Re: gnostic

[Mika Ritola <foxtrot sci fi>]

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Sergey I. Panov wrote:

> > i just want to point out to everyone that the word Gnostic has some fairly
> > religious undertones.  (actually in a 'new age' kinda religious way) which
> > believes that man was created by a demi-God, who was blundering at best,
> > malefic at worst.  The Gnostic believes that Mankind must liberate itself
> > from the grip of material existence and find a way to return to the land
> > of his origin.
> > 
> > i'd avoid that name.  but that's just my two cents
> 
>  That is one of the reasons why I think name of the Russian version of
> that game game, Erudite, is better. The only problem is that there is
> no "gn" in that name.

How about A-Gnostic, then? :) The 'A' could mean Alphabet, so it would
make sense, sort of. But I guess that's still a bit religious.

  Mika