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submitted 2 days ago by Armio2@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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[-] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 6 points 14 hours ago

I feel like I don't understand what the message being sent here is. Are they mad that the Epstein files got released? Mad about what's in them? Something else?

[-] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Blood Marines are stored in the Baals.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago
[-] svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

I love that at some point the SG-1 writers must have asked themselves "what if a Goa'uld had rizz?" And thus Ba'al was born.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 17 points 1 day ago

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

[-] DrQuickbeam@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours 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

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 7 points 22 hours ago

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

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

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

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 hours 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

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours 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 20 hours 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

[-] tryagain@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 day ago
[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Please link a source next time, lots of ignorant replies in this thread due to the lack of one explaining the Baal thing.

Why were ‘Baal’ statues burned at Iran’s revolution anniversary rallies?

It's a reference to Epstein.

[-] testingtester@lemmings.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

This is like the worst source possible for this event from the worst Israel and American backed news agency about Iran possible!!!

[-] Conselheiro@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 14 hours ago

Yeah. But at least it's a source that one can analyse and criticise. To be honest I literally just googled it and picked the first link because I've only read about this in telegram channels. And still, that was more effort than OP put in.

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 days ago

Western Mainstream Media: look at these 5 iranians we found who want the US to bomb Iran and install the Shah

  • Iranians burning US and Israeli flags

Western Mainstream Media: check out these AI slop videos of Jared kushners plans for gaza

[-] NABDad@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago

Say what you want, but their effigy-burning commitment is absolutely top notch.

They build a fucking statue that any Baal-worshiper would be thrilled to have in their home and then burn it.

That statue is awesome. Blows Banksy's picture-shredder out of the water.

I'm just wondering if they contracted the statue out to some artist without sharing their plans.

"You did what with it? Dude, that took me fifteen fucking months. MY WIFE LEFT ME!!!"

[-] bampop@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

It's a pretty random bunch of things to burn though. My guess is they had this stuff lying around for a while and they needed to make room for something else

[-] absentbird@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Burning a statue of Baal is metal as fuck. Set flame to the dying and rising god Baal, let his ashes bring strong harvests and renewal 🤘

I really wish he and his wife could have made it through the ordeal. They held a lot of promise.

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