Manichaeans

If Christmas first began being emphasized to counter the “Manichaeans” (the more historically accurate term would be “Albigensians”, as this sect had only a loose connection to the real Manichaeans) then it raises the question whether it should be such a big holiday in the United States today.

Matthew Yglesias » The War on Christmas: The Early Years 2008

The Nazi sacred symbols and concepts - the swastika or "gamma cross", the eagle, the red/black/white color scheme, and ancient Nordic runes one of which became the insignia of the SS - were all adopted from occult traditions going back centuries, shared by Brahmins, Scottish Masons, Rosicrucians, Manichaeans and others.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

And many views of early Christians didn't make the cut and became heresies, such the Gnostics, Manichaeans, Cathars.

Jerry Falwell: Romney's Mormonism "Will Not Be A Factor" 2009

The Nazi sacred symbols and concepts - the swastika or "gamma cross", the eagle, the red/black/white color scheme, and ancient Nordic runes one of which became the insignia of the SS - were all adopted from occult traditions going back centuries, shared by Brahmins, Scottish Masons, Rosicrucians, Manichaeans and others.

[the dark one] alive, kicking and sentient [2] 2009

Nor do we discover in his treatment of the Manichaeans, or

Count Robert of Paris 2008

Maybe the Gnostics or Manichaeans were just imaginative people who couldn't find work writing scripts because Hollywood hadn't been created yet.

Archive 2008-03-23 papabear 2008

The Monophysites, Manichaeans, and Arians were all heretical sects condemned by universal church councils.

"It appears that GOP evangelicals see Mormons as second-class Christians." Ann Althouse 2007

An additional contributing factor for the Abbasid intolerance of the Manichaean Shiites and Manichaeans could have been a connection they alleged between them and certain rebel factions.

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Abridged Analysis) 2006

This second conclusion seems more likely, especially in light of the conversion of the ruler of Multan (northern Sindh, Pakistan) to Ismaili Shia in 959 CE, the presence of Manichaeans in the area, especially in the mountainous regions to the north, the Ismaili conversion policy of adhesion.

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis) 2006

In accord with the Ismaili conversion custom that allowed adhesion and syncretism as intermediary steps, the Ismailis initially allowed the Manichaeans and Manichaean Shiites who converted to add Mani to the standard Ismaili list of seven prophets.

The Kalachakra Presentation of the Prophets of the Non-Indic Invaders (Full Analysis) 2006