to Gnostic belief)