if one makes a c\lose reading of the old testament or the muslim hadith(i leave out the book of mormon because i have only read a few pages) then you have to see that the god of those books condones genocide, homophobia, racism, human sacrifice of women(look up japthah--long after abraham and issacc). this is a deity who is either mad or bad, and that;s why the believers are mostly mad or bad. ps , lucifer is not in the bible, it's a mistranslation by saint jerome the translator. he translated the cannonical latin vulgate, unfortunately for accuracy he translated it from arabic--which he could read, and not aramaic and hebrew and greek, which he could not read.. the words he translated as lucifer actually mean bringer of light in a general meaning and do not identify a deity or devil, jerome substitued the name lucifer who brings light as a minor roman deity associated with mercury and hermes. no lucifer other than as a minor roman deity. the father of lies is satan and satan and lucifer do not over lap in origional sources or anywhere else. jerome made quite a few other mistakes that have led to major misundrstandings. a direct translation from the origional languages is much better , however few would change their minds now.
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