THE MARCIONITES BELIEVED THAT THE VISIBLE WORLD IS AN EVIL CREATION OF A CRUDE, CRUEL, JEALOUS, ANGRY DEMIURGE, YAHWEH; ACCORDING TO THIS TEACHING, PEOPLE SHOULD OPPOSE HIM, ABANDON HIS WORLD, NOT CREATE PEOPLE, AND TRUST IN THE GOOD GOD OF MERCY, FOREIGN AND DISTANT; PROCREATION SENTENCES THE SOUL TO IMPRISONMENT IN EVIL MATTER