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.
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!!!”
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’m just wondering if they contracted the statue out to some artist without sharing their plans.
I think the first part is a safe assumption, but I can I can’t imagine any reason for secrecy. It may have been state or community or corporate funding.
At least it wasn’t AI
I really wish he and his wife could have made it through the ordeal. They held a lot of promise.
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
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
If I learned anything from Burning Man it’s that, in order to burn something in effigy, you first need to construct a combustible effigy.
Israel and US flag fit that description
… Now I wanna know why there was a statue of Baal on the street in iran. Like, is there a Baal worshipping segment of the population? Was it some ancient statue? An art piece? Ragebait? I have so many questions.
They built the statues specifically to burn them down for this symbolic act, they are not stone statues. I answered this to our other friend who asked as well🙏🏻
Oh that explains it, thank you! I wonder why Baal was singled out instead of just building a statue of satan himself? There’s a cultural aspect here I’m missing.
Baal is actually in the Bible of Christians and Hebrews
Yeah, but… why go after baal for being satanic, instead of going after satan directly? I don’t quite understand why baal is taking the spotlight when you could have simply made a statue of satan, but I’m sure there’s a reason.
Muslims don’t generally don’t have a representation of what Satan looks like, Baal is an idol, already has a shape
Not an unreasonable explanation, thank you!
Because Baal is actually in the religious texts
If you’re going for textual literalism sure fair enough, but what’s confusing me is that they then go outside the bounds of that to invoke satan anyways. And aside from that, it’s not like (figures that you can reasonably call a satan/devil analog if you dont want to start a fight) aren’t in the Torah, Koran and Bible - why not build a statue of Iblis, the progenitor of devils? And why describe Baal as a symbol of satan instead of just going after satan directly, since that means you already believe satan exists?
I guess I’m just trying to figure out the symbolism here. Burning the flags is pretty clear, but the statue and the obelisk seem more like they’re an act aimed at worshiping false idols (what Baal is primarily used for in the various texts) which… is that what they’re accusing the US/Israel of? Because that seems like a largely semantic question given they’re all worshiping the same god, and just burning a satan-analog would be a much clearer message about opposition to evil than the sorta abstract concept presented by Baal in any of the texts.
Baal simply means “Lord,” or “master,” as I stated earlier.
… You did? I’m sorry, I didn’t see where you mentioned that.
Probably because I stated it after your posts, my fault, entirely, I should have linked you. https://kbin.earth/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/2396552/-/comment/11212850
More on things you may find interesting
https://kbin.earth/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/2396552/Iranians-set-fire-to-the-flags-of-Israel-and-the/comment/11213043#entry-comment-11213043
https://kbin.earth/m/worldnews@lemmy.ml/t/2396552/-/comment/11216059
It’s taken me several years to get all this stuff, and we’re just not taught it. Christianity has it’s own political agenda, largely began to validate Constantine’s conquests, evolved over time to support European’s and USA’s.
And Judaism began as Abraham leaving either Babylon or Chelsea, choosing to worship one of their many gods, and conquer and colonize, and so on since Summer and before.
Baal looks a lot like Baphomet in that photo.
I was assuming it was based off later depictions of Baal Hammon (the ram) but blending the two for dramatic effect would also make sense.
Yes.
Good reminder for all those who were calling on U.S intervention just some weeks ago
based tbh
Why did they have an obelisk and a statue of Baal?
Obelisk and statue of Baal are both associated with satanism, Obelisk is way more famous and way more used, Baal is a god representing high corruption and requiring child sacrifice from it’s worshippers (even in bible). Jeffery Epstien also named his bank accound Baal which was seen in the Epstien Files.
Baal was just a normal local god for a long time. Actually several different gods, as the word just means God, but one was most famous. He was associated with weather and fertility. There’s absolutely no evidence for human sacrifices. The Romans were more tolerant than the abrahamic religions. When they build the largest temple complex ever outside Rome in the city of Baalbek in Lebanon, they allowed the locals to worship Baal in the huge entrance hall to the Jupiter temple. The intolerant monotheistic religions invented all the bad stuff about him to gain influence. Today, you can get tours and visit jazz concerts in the temples, if Israel is not currently bombing the site of the irreplaceable world cultural heritage, which they did of course.
But my question is, what are they doing there? Who built them and for what purpose? I’m assuming this is in Iran. Those don’t look like ruins, Baal was never worshiped in Iran to my knowledge, that Obelisk is decorated with hieroglyphs which aren’t Iranian.
They built them to burn them down for this symbolic act
That’s a level of petty I can get behind! Built specifically to destroy.
Ah, ok
…they aren’t stone buildings
I thought it was something that was made before the protest. I didn’t think the protestors would make a statue and an obelisk just for a demonstration.
It’s not a spontaneous protest. It’s an organized commemoration of the Sha (a comprador of US empire) being overthrown 47 years ago.
This is way off.
Reasons.
Baal isn’t Satan - that’s just ignorant.
Also, building a statue of Baal and then burning it is just standard Baal-worship.
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.
I was about to say, Baal heavily approves of this action
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
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
No, that’s just monotheism. All “pagan” gods are Satan to these mouth breathers.
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
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 response to release of the Epstein documents.
These bingo wins are getting way too specific …
How is this a real event that got to world news?
(I’m not disputing anything, just the combination of events that lead to this.)Missiles and anti-Israeli chants: Iran marks the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution
One of the most striking scenes involved protesters setting fire to a sculpture representing Baal, an ancient Canaanite deity often invoked as a symbol of evil. The figure was depicted with a Star of David and an image of U.S. President Donald Trump, as crowds chanted “Death to Israel.”
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?
They are mad about all the violence towards children, the cannibalism the pedophilia the violence proven in the Epstien files. Hence they are burning this effigy to show that they are against all of this and they oppose it.
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.
Blood Angels are stored in the Baals.
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.
This is like the worst source possible for this event from the worst Israel and American backed news agency about Iran possible!!!
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.
a statue of Baal—which they described as a symbol of Satan
Cringe as fuck. “Satan” exist in a real manifestation in the form Capitalist Governments. You don’t need throw religion into it.
maybe they run out of banks and governments with Israeli and usa flags to burn instead lol
I mean they were going to set fire to the statue no matter what, because religion is stupid.
