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Big_Dummy
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What exactly do we know about Baal?
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1ke
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He bit the dust in Stargate Continuum.
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Aelred_Minor
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“Ba’al” is not a name, but a title meaning “Lord”, and many deities were given it (probably including YHWH early on to judge by some Hebrew names, but this fell out of use and is never explicitly done in the Bible, presumably because the title had become so associated with pagan Canaanite/Phoenician deities). This is reflected in places in the Bible that refer to “the baals”, meaning the pagan gods.
Here’s the Wikipedia page, though of course I can’t vouch for its accuracy and these kinds of things tend to try to reduce Judaism to just another local Canaanite cult, which I disagree with.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%CA%BFal
Here’s the Wikipedia page, though of course I can’t vouch for its accuracy and these kinds of things tend to try to reduce Judaism to just another local Canaanite cult, which I disagree with.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba%CA%BFal
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Trishie
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atschool.eduweb.co.uk/sbs777/snotes/note1112.html
The bible answers you question,Baalism is against the first Commandment of God.
1 Kings 18:18-46
Elijah cried out, "You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed the Baals. Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”
Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.“Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again. Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!”
The bible answers you question,Baalism is against the first Commandment of God.
1 Kings 18:18-46
Elijah cried out, "You have abandoned the LORD’s commands and have followed the Baals. Now summon the people from all over Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel. And bring the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.” So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel. Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing. Then Elijah said to them, “I am the only one of the LORD’s prophets left, but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 23 Get two bulls for us. Let Baal’s prophets choose one for themselves, and let them cut it into pieces and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”
Then all the people said, “What you say is good.” Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, “Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, since there are so many of you. Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire.” So they took the bull given them and prepared it. Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon. “Baal, answer us!” they shouted. But there was no response; no one answered. And they danced around the altar they had made. At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.” So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed. Midday passed, and they continued their frantic prophesying until the time for the evening sacrifice. But there was no response, no one answered, no one paid attention. Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come here to me.” They came to him, and he repaired the altar of the LORD, which had been torn down. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Your name shall be Israel.” With the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he dug a trench around it large enough to hold two seahs of seed. He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again.“Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench. At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. Answer me, LORD, answer me, so these people will know that you, LORD, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again. Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The LORD—he is God! The LORD—he is God!”
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Trishie
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Baal was the pagan god of fertility, and to worship or follow Baal or any other supposed deity is against the Commandment of God which says:
"I am the LORD your God… "
“You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.”
"I am the LORD your God… "
“You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.”
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DaveBj
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The word “ba’al” is also used in both ancient and modern Hebrew in the meanings of husband, owner, master of the house, etc.
With regard to ba’al as a “deity,” I have seen an ancient statue of a ba’al in a museum in Damascus; he was one ugly dude.
With regard to ba’al as a “deity,” I have seen an ancient statue of a ba’al in a museum in Damascus; he was one ugly dude.
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BenMasada
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God is not like a man to love or hate. Love and hatred are emotions, and God cannot be activated by emotions. Jesus himself said in John 4:24 that God is a Spirit. Being a Spirit,
God is incorporeal. There is no emotion in incorporeality. Therefore, the only way to relate to God is in a spiritual manner.
God is incorporeal. There is no emotion in incorporeality. Therefore, the only way to relate to God is in a spiritual manner.
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Fiasco
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There was a Ba`alful expression on his face?
Surely he couldn`t have looked any worse than that figure in “The Exorcist”!
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DaveBj
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There was a Ba`alful expression on his face?
Surely he couldn`t have looked any worse than that figure in “The Exorcist”!
Good one, Fiasco! I vote for changing your Trial Membership into Full Membership. There is more punishment needed on these forums
Back on topic, the image was ancient and eroded, but you could see that even when new it had been ugly. However, having seen both the image and The Exocist, I will grant that the latter was uglier.
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Ahimsa
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Baal Shem Tov was a holy man.
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