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Elijah Exalts the True GodThe Watchtower—1998 | January 1
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b Some suggest that self-mutilation was related to the practice of human sacrifice. Both acts implied that bodily affliction or the shedding of blood can invoke a god’s favor.
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Elijah Exalts the True GodThe Watchtower—1998 | January 1
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The Baal prophets even began cutting themselves with daggers and lances—a practice often employed by pagans to arouse the pity of their gods.b—1 Kings 18:28.
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