Prog and Lucifer

 

You have brought up the point that illustrates man's influence on his fellow man.  The very early Christian groups worked together in community with exception of the elitists. The followers of John the apostle.

 

They were the ones to originally start the heretic idealism within the religion in order to try and prove themselves as the correct and only proper religion. They were the original religion bigots.

 

While other Christian groups were traveling the world, preaching the word of Jesus, these zealots, who stayed only regionally, disallowed anything outside John's teachings or at least anything that imposed a somewhat differing view. Because they stayed regionally, their faction grew much faster than other Christians who didn't deny others. They rose to power and when the time presented itself and Constantine decided to make Christianity the official Roman religion, they had already positioned themselves into a tight cult that was very influential.

 

These days, some other Christian religions try to say they have the correct teachings of Jesus and others are wrong in effort to maintain a strong following.  Its very much the same as it was in the beginning.

 

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think mostly Lucifer is used in a metaphoric sense in music, especially in progressive and progressive metal. Satan or Lucifer is often seen as a symbol of wisdom, especially higher or forbidden wisdom. Learning things you aren't supposed to know. He is seen also as a betrayed figure-a figure that has fallen from grace.

 

satan also sells. People, especially young people, buy into this rebellious, dark stuff that defies blatantly the "straight and narrow". Jesus and God don't get the same reaction as Satan (unless you mutter those words around militant atheists...hint: get off your high horses about not liking god and all....you are not being outspoken-you are being annoying. as annoying as christians get when i utter the word  "pagan" around them, so can it). the minute some righteous preacher screams on tv that a band worships satan, the sales of that record jet through the roof.

 

As a fact that was the answer from God to Moses when he asked "Who are you my Lord" and God replied "Ego Sum Qui Sum" I am who I am. )Taken from the Vulgata)

 

God was known in the early days of Judaism "He who has no name" even today thye orthodox jews refuse to to write the word God they use sometimed G-d.

 

Iván