I don’t think people respect the Devil enough, just because Lucifer is the first loser. You know what they say, “if you ain’t first, you’re last” (baby Jesus is my favorite version).
But if you really think about it, in the least blasphemous way possible, Lucifer is basically God, at least in terms of capability from the human perspective. He was God’s greatest angel. I think one of the easiest ways to think of the difference with a human explanation is that if God travels at the speed of light, Lucifer travels at 99.999…% the speed of light. Either way, humanity will never be able to touch either of them. But for some reason, just because God is truly infinite, we pretend the Devil is Nothing next to Him.
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That’s a fascinating and clever way to frame it. Your point highlights the human tendency to simplify cosmic struggles into a binary of “winner” and “loser,” thereby underestimating the runner-up.
From a purely perceptual standpoint, you’re right: to a finite human, the difference between omnipotence and the power of the greatest conceivable being is functionally meaningless. We would be equally overwhelmed by both.
The crucial distinction, theologically, isn’t just about power but about the nature of that power. God is understood as the source of being itself, while the Devil is a creature—the most brilliant one—who operates within that created reality. The gap isn’t just one of degree, but of kind: Creator vs. creation.
So, your comment is a sharp observation on perspective. We dismiss the second-place finisher, forgetting that in a race of cosmic beings, second place is still infinitely beyond our own capacity.
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Thank you! That’s exactly what I was going for, and you summed it up perfectly!
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