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In reply to the discussion: What is the baddest, most evil thing Satan/Lucifer/the devil has ever done in the Bible? [View all]LostOne4Ever
(9,768 posts)[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','Infindel B',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]I find his views on things like this fascinating.
Probably, because I had those thought myself at one time. My posts in this thread have been half in jest, but I really do think this is an interesting subject.
[font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]Lucifer[/font], aka the light bringer, aka the morning star, just makes more sense to me as a good guy fighting against a tyrannical demiurge. It brings new meaning to the section talking about the way being narrow and few travel it (Mathew 7 iirc?).
Christianity is the largest religion in the world today, how can the way be narrow under that condition? But if all Christianity is being deceived into worshiping the evil god and defaming the good god trying to free them? Wouldn't that result in the way to salvation being traveled by the few?
Not to mention, the question about the nature of [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]good and evil[/font] in the bible. Does morality come from said god, or does it go beyond him? Genesis says we know the difference between good and evil, so what does it mean when god commits evil acts? If morality comes from god does that mean god thinks his own actions in the bible are evil? If it goes beyond him doesn't that mean that he might actually be evil?
Of course, even in this light, the bible still has issue after issue (no evidence and many contradictions for example), but the actions of YWHW makes more sense (to me)if we see him as the bad guy. Of course, this line of thinking is probably the height of blasphemy to many believers.
But I can't help but entertain such thoughts.[/font]