[~ot] why is programming so fun?

Sean Kelly sean at invisibleduck.org
Tue Jun 10 10:50:37 PDT 2008


== Quote from Don (nospam at nospam.com.au)'s article
> This sounds mostly correct to me. I'm surprised John disagreed with it.
> BTW, Another similar bizarre belief is that 'Lucifer' is Satan. Lucifer
> = Latin for the planet Venus, also known as the morning star. The Bible
> is very explicit that 'Lucifer' is Jesus, not Satan (see the second last
> verse of the New Testament, for example!). It's a good example of how
> common these types of misconceptions are.

To be fair, Isaiah 14:12 does suggest that the term could be applied
to the "prince of devils" as well (from the KJV).  But that section also
makes it fairly clear that Jesus is the true owner of that title.  Trust
people to ignore context when looking for stuff to quote.

Sean



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