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Today, in a symbolic act, Iranians set fire to the flags of Israel and the United States, as well as an obelisk and a statue of Baal—which they described as a symbol of Satan—in various cities across Iran in response to the release of the Epstein documents.

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[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 19 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Baal isn’t Satan - that’s just ignorant.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Also, building a statue of Baal and then burning it is just standard Baal-worship.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly. That's how sacrifice worked. You burned shit to give it to the gods. These guys just gave Baal a really nice statue of Satan to put in his living room.

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'd totally have this be a valid form of worship if I were a god. Especially if they cook hot dogs and marshmallows over it

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was about to say, Baal heavily approves of this action

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

i wonder how long we stop pretending w this jesus guy and cut out the middle man to go straight to worshipping baal again. lol

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 3 weeks ago

No, that's just monotheism. All "pagan" gods are Satan to these mouth breathers.

[–] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Does this mean they sculpted dozens of statues and shipped them around the country to burn some gas on them? Old Hadad is making a come back