Genesis 11 tells us where languages came from; isn't it easier just to believe God made them?

Question

The Bible says it happened this way. Languages did not evolve.

I don't see English becoming another language now.

(I ment to put this under Religion & Spirtuality the first time.)

Answer 1

So what if it's easier? Doesn't make it right. It's easier to believe the world's flat, that everyone thinks the exact same as me, that all men /women /black /white /gays /whatever act the same way, but we know that it's wrong. Belief in a god that did everything for no apparent reason is easy and simple, perfect for those who can't think in more complicated terms.

Languages evolve today and they've evolved in the past. We can track it as it happens. There is proof this time that the Bible is flat wrong. Thanks for bringing this discussion up.

Answer 2

That answer makes it hard to explain ASL or Twin, however. Both of these are languages that are clearly invented by humans. Although associated with English, ASL has different grammar and it's words have little or nothing to do with the English words for the same things and concepts. It's a completely separate langauge, and it was systematically created by people. 'Twin' is the language that twins have sometimes been known to create between themselves. Again, it's got its own grammar and words, and it's completely understandable by both parties. Each twin language is unique, however. So new languages are even now being created by people. Isn't it therefore easier to believe that rather than the specific langagues, God created the ability for langauge?

And I'm sorry, but language DOES evolve. You don't see it because it generally happens slowly, but it's there. Haven't you heard of Old English or Middle English? Is it really just coincidence that the Romance languages have so much in common - or does it seem more likely that they all have Latin at their root?

Answer 3

Well English wasn't invented back then. Whatever languages were created in that time, aren't around today. Those languages evolved into other languages, and today we have different languages. You say that English can't become another language? It already has. Read some English literature written 500, 400, 300, 200, and even a hundred years ago, and see the differences. A language that does not evolve, eventually dies. i.e. Latin.

Answer 4

Languages are a growing, evolving, living part of being human. You need to study, at least a little bit, the following: etymology, philology, linguistics.

See how English has evolved for example. Who among us can read Geoffrey Chaucer in the original English today? Even Shakespeare is loaded with perfectly good words for HIS day, but words that are now archaic, whose meaning is dim to us.

I believe that it was G. K. Chesterton, or maybe it was Robert Heinlein, who once said that English was the result of Norman men-at-arms trying to make dates with Saxon barmaids....and no more legitimate than any other result of said dates.

As for English becoming another language, of course it won't. It'll NEVER be French, or German, or Urdu. BUT, it will continue to change as words are added, deleted or their meanings altered. As grammatical changes occur for greater clarity of communication.

The only part God plays in this is in setting up the original parameters of creation and then allowing said creation to do its own thing. To grow, to evolve, to live. Language is just a part of that.

Answer 5

Well, do you believe that God is the creator of everything? If so, then God is the creator of language. The tower of Babel is told to explain the different languages: everyone spoke the same language, tried to build a tower to reach heaven & God destroyed it, causing the different languages to form.
Languages do evole, except for Latin. That is why it is a dead language. English is constantly evolving-many of our words are derivations from German.

Answer 6

>> Couldn't it be the colors already existed and God changed >> their languages in accordance with their "already existing" >> skin color.         Well, you're close. I do believe Adam & Eve (and Noah and his three sons) had all the genetic coding to create the different colors. However, as long as the genetic pool remained close-knit (diverse), you wouldn't get any of the color variations being segregated because of having every genetic selection from which to mix.         Thus, though God did not create the color segregations at the Tower of Babel, it was definitely as a result of the Tower of Babel that the color segregations occurred. As peoples of the same tongue moved off to associate only with each other, this also caused the genetic pool to become more specialized.         It is quite conceivable that noticeable color variations would have begun to occur is just two or three generations. Then, as you said, "light skinned persons married light skinned persons and dark skinned persons married dark skinned" within their own group. This would further subdivide the genetic pool and color variations would quickly become much more prominent.         Thus, the Tower of Babel *is* associated with -- but not directly linked to -- color differences. It was the dispersal from the Tower of Babel area that caused genetic variances, through gene pool concentration, to be associated with a particular group. God bless.

Answer 7

God gave man language but he abused it like everything else.When the tower of Babel was destroyed God confused men's languages.This is why they do evolve by cause they are of man not God.It is like a breeding program we weed out that that we don't like.It is the only thing that comes close to fitting the theory of evolution,but there is nothing natural about it it is all the construct of man.

Answer 8

languages evolved from other languages, English is German based but has many Latin based words, if you think about it everything evolved from grunts and pointing.

Oh (the the answer before mine) and I had to recite from memory the introduction of Canterbury tales by Chaucer, I can read and recite and understand most Shakespearean English and it's not that hard considering I've had to do it since I was about 10

Answer 9

Hey, I know what you're up to... I looked at your Q&A's and you are just an evolutionist pretending that you believe in the Bible. That's really low. It won't work because the Bible is the word of God as much as you don't want to believe it.

Answer 10

Its easier to believe that God made everything-thats why so many people believe-its easier than trying to figure out how everything came to be!!