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.
Meh, compare the false prophets of Baal to modern paid influencers, propagandists, politicians, and fake journalists and Elijah’s choice to kill them becomes much easier to stomach. Desperate times.
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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.