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DuH2 · #33 (**permalink**) 02-06-2008, 10:13 PM

Hijak-

To some(everyone if you look closely) Lucifer granted wisdom to mankind..even if his intent was nefarious(which it was)..you can't say it was such a bad deal.

In many respect Lucifer is the Christian version of the Titan Prometheus.

In Iraq there is an amazing people who worship the "Peacock God" or Melek Taus....who is basically Lucifer or Shaitan.

Good article on them-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...9/wiraq219.xml

Quote:

And who is Melek Taus? Halil looks slightly uncomfortable: "We believe he is a proud angel, who rebelled and was thrown into Hell by God. He stayed there 40,000 years, until his tears quenched the fires of the underworld. Now he is reconciled to God."

But is he good or evil? "He is both. Like fire. Flames can cook but they can also burn. The world is good and bad."

For a Yezidi to say they worship the Devil is understandably difficult. It is their reputation as infidels - as genuine "devil worshippers" - that has led to their fierce persecution over time, especially by Muslims. Saddam Hussein intensified this suppression.

But some Yezidi do claim that Melek Taus is "the Devil". One hereditary leader of the Yezidi, Mir Hazem, said in 2005: "I cannot say this word [Devil] out loud because it is sacred. It's the chief of angels. We believe in the chief of angels."

There are further indications that Melek Taus is "the Devil". The parallels between the story of the peacock angel's rebellion, and the story of Lucifer, cast into Hell by the Christian God, are surely too close to be coincidence. The very word "Melek" is cognate with "Moloch", the name of a Biblical demon - who demanded human sacrifice.