# Alex O'Connor Confronts the Gnostic Gospels They Banned From The Bible

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Podcast: [Julian Dorey Daily](https://stenobird.com/podcast/julian-dorey-daily-7299101)
Published: 2026-09-15T16:00:00+00:00
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WATCH FULL EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5GIOp_Vr88 Subscribe Here: @JulianDoreyDaily ALEX'S LINKS - YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@CosmicSkeptic - IG: https://www.instagram.com/cosmicskeptic/?hl=en - X: https://x.com/CosmicSkeptic Newsletter: https://juliandoreypodcast.beehiiv.com/get-julians-top-10-books CLIPPERS DISCORD: https://discord.com/invite/8QmWEKJ3BT Alex O'Connor joins Julian for a deep dive into philosophy, theology, and the history of scripture. They start with simulation theory and David Deutsch's ideas on it, then move into whether God and a multiverse could coexist, and why genuinely engaging with the meaning of life is harder than people assume. From there the conversation goes deep into religious history: the "2 Gods" theory, Gnosticism and what "good" actually means in that framework, and the Gnostic gospels that were left out of the Bible entirely, including Marcion of Sinope's version of the biblical canon. They break down the Council of Nicea's role in shaping which texts became scripture, the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, and manuscripts recovered from Egypt. The conversation moves into the Gospel of Mark specifically, using a "telephone game" analogy to explain how scripture changes through transmission, with a detailed breakdown of a Sabbath verse in Mark 2. It closes with a discussion on the actual role of Jesus Christ and some genuinely strange anomalies around John the Baptist. 0:00 Discovering Alex O'Connor, David Deutsch simulation theory 9:52 God & multiverse coexistence debate, difficulty of interest in meaning of life 17:22 2 Gods theory, Gnosticism, "good" meaning 25:15 Forbidden Gnostic gospels, Marcion of Sinope Gnostic biblical canon 32:15 Council of Nicea vs biblical canon, Gnostic Gospel of Thomas, Egypt papyrus 40:21…

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