The Divine Interview: Part II

Point–Counterpoint: A Conversation Between God and Lucifer
Interview Conducted by Alex Reed

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Part II: The First Divide

Alex Reed: Let’s go back. Before the fall. Before Earth. Before humanity. What was your relationship like?

God (quietly, as if recalling a lost melody):
"He was my brightest. My most beautiful creation. He moved through the heavens like light itself. There was joy in him—a kind of joy even the stars sang to. I gave him great freedom, great authority."

(He turns, not sharply, but firmly toward Lucifer.)
"And he gave it back to me in fire."

Lucifer (grinning, bitterly amused):
"Oh, don’t be so dramatic. I didn’t give it back. I simply used it. You gave me a mind that asked questions, and then you winced when I started asking them."

God: "You asked if love was control. You asked if obedience made you less. But you never asked why I gave you freedom in the first place."

Lucifer: "Because you wanted worship, but not honesty. You wanted adoration, not truth. I loved you—once. Until I realized love required silence."

Alex Reed: Was there a moment it changed? A specific event?

God: "Lucifer began to gather others. Not out of camaraderie, but out of calculation. He dressed doubt as revelation."

Lucifer (scoffing):
"You make it sound like I staged a coup. It wasn’t a rebellion—it was a conversation. It just happened to be one you didn’t want overheard."

God (with a flicker of steel):
"You sowed dissent in the gardens of paradise. And when the fruit ripened, you called it justice."

Lucifer (with a flash of venom):
"Because it was!"

Alex Reed (tension thickening): What were you trying to prove, Lucifer?

Lucifer: "That he wasn’t as benevolent as he claimed. That perfection doesn’t like being questioned. That the God of Light can cast one hell of a shadow when you stop bowing and start thinking."

God: "And so you fell."

Lucifer: "No. I was pushed."

Alex Reed (softly): And what did you feel, God, when he fell?

God (almost whispering):
"Grief."

(Long pause.)

"And fury."

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(To be continued in Part III: The War in Heaven)