Nosticism 

A religious order founded on the basis of worship and consumption of nitrous oxide.

Barry did too many whip-its and now he's a paid-up card-carrying follower of Nosticism

Nosticism by Ergodic Hypercube September 3, 2021

Gnosticism 

An ancient religious movement that evolved out of nascent Jewish and Christian sects in the late 1st century A.D. Gnosticism is a very subversive set of ideas, and it's distantly related to other Abrahamic mystical traditions like Kabbalah, but was suppressed by the early orthodox Christians and Jews as a perversion of their beliefs.

Basically, Gnostics read the first chapters of Genesis in a very different way than is traditional, seeing the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve as good and viewing the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as humanities first step into consciousness.

Because of this, Gnosticism posits that the god of the Hebrew Bible, Yahweh, is actually an evil bastard child of the lowest aeon called Sophia (Greek for "Wisdom") who disobeyed the higher aeons and fell from grace.

Gnostic cosmogonies are complex and convoluted and very diverse across different movements, but a basic description of it would be that basically Yahweh and his archons (Greek for "rulers") created the physical world and rule over it, trapping our souls within it to keep us from the light world, the world which is ruled by the aeons and a Supreme God who is fundamentally good and who possesses both masculine and feminine hypostases.

Many Gnostics believe this good God is the God of the New Testament and they generally regard Jesus as a savior who came into the world to rescue a fallen Sophia and bring humanity back into the light world through knowledge.

Person 1: Wow! Did you hear about the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library?

Person 2: No, what does it contain?
Person 1: It contains a bunch of ancient books from Gnosticism!

Gnosticism by wugugugug September 13, 2020

Gnosticism 

A mystic philosophy taught by Jesus of Nazareth. This philosophy contains the true teachings of Jesus, who seems to have been highly influenced by Buddhist philosophy. The central book in the Gnostic canon seems to have been the Gospel of Thomas. The Gospel of Thomas was written somewhere between the years of 50-90 CE. Gnosticism teaches that God is only good, but that humans view Him as bad because of the delusions of error. Jesus claimed to be teaching God with these delusions removed, which show God in a much more loving and gentle light then the Jewish scriptures. Gnosticism in ancient times had Bishops just like Catholicism. These Bishops called themselves "One Holy Church", just like the Catholics. It would appear that the Church hijacked many things from the Gnostics and then sought to destroy them and their texts. Gnosticism has seen a revival since the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library. Gnosticism is growing within Christianity at any incredible rate.

Gnosticism

Gnosticism by Buddhist Gnostic May 13, 2009

nasticism 

n. extreme nastiness. This phrase was first coined in a north Georgia judicial proceeding.

Before their fist fight, the two girls engaged in a heated exchange of Facebook nasticism.

nasticism by debonisnon October 14, 2010

Gnosticism 

An ancient religious movement that evolved out of nascent Jewish and Christian sects in the late 1st century A.D. Gnosticism is a very subversive set of ideas, and it's distantly related to other Abrahamic mystical traditions like Kabbalah, but was suppressed by the early orthodox Christians and Jews as a perversion of their beliefs.

Basically, Gnostics read the first chapters of Genesis in a very different way than is traditional, seeing the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve as good and viewing the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil as humanities first step into consciousness.

Because of this, Gnosticism posits that the god of the Hebrew Bible, Yahweh, is actually an evil bastard child of the lowest aeon called Sophia (Greek for "Wisdom") who disobeyed the higher aeons and fell from grace.

Gnostic cosmogonies are complex and convoluted and very diverse across different movements, but a basic description of it would be that basically Yahweh and his archons (Greek for "rulers") created the physical world and rule over it, trapping our souls within it to keep us from the light world, the world which is ruled by the aeons and a Supreme God who is fundamentally good and who possesses both masculine and feminine hypostases.

Many Gnostics believe this good God is the God of the New Testament and they generally regard Jesus as a savior who came into the world to rescue a fallen Sophia and bring humanity back into the light world through knowledge.

Person 1: Wow! Did you hear about the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library?

Person 2: No, what does it contain?
Person 1: It contains the ancient writings of Gnosticism, a mystical religious movement that existed about 2000 years ago!

Gnosticism by wugugugug September 13, 2020

Nostudism

The ancient philosophy that only the elite students follow. The belief that in order to succeed in school, one must not study, but only to use the knowledge they have obtained through the teacher in class. One does this in order to have success on the tests.

Person 1: "Hey I'm failing my tests"
Person 2: "Just try following nostudism and you will succeed"

Nostudism by AJSugarDaddy October 28, 2019

Gyatt-nostics

The fake science of studying, measuring, and diagnosing the gyatt with unnecessary seriousness. A combination of “gyatt” and “diagnostics,” usually performed by pausing a video, zooming in, checking angles, reviewing evidence, and acting like the results need to be peer-reviewed.

He replayed the clip six times and said, ‘Hold on, I’m running gyatt-nostics.’

Gyatt-nostics by benbo13 July 9, 2026