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Tom, the name "Lucifer" also derives from Christianity. Though the name is taken from Jewish scripture, it wasn't interpreted by the Jews to mean a person, but rather, it referred to the planet Venus, the morning star. Christians decided the Hebrew word referred to a person. In any case, the Jewish scripture is as large a pile of elephant shit as the Christian New Testament is. The Muslims, meanwhile, have Shaitan aka Iblis, and yes, their scripture is, let's say, a steaming pile of camel shit. The Egyptians had Set, who was not originally a devil, but evolved to become one for political purposes, and yes, Egyptian scripture is, let's say, a malodorous pile of hippopotamus shit. 

 If we talk about the Devil without assigning a name, we can say the Devil appeared in a great many of the ancient mythologies.
To paraphrase a well known bible verse: "Hear, O Satanists, that the Devil, the Prince of Darkness, is ONE!"

It is humans who are many and multifarious. 

As far as I'm concerned, the various names of the Devil are arbitrary, just as the various mythological contexts are arbitrary. I call myself a Satanist for two reasons: (1) my childhood indoctrination, which I'm fighting back against, was Christianity; and (2) my inspiration was Anton Szandor LaVey.

Quote from WolfieTom, the name "Lucifer" also derives from Christianity. Though the name is taken from Jewish scripture, it wasn't interpreted by the Jews to mean a person, but rather, it referred to the planet Venus, the morning star. Christians decided the Hebrew word referred to a person. In any case, the Jewish scripture is as large a pile of elephant shit as the Christian New Testament is. The Muslims, meanwhile, have Shaitan aka Iblis, and yes, their scripture is, let's say, a steaming pile of camel shit. The Egyptians had Set, who was not originally a devil, but evolved to become one for political purposes, and yes, Egyptian scripture is, let's say, a malodorous pile of hippopotamus shit. 

 If we talk about the Devil without assigning a name, we can say the Devil appeared in a great many of the ancient mythologies.
To paraphrase a well known bible verse: "Hear, O Satanists, that the Devil, the Prince of Darkness, is ONE!"

It is humans who are many and multifarious. 

As far as I'm concerned, the various names of the Devil are arbitrary, just as the various mythological contexts are arbitrary. I call myself a Satanist for two reasons: (1) my childhood indoctrination, which I'm fighting back against, was Christianity; and (2) my inspiration was Anton Szandor LaVey.

Lucifer is one devil and Belial is an other ad then Seth is an other. There have been devils in almost every culture around the world. I only talk about Satan. Lucifer was the name of a god in roman mythology son of Diana. Many of the pagan gods became devils. As LaVey phrased it. The old gods did not died. They ended in hell.

Quote from Wolfie I I call myself a Satanist for two reasons: (1) my childhood indoctrination, which I'm fighting back against, was Christianity; and (2) my inspiration was Anton Szandor LaVey.

I don't call myself a "Satanist". It's just the case that I'm a Satanist simply because I'm part of the satanic religion... I don't have to call myself a "Satanist" because in the end the term has become far more meaningless because of TST...