
Baal was once a rival and enemy of mine. This is the story of how I humiliated and vanquished Baal forever.
Israel Betrays the LORD
“Now Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done. For they also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and wooden images of Baal on every high hill and under every green tree. And there were also perverted persons in the land.” 1 Kings 14:22-23
Baal was a minor demon prince who got famous by promising rain and food to the people of Israel. Baal also became popular for promising all kinds of perverted sex and for generally being a party animal.
Now for some reason the people of Israel viewed Baal as more of a life-giver and me as more of a death-bringer. In fact, polling at the time showed that 73% of Israelis had come to view me as a jealous God who banned everything fun.
And how could I not be jealous? My chosen people, the people of Israel, had rejected me and cheated on me with that pervert Baal. I mean, for crying out loud, Baal!
I had only created the universe for them and made a foreskin covenant with them. And let’s not forget that I had rescued them from slavery in Egypt. And how did they repay my love?
By erecting giant penis statues all over the Promised Land in honor of some sleazy pagan demon. I felt so betrayed, even violated. I wept for decades.
Imagine catching your spouse in the act of cheating on you. Ok, now imagine catching your spouse in the act of fellating a drunken birthday clown for rain. Now you know how betrayed I felt.
The Fire Contest
“Elijah went before the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people said nothing.” 1 Kings 18:20
Although my feelings were deeply hurt, I ventured on bravely and kept fighting for the love of Israel.
I sent several prophets to spread rumors that Baal-worship led to your penis and/or tits falling off. But Israel kept worshipping Baal anyway.
So then one day I thought up a great way to show the people of Israel that Baal was completely full of shit. I called upon my prophet Elijah and told him my plan for shaming Baal.
Elijah was down for whatever because he hated Baal too. I told Elijah to setup a big pile of wood, and to surround it with 4-ft. deep trenches, and to fill the trenches with sea water. I also told him to get the wood nice and wet.
Elijah did as told, and then invited the people of Israel and all the prophets of Baal to his fire altar. Elijah publicly challenged them to ask Baal to light the fire.
The prophets called upon Baal to light the fire and of course they failed, because Baal wasn’t there. So then Elijah was like, “Light the fire, LORD!” And then I magically turned all the water into gas, lit a match and boom! The wood burst into flames.
But for some reason the people of Israel were not impressed. They just shrugged and went right back to masturbating to the statue of Baal.
The LORD Pranks Baal
“That same night the LORD said to him, “Tear down your father’s altar to Baal and cut down the Asherah pole beside it. Then build a proper kind of altar to the LORD your God on the top of this height.” Judges 6:25
Eventually I got so frustrated over the whole Baal situation, I started setting my sights a little lower. I started convincing teenagers and other young people one at a time to steer clear of Baal.
I had converted this one 16-year-old kid Gideon to my side. His father was very pro-Baal and a pillar in the community. Well, I commanded Gideon to burn down his father’s altar to Baal, and to replace it with a fine altar to me. Afterwards, the people in the town were angry and demanded that Gideon’s father Joash give them his son to be killed. Joash lost his mind and started screaming at them.
Now you should understand that Joash was a big guy, about 5-10, 210 pounds and all muscle. In those days that made you a mythical giant.
Well, Joash threatened the townspeople with death if they didn’t shut up about Baal. They were so afraid they never even thought about Baal again.
I engaged in many guerrilla PR tactics such as this one over a span of several hundred years. Slowly but surely, I started winning back the people of Israel.
The LORD Crushes Baal
“All the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.” 2 Chronicles 23:17
After several centuries of trying to remove the plague of Baal from my lands, I gained influence over a powerful young military commander named Jehoiada.
Jehoiada did as I commanded and seized complete political control over the kingdom of Israel and restored pro-LORD rulers to power.
Baal worship was officially banned by the state and all followers of Baal were methodically killed off. Feces were thrown at statues of Baal and all his temples were burned to the ground.
My Angelic forces cornered a weakened Baal as he tried to escape the planet. With a triumphant chortle, I ordered his demon penis chopped off and his forked tongue removed. I banished Baal back to hell and there he has stayed - humiliated and ashamed - till this day.