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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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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months 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.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months 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

[–] whelk@retrolemmy.com 3 points 8 months 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