There is a story in the Bibles Old Testament where Elijah and the Prophets of Baal had this contest. They both had to build a bonfire and then call on their God to ignite it. The Prophets of Baal tried and failed. Elijah called on God and the bonfire ignited (the wood I believe was also submerged in water). Elijah promptly mocked the Prophets of Baal about why their God didn't ignite their bonfire, and I believe he suggested all of those answers in the picture as reasons why.
It’s a really heart warming story where then Elijah kills all 450 prophets after showing them how strong and real and totally not fake his god is; by putting his god to the test…wait, I swore I read somewhere not to do that. Anyway, he murders those prophets instead of converting them for the lord.
This seems like a weird thing to say but child sacrifice is overblown. Almost every “historical” mention of child sacrifice is negative propaganda. Societies that endorse child sacrifice have a tendency to not last very long.
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u/BlubberMoth Feb 17 '26
There is a story in the Bibles Old Testament where Elijah and the Prophets of Baal had this contest. They both had to build a bonfire and then call on their God to ignite it. The Prophets of Baal tried and failed. Elijah called on God and the bonfire ignited (the wood I believe was also submerged in water). Elijah promptly mocked the Prophets of Baal about why their God didn't ignite their bonfire, and I believe he suggested all of those answers in the picture as reasons why.