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Originally posted by Mykahel
reply to post by BeastMaster2012
Very interesting thread, and nice point to make. While being a Christian myself, I personally know the use of Lucifer as a name for Satan to be incorrect. Many, as you pointed out, do not know this and the confusion often comes from certain translation of the book of Isaiah.
While the name Lucifer may not be accurate or truthful, it is odd that it kinda plays itself to be, seeing as the Devil masquerades as an angel of light, or the light-bringer, and also brought wisdom/knowledge to Adam and Eve by deceiving them so that they choose to eat from the tree of knowledge. I find it interesting that even a wrong name could be so accurate in description.
There are many wrong names that Christians use out of tradition since they have not had any formal or even proper training/study. Translators keep using the name Jehova for some reason, even though more and more people are becoming aware of the more accurate pronouncement of the Tetragrammaton as being "Yahweh."
We also keep using the name Jesus even though a more proper pronouncement would be Yeshua.
Names carry with them power, especially in countries where voodoo and such are common practice. For this reason, I do think that using names correctly and respectfully is more than appropriate. At the same time, I don't see the confusion in the name only as being a major doctrinal issue. You won't see me calling the Devil "Lucifer."
PS: Sorry if all of this has already been said, as I just read like the first couple posts. God Bless.
Originally posted by BeastMaster2012
Originally posted by Mykahel
reply to post by BeastMaster2012
While the name Lucifer may not be accurate or truthful, it is odd that it kinda plays itself to be, ........... I find it interesting that even a wrong name could be so accurate in description.
There are many wrong names that Christians use out of tradition since they have not had any formal or even proper training/study. Translators keep using the name Jehova for some reason, even though more and more people are becoming aware of the more accurate pronouncement of the Tetragrammaton as being "Yahweh."
We also keep using the name Jesus even though a more proper pronouncement would be Yeshua.
Thank you! Out of the 30 or so christians that have replied, only a handful are saying what you have said. Some have called me a wacko when it's obvious they are just reading their bible and will not hear anything else. Anyways thanks for the post!
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Originally posted by sum1one
I don't really get this...
I agree it's an interesting find, and a pattern I never noticed before - but then again I had no reason to think about it.. Anyway, wouldn't that same pattern be reflected in ANY two concentric circles / orbits? I mean I guess it might not be a perfect pentagram but it will definately make a Star figure... Now you got me thinking... is there another one with a 6 pointed star such as the star of David?
I also find it amusing that people are comparing Satan / Lucifer to Venus... Isn't Venus the goddess of Love? Strange.
As one of the brightest objects in the sky, Venus has been known since prehistoric times and as such has gained an entrenched position in human culture. It is described in Babylonian cuneiformic texts such as the Venus tablet of Ammisaduqa, which relates observations that possibly date from 1600 BC.[105] The Babylonians named the planet Ishtar (Sumerian Inanna), the personification of womanhood, and goddess of love.[106]
The Ancient Egyptians believed Venus to be two separate bodies and knew the morning star as Tioumoutiri and the evening star as Ouaiti.[107] Likewise, believing Venus to be two bodies, the Ancient Greeks called the morning star Φωσφόρος, Phosphoros (Latinized Phosphorus), the "Bringer of Light" or Ἐωσφόρος, Eosphoros (Latinized Eosphorus), the "Bringer of Dawn". The evening star they called Hesperos (Latinized Hesperus) (Ἓσπερος, the "star of the evening"). By Hellenistic times, the ancient Greeks realized the two were the same planet,[108][109] which they named after their goddess of love, Aphrodite (Phoenician Astarte).[110] Hesperos would be translated into Latin as Vesper and Phosphoros as Lucifer ("Light Bearer"), a poetic term later used to refer to the fallen angel cast out of heaven. The Romans, who derived much of their religious pantheon from the Greek tradition, named the planet Venus after their goddess of love.[111] Pliny the Elder (Natural History, ii,37) identified the planet Venus with Isis.[112]
In Iranian mythology, especially in Persian mythology, the planet usually corresponds to the goddess Anahita. In some parts of Pahlavi literature the deities Aredvi Sura and Anahita are regarded as separate entities, the first one as a personification of the mythical river and the latter as a goddess of fertility which is associated with the planet Venus. As the goddess Aredvi Sura Anahita—and simply called Anahita as well—both deities are unified in other descriptions, e. g. in the Greater Bundahishn, and are represented by the planet. However, in the Avestan text Mehr Yasht (Yasht 10) there is a possible early link to Mithra. The Persian name of the planet today is "Nahid" which derives from Anahita and later in history from the Pahlavi language Anahid.[113][114][115][116]
The planet Venus was important to the Maya civilization, who developed a religious calendar based in part upon its motions, and held the motions of Venus to determine the propitious time for events such as war. They named it Noh Ek', the Great Star, and Xux Ek', the Wasp Star. The Maya were aware of the planet's synodic period, and could compute it to within a hundredth part of a day.[117] The Maasai people named the planet Kileken, and have an oral tradition about it called The Orphan Boy.[118]
This is a stunning fact, but there is more. Mercury, like Venus has a shorter orbit than Earth; in the case of Mercury, very much shorter. Mercury completes three orbits in just under 50 weeks, so that there are six conjunctions three ³inferior² and three ³superior² in each year. If all six are marked on the circle of the zodiac and the three inferior joined by lines drawn 1-2-3-1 and the three superior joined 1-2-3-1. The result is a hexagram the Star of David or Seal of Solomon. What makes this an even more striking image is that, as you will all recognise, the order of drawing the triangles is the same as that used in the dedication of the temple prior to a Martinist meeting.
Originally posted by sum1one
hmm.. interesting stuff, perhaps Mercury the Messenger and Venus the goddess of Love are trying to tell us that Lucifer is hiding under the guise of a woman leader? Sounds pretty far out but hey... who knows, I've seen too much strange stuff lately.
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by BeastMaster2012
i did some research on astarte.
she is isis, inana (or inanna), ishtar and astoreth. this is where the astarte etymology derives from
Originally posted by undo
reply to post by BeastMaster2012
the venus of willendorf is not a human being. humanoid statues before 3900 BC are all reptilian bipedal or amphibian bipedal. they also have some mammalian characteristics. when they found the statues, they assumed they were human females ,probably because the texts seemed to indicate there was a few prominent goddesses in the way back. but the assumption lead them to do things like create a human head for a statue that was missing a head, which is a huge assumption. in that time frame, no statues depict humans.