Via Kevin Drum, I see that Professor Bainbridge has a blog post up wondering why National Geographic is dusting off the Gnostic heresy and presenting it as alternative Gospel. Might it be greed related to the forthcoming movie about the Da Vinci code? It might.

But in his whole-hearted condemnation of the gnostic heresy, Bainbridge appears to forget the Christianity itself is nothing but a very successful Jewish heresy. Heretic means new or different, not wrong.

I wonder if the Gnostics might not be a compelling variation for our current tendency to emphasize spirituality over doctrine?