I think I need to clarify the thread title at the very least. When I ask "Any Gnostic Believers"? I am asking are there any here who view the bible as a sacred text of Christianity that is myth, ie who believe in the bible as metaphor and myth, not as historic fact.

Those who believe the bible is historic fact and The One Truth I would refer to as "biblical literalists".

I agree gnosticism is accurately described as not needing institutional intermediaries, as believing in Jesus and Sophia as mythic not historic figures, and in not buying into the theological belief in original sin.