Also,
gnosticism is not unique to Christianity - the idea of «
hidden knowledge», founded in Greek mystery - cult, attached itself to many religious communities of the time.
Most Conservative American * Christians * cling to the Law, not the Cross, Pentecostal / Charismatics use traditional church - speak to cloak a spiritual
gnosticism in much the same way as Liberal * Christians *
hid their secular humanism behind traditional theological terminology that has been redefined by context.