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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    5 hours ago

    The major prophets of Abrahamic monotheism are pretty clearly men, with flaws and no major powers

    that’s another fascinating aspect about how these religions morphed in christianity, judiasm & islam that i learned.

    the gods slowly lose their god powers over the millennia and those powers are either re-attributed to the one god; that would later be the same god that the christians, jews & muslims worship today; or just disappear altogether. the end result is that you have one god with all of the powers and just regular people.

    it’s a bit like how tolkien described middle earth or how greek/roman pantheon describe the ages going from heroes to men, with the old ages defined by powerful creatures like the titans and balrogs at the begging of history and then a slow degradation of power to the point of ordinary men and hobbits in the current age.

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      Mmm. I appreciate the information and your politeness. The Christians are Trinitarians so idk if they count but fair enough. ✌️

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        the christian trinity is also fascinating; it’s one of the most modern examples of this sort of god-powers-changing-hands phenomenon when i used tolkien and the greek/roman pantheon as examples.

        I appreciate the information and your politeness.

        you should consider changing primary instances if you’re hit with rudeness so much that you felt the need to say this.