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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      7 days 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

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        7 days 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.

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          6 days 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