OT:: Is this political or linguistic?

Have you ever noticed that 'Illuminati' and 'Lucifer' both evaluate to 'the one with light'?

Thanks for illuminating us by bringing this to light ..

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Runyn schrieb:

Well, the Illuminati are those who are 'illuminated', i.e. the light shines on them; Lucifer is the one who 'carries (or brings) the light' (or was, before he fell from heaven?). Quite a difference.

Add to that the fact that Jesus is often referred to as bringing light into this world, and thinking of the role the sun plays in many other religions and cults, that similarity really comes as no surprise.

ObPuzzle: Name as many religions/cults as you can where light plays a major role, identifying that role!

Cheers

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 05:02:30 GMT, Rhett Oracle

Hey, this is the closest you've yet come to the subject of electronics design! Excellent progress.

Not surprising, since your sample for comparison is zero.

Oh, I'm still OK[0] - Since I've learned how to supervise the kids, I can let them come out and play without anybody getting seriously killed. (and I found out how trivially easy it is to make a new monicker in Pan)

It also seems to reduce my perceived risk of experiencing SHC.

Thanks! Rich

[0] Well, as close to 'OK' as I've ever been....

It took me a very long time to realize this, and I'm still not convinced that it's true, but I'm honestly baffled by the concept that there are people who are even capable of thinking only one thing at a time, or maybe even nothing. I can't do that. I give thanks every day that somebody injected enough sanity into my brain that I've been able to know better than to do really really stupid dangerous stuff, for the most part. It's also my major excuse for major alcohol and drug use - I can't get them all to just SHUT UP! I think schizophrenia is only a problem if you lose track of which is real reality and which personality should be driving the bus.

So you guys end up the victims of my big blather/pig bladder. - see? I just can't stop it, and self-restraint is such a bore.

Forgive them, for they know not what they do.

Thanks!

Or that one of the titles of JC is 'Morning Star' who is none other than Venus, aka Lucifer?

What? No way!

Venus is the goddess of love and beauty, only in the corrupt view of Christian revisionism could you equate that to Lucifer 'The Regent of Earth.' No way to confuse 'Sol Invictus' for 'Christ' (the Anointed) except by confusing people with false claims.

From what I can tell, Lucifer is the ancient Greek name of Venus the Morning Star, but I know nothing about the history of when it was first used in translations of the Bible to refer to Satan. It seems that the Greeks were using Lucifer, together with Persephone, to identify Venus long before the name was used to represent Satan.

From http://theosophy.org/tlodocs/hpb/HistoryOfAPlanet.htm

The History of a Planet