15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the
eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from
the world.…(Gospel of John)
Gnostics are often described as world haters or escapists. In some way such a description is quite right because it is absolutely foolish to talk about the wisdom of the wise to people of this age when the God of this age, The Demiurge has destroyed all the Wisdom of The Wise and has led people unto falsehood and untruth.
For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE."
Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this
age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?....(1
Corinthians 1:19)
Only the Father is real and this world which is created by the Demiurge is not real and actually this world is just a mere shadow copy of the things that exists in the Pleroma, the realm of the Father. We should not love anything of this world because if we love then the love of the Father is not in us and it is not at all difficult to hate this world and love the Father because he is such an amazing wonderful being that you will fall in love with him as soon as you see his radiance and you will start hating the things in this world seeing how deficient they are compared to the world of the Father.
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