"Knowledge is superior to virtue."
I think this proposition touches on the saved by "faith versus works" debate.
Faith can mean two things: 1) a dynamic relationship between creature and Creator, or 2) a belief system, e.g., dogma, religious knowledge.
"Saved by faith" can mean redeemed as by virtue of one's relationship with God, or it can mean saved by one's beliefs about the nature of the relationship to God.
The second meaning suggests saved by knowledge, whereas the first suggests saved by God's great goodness (virtue).
Example: I believe (as an concept or idea) that Jesus is the way, truth and life, and that he died for my sins. I make a public confession to that effect. Am I saved? Put me down as one of TF's witnessing statistics.
Or, let's say I've never heard about Jesus, or maybe I have heard about him in the Family and in my mind he's very closely associated with my rapist...point is, I don't what the heck I believe as doctrine. BUT, I put my hope and trust in God's goodness and grace. I'm not saved by my religious knowledge, or even my hope & trust in a higher power, but by God's own grace--i.e., Virtue Itself.
It seems to me that TF teaches that people are saved by correct beliefs. If you believe the wrong doctrines, it's like poison that kills your soul. TF also places heavy empahsis on the importance of newly revealed knowledge (doctrines) through Berg. I'm faithfully drinking down the "new wine" of the End-time Prophet...I may not be more saved, but I am more blessed and favored in the sight of God--right?
What I'm suggesting is that TF subscribes to gnosticism.