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17778016? ago

I'm a Shill, let's talk.

Luciferianism is a belief system that venerates the essential characteristics that are affixed to Lucifer. The tradition, influenced by Gnosticism, usually reveres Lucifer not as the devil, but as a liberator, a guardian or guiding spirit, or even the true god as opposed to Jehovah.

17779455? ago

Interesting. Luciferianism is the veneration of characteristics in oneself. I can see how it would appeal to a population alive with the narrative that all good works and goodness come from God. Take credit for yourself. Have self-respect. God didn't build your house, raise your family, build your business. You did. Take charge. Take command. Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata.

Religion gets a lot of bad press. Taking credit for your creations. Wars. Oppression. Corruption. However, religion is a way that we grandparents who now realize that we gave our kids all the wrong information can encode some wisdom to bypass the prejudices of our children and pass along the painful, hard-learned lessons of life to our grandchildren and those who are still to come. Fairy tales do the same thing. They lull the confused brains of the young adults in the thick of it who are ever so convinced that they know something (and we know they don't because we taught them and then found out we were wrong) so that please God let Generation Z help us right the wrongs we did in our ignorance.

Religion is our pursuit of the question "is the universe good?" or "how is it that the universe is good?" For those who have been kicked in the teeth since birth, that is the key question. For those that have more to work with, the question is "what am I?" If you are curious and excited about what you are and what you can do, I can see why hearing that you cannot do anything without God is not so appealing.

That message isn't meant for you. That message is meant for someone coming out of sexual slavery whose mother was sacrificed during his birth in a vile ritual. It is for the destroyed ego, not the bouncing ego coming of age in a relatively good space. The destroyed ego needs a way to make it until tomorrow. Hearing that, despite all evidence to the contrary, God is in charge of everything and it's all going to be ok, is the right message for that moment. Not, follow lucifer and you can lift yourself up despite the fact that everyone and everything in the world is bad and against you and wants to eat you or impinge upon you.