From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   DocUFO  posted:   
   > On 1/10/2026 3:03 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > DocUFO  posted:   
   > >>   
   > >> Lucifer incites Heaven's wrath   
   > >   
   > > I understand that you would have no way of knowing this,   
   > > but Satan was referred to as lucifer (a descriptive term,   
   > > not his name) before he rebelled against God, and was then   
   > > thrown out of Heaven:   
   > >   
   > > [quoting Jesus] "I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven."   
   > > [end quote] Luke 10:18   
   > >   
   > > So, the devil's name is Satan, not lucifer. Just so you know,   
   > > for future reference.   
   >   
   > Hey, I know you just love to express what you think is superior   
   > knowledge of eschatological, theological things and I'm replying   
   > once again that the name "Lucifer" is based on popular and modern-   
   > era culture, literature.   
      
   The basis of the false claim that "lucifer" is a name   
   is due to a bad translation of the Bible. Unfortunately,   
   the King James Bible translation made several mistakes,   
   and capitalizing the descriptive term "lucifer" -- and   
   thereby turning it into another name for Satan -- is   
   one of those mistakes. Many other Bible translations   
   correctly translate the descriptive term "lucifer"   
   into English as "morning star".   
      
   I just thought you might want to know that "lucifer"   
   is not another name for Satan, and it never was. Just   
   because a lot of people in the English-speaking world   
   have been misled by a bad translation, that doesn't   
   mean anyone who knows better needs to continue using   
   that bad translation.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)