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.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    “Baal” just means “lord” in another language.

    So most likelyit’s like arguing whether God, Allah, or Yahewah is the bestest…

    They’re all talking about the same thing, just speaking different languages.

    All that being said, this is a picture from lemmy.ml, it’s almost definitely bullshit.

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      6 months ago

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=v2McpzeAOJQ

      Found the video but that’s about all the information there is. I get why they are protesting, but I have so many questions about the statue and why they have it, when was it made, was it actually supposed to be Baal from the beginning or did someone just write Baal on it, etc.

      Seems like if if somewhere in Greece there was a statues of Zeus portrayed as a deer or something with Zeus written across the front.