Sometimes I think Satan is God & God is Satan. Satan is looking more like a just & loving Deity, every day!
Gnostics had an interesting idea, that Bible-God the ever-raging one was the REAL "Satan".
Lucifer is called the Lightbringer & Morningstar. Jesus was also called The Morning Star.
In the H.T., HaSatan worked for HaShem.
Mmmmmmmmmm.....the plot thickens......
Lest I come across as an anti-Semite, let me clear things up. Unlike the Gnostics, I don't believe in a literal Demiurge. To me the concept of Demiurge refers to "Deity as represented and perverted by powerful religious leaders and who exhibits said leaders prejudices".
Thus, in the Abrahamic sense, I feel that both The True Deity & The Demiurge are represented in both Testaments. The Demiurge masquerades as "Almighty God".
When Deity in either Testament emphasizes charity & mercy or a punishment fits a crime, that's the real YHVH/HaShem. When Deity is akin to Josef Stalin and is into genocide, disproportionate retribution, excessive prudery & bigotry....DEMIURGE ALL THE WAAAAAYYY!
The "Demiurge" concept can apply to any scripture of any faith. In this sense, it's perfectly okay to cherry-pick scripture. Any scripture that goes against reason, common sense, empathy, civil rights, etc. is automatically Demiurgic and therefore false.
"The Demiurge Doctrine" could actually reform all religious faith! It could change the way people look at scriptures. People are going to keep on following silly Organized Religion, anyway. May as well provide a remedy to this "Fundy" thing. Thus, one can follow any faith and still remain progressive, modern, enlightened & humane.
As for me, I'm taking a Universalist-minded NeoPagan approach and that's how I'll stay.
I certainly wouldn't touch this Knutsville Demiurgic Tabernacle with a ten-cubit pole! These Knoxville knuts need a "Holy Ghost Enema"!