It’s an interesting read - a unique mixture of Gnosticism, traditional Christianity, and the Matrix.
It boggles my mind when people talk about faith and then equate that with a strong faith aimed towards Jesus or some prophet. It’s a bit like worshiping the pointing finger rather than making the effort to notice what the finger is pointing at. For example, when we are told that with faith we can move mountains, that is not faith in Jesus Christ because he is the one who's talking - so what is this “faith” concerning or about?
Or is “faith” even the correct translation? I’m amazed at Christians that have not studied the idioms of Aramaic. For example, according to Rocco Errico of the Noohra Foundation, the phrase, “Do this in my name”, is a common Aramaic idiom still in use today that means, “Do it the way I do it”. So we should consider that perhaps the translated word of, “faith” may be incorrect.
As for me, the idea of a demiurge gets too close to the devil or Satan. Even though there is great natural beauty in this world, I view this existence of suffering and the endless reincarnations much more like a prisoner of war camp with various enemy (alien? parallel universe?) soldiers stationed at strategic points to watch and guard the exits. I do agree with the author that this existence is a pale copy of true reality.
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