Because the owl sees in the dark and is unseen.
It was the ancient Greek logo.
The statement 'they worship' followed by a singular ancient god isn't an entirely accurate assessment of their convoluted belief system. Marduk/Baal/Baalam were gods with a bull's features and there are many others, each with it's unique historic and demographic details. Moloch is the biblical phoenician god of sacrifice that now takes the form of the Greek Owl. (co-opting the symbol)
What they share, is that they are gods to whom one sacrificed children.
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-cult-of-moloch
That idea that god had to sacrifice his own son comes from this tradition, downvotes notwithstanding.
Because the owl sees in the dark and is unseen.
It was the ancient Greek logo.
The statement 'they worship' followed by a singular ancient god isn't an entirely accurate assessment of their convoluted belief system. Marduk/Baal/Baalam were gods with a bull's features and there are many others, each with it's unique historic and demographic details. Moloch is the biblical phoenician god of sacrifice that now takes the form of the Greek Owl. (co-opting the symbol)
What they share, is that they are gods to whom one sacrificed children.
ps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-cult-of-moloch
That idea that god had to sacrifice his own son comes from this tradition, downvotes notwithstanding.
Because the owl sees in the dark and is unseen.
It was the ancient Greek logo.
The statement 'they worship' followed by a singular ancient god isn't an entirely accurate assessment of their convoluted belief system. Marduk/Baal/Baalam were gods with a bull's features and there are many others, each with it's unique historic and demographic details. Moloch is the Greek Owl.
What they share, is that they are gods to whom one sacrificed children.