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[–] 3 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Hopefully no one hates their newborn child enough to name it that?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago

    Lucifer was originally the name for the planet, Venus, in Roman mythology. That’s where “morning star”’ comes from. Because it’s visible just before or just after (as Noctifer) the sun rises and falls.

    Early translaters used it for the name of the “Shinging one” in Isaiah.

    Not everyone associates the name with a demon… that’s mostly christians and Christian off shoots.

    So no, not everyone is the same as you enough to avoid naming their kid something you think is alway bad.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago*

    Lucifer killed zero people in the Bible. Compare that to Yahweh's genocidal body count.

    The serpent never even told Eve to eat the fruit, just that she could (by the way, the fruit of a tree an appearantly all-knowing god put in front of them. Fruit that grants the eater the knowledge of the difference between good and evil. Which is somehow a bad thing?).

    Satan wasn't the one who ruined Job's life and murdered his family for a bet.

    Even when presented as the enemy, they can't help but write Lucifer as the good guy. I'll take enlightenment over bullshit threats of eternal damnation by a self described "jealous god" every day of the week.

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