Why are they rebuilding The temple Baal in Trafalgar Square? Wasn't Baal the god of Child sacrifice and isn't England a Christian country? This event is closely followed by Beltane, Baals festival.

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Ray Dart Profile
Ray Dart answered

The question is pretty "nuts". Take a look at what is actually being erected and why.

Beltane has no connection of any sort (apart from recently invented ones) with Baal.

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Perry Nuttal
Perry Nuttal commented
Bel is an East Semitic form cognate with Northwest Semitic Baal with the same meaning. Baal was a god known in the 3rd millennium and I'm just wondering why my tax money is paying for a copy of an arch to be erected in London which was originally used in child sacrifice. The petition against the Baal arch was accepted and overturned, only for them to rename it the "Arch of Triumph" which is exactly the same thing.
Ray Dart
Ray Dart commented
Still nonsense buddy!
Perry Nuttal
Perry Nuttal commented
Still Damien Hirst sliced a cow and it's calf in half put it in a museum and called it art, nothing should surprise me.
Didge Doo Profile
Didge Doo answered

Why should they not? After all, England abounds with temples to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (they're called trattorias) and nobody complains. We Pastafarians are a tolerant lot.

R'amen.

Charles Davis Profile
Charles Davis answered

Baal was not any single one God, Baal is a title meaning lord it is mistakenly seen to most christians as a single god. At one point in history even the biblical God was known a Baal Yahweh. Married women often referred to their husbands a Baal. The rebuilding of an ancient temple is a historical venture. England is more a secular country now days. It's church attendance is declining immensely.

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Perry Nuttal
Perry Nuttal commented
Baal was recognised as a single deity, Dagons son among others. Regardless of whether the country may be more secular doesn't follow why they'd erect an arch that led to past religion which had a temple where child sacrifice took place, certainly bad taste and just weird.
Charles Davis
Charles Davis commented
I think you need to do more research. There was a Baal Peor, Baal Hadith, as well as many others. Baal Peor was the son of El Elyon and was pronounced as King of the Gods at Ugarate. Nearly every city had a local god they called Baal. Here is a link that briefly talks about Baal, and mentions that YHVH was at times called Baal YHVH. The 2nd question is the reference I am talking about.
http://www.bibleodyssey.org/tools/ask-a-scholar/heavenly-beings.aspx
Perry Nuttal
Perry Nuttal commented
I've read that Baal was a title for Lord but by the third millennium he was a god in its own right Ha Baal.

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