[~ot] why is programming so fun?

Sean Kelly sean at invisibleduck.org
Tue Jun 10 10:57:24 PDT 2008


== Quote from Aarti_pl (aarti at interia.pl)'s article
> Don pisze:
> > 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.
> Well, I can not check original right now, but I would rather say that
> using 'Venus' name in Bible text can mean different things depending on
> context. Other meaning is in Is 14,12. Passage from Isaiah is often
> interpreted as description of devil's fall, although directly it is
> about king of Babylon.

Oops, you're right.  That passage refers to the King of Babylon, not Jesus.
I apologize for the typo.


Sean



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