Biblical Roasting Place Regrettably, due to the Phoenicians lack of ancient written history, the ability to interpret what exactly their rituals meant to them becomes unattainable. Still, ostensibly this cruel practice existed as distasteful for the Carthaginian people due to their purchasing other offspring for sacrifices or even fostering servant’s kids to take their own children’s places. Notwithstanding, in times of hardship or the catastrophe of crops failing or war, the priests would unequivocally order the sacrifice of the local people’s children. Notoriously, various ceremonies during problematical times could kill up to two hundred children of the most affluent and powerful families; in particular, the political crisis of 310 B.C., …show more content…
Emphatically, this transpires as an important Egyptian archeological find, dating approximately from the thirty-first century B.C. and contains a quantity of the earliest hieroglyphic inscriptions ever found. Unambiguously, Egyptologist, Bob Brier, refers to the Narmer Palette as “the first historical document in the world;” dating well before the construction of the pyramids. In fact, the stone text indisputably reveals the name of a Phoenician god, Baal-Hermon, meaning Baal of the North that presided on Mount Hermon, where the fallen angels descended. Specifically, from ancient times the mountain became a place where rituals and worship to the god Hermon (Baal-Hermon) transpired. Allegedly named after the Egyptian demigod, Hermes; associated with …show more content…
Furthermore, the cult of Baal appears even later on, with a temple located in Baalbeck in Lebanon built about A.D. 150; and transpires as another location where the celebration of cult orgies occurred, along with the cult of Bacchus. Conclusively, by cultivating his strength through numerous gods, such as Molech, Molock, Marduk, Dagon and others, Baal created a massive following and developed a consistent evil presence. Accordingly, through time, Baal’s enormous power conceivably melted into the spirit of Pan spreading and abiding to make Satan’s presence