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but... wouldn't that mean in the process of finding gnosis, Haruhi's dragging alongside the whole lot (extending to anyone in close contact to SOS) and allowing them to reach emancipation (well... under the moniker "overloading the world with fun")
Then there's Ryoko to consider. Ryoko's action with trying to kill Kyon starts to resemble the acts of self-degration that early Gnostics undertook... justified by saying that the bodily Hylic's worth nothing and are only mere distractions to perfection.
As for Yuki and her true nature... would she not be more in line as the 'savior' emination? In Gnosticism I recall that things come in pairs. 1 masculine, 1 feminine. Who is who's 'pair' in this case?

This is starting to look like what Itsuki might've said somehow...

In the meantime, does anyone recall Kasuga Ayumu? I was a little surprised when all of a sudden 'Kasuga == Haruhi' starts to string into my mind. (How I made the connection is... guess.)