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Parable Of The Chocolate Factory

For a while I struggled with the notion that Lucifer could be a "Son of the Morning", this extremely intelligent choice spirit, but after thousands of years of witnessing the superior power of the Father, could still be clueless to the fact that he is fulfilling an essential role in the Plan of Salvation. The notion that billions of spirit children (those that followed Lucifer) would never be given the opportunity to repent and progress deeply troubled me.

While watching the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, it dawned on me that Lucifer's status and role as stated in the scriptures and from the pulpit may in fact be a limited (misleading was not the right word) version of a larger reality that God in his infinite wisdom chose to conceal from humanity at large. I've grown more accepting of the possibility that Satan may be more akin to Arthur Slugworth, publicly in opposition to the Father, but covertly commissioned by the Father to fill the necessary role of adversary.

I later learned that this is the traditional Jewish view of Satan, and a review of Job in the Old Testament lends additional credibility to this idea.

Has anyone else ruminated on this subject as well?

Factory Chocolate The Parable

Yes, I believe we have hammered this philosophy in the LDS Mature section but I think the analogy was with the Matrix Trilogy. I have not see or cannot recall the 1971 film or the modern version (Johnny Depp) yet so I cannot relate the name mentioned in your analogy.

Rather off topic, but... Please have a look at your Intro Thread for replies.