Is Sylvias church really Christian?
Actually, it is Gnostic Christian (which differs significantly from today’s Christianity) because we follow the same traditions and teachings which Jesus himself followed. Recall that Jesus gave us this Spiritual Directive – Seek and you will find and Knock and it will be opened to you. These instructions tell us to use our intellect as we seek to understand God and our place in the world, hence we use the word gnostic (from the Greek word for knowledge) which means “seeker of truth.” Yet Sylvia’s church does not exclude Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc. Every expression of religion is considered a valid path to knowing God. We simply feel that the gnostic path rises above all dogma and creates a Spiritual Umbrella under which all faiths can flourish. For a more complete discussion of this topic, see Is Sylvia Really Christian.