2006-07-23 11:26:36 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People thought they were so smart and decided to build a tower (the tower of Babel) so they could reach Heaven. God caused them to speak different languages so that they could not finish building the tower. If no one can understand one another, they can't work together. Makes sense.
2006-07-23 11:28:44 · answer #1 · answered by EarthAngel 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋
LOL. In reading some of these answers, I was astonished to learn that some people actual BELIEVE that tower of Babel nonsense. The basis for that story is the Biblical view of the universe, in which all that exist are the earth and heaven, which are separated by a solid 'firmament', and upon which the sun, moon and a few thousand stars are hung. In other words, the firmament is the SKY... and heaven is on the other side of the sky.
So, people started to build the tower of Babel in order to reach heaven (on the other side of the sky) and confront god. God became fearful that they would actually succeed in encroaching upon his domain, and so he confounded their speech so the could not succeed.
The most revealing thing about this story is NOT the fact that people had such a bizarre understanding of what he universe was like... it is that God, the creator, is such a dumbass that HE is not even aware of the configuration of the universe that he, himself, created. This bone-head deity, just like the creatures that he created, thinks that he lives on the other side of the sky.
2006-07-23 12:31:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cultures are drastically different. Languages tend to differ based on culture, like if one culture values a particular social structure, the language may reflect that. Even pidgin or creole languages tend to favor this. In Hawaii, where I'm from, "Hawaiian pidgin" has been influenced by many different languages (like English, Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, etc) because of the mix of cultures and need to communicate.
2006-07-23 11:38:36 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Mankind has travelled around the world and in doing so has developed different ways of communicating with each other. Different areas just developed differently.
2006-07-23 11:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by ami 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"For a lack of true meaning" anyway check Europe every country is real close yet they all speak their own language and sometimes the language of their neighbor.
language is heritage anyway
2006-07-23 12:22:52 · answer #5 · answered by michael_gdl 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
LOL. Regions cultures tribes were all developed with a language in thousands of years.
2006-07-23 11:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by A K 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Simple. Marketing problems. There were no marketing tools to sell those "product" when they first came out so, unaware of their existence, other "products" were created in different places to supply the local demand.
Nowadays you can consume as many as you can afford. They are everywhere and come in all forms and sounds, to satisfy the most demanding consumers.
There's no monopoly.
Wonderful isn't it!?
2006-07-23 11:38:35 · answer #7 · answered by iikozen 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because the tower of babel in genesis they were trying to build a building to heaven so God cut them down and destroyed it which was huge and catastrophic so it seperated the one land into 7 continents or shattered it and cause them to float away and gave them all different languages so they wouldnt understand each other.
2006-07-23 11:29:51 · answer #8 · answered by morobell 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people got isolated from one another - started to speak different dialects - dialects became different languages?
2006-07-23 11:30:34 · answer #9 · answered by annie22222 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What?! LMAO! Are you serious? Are you that oblivious to the world around you and it innate diversity? Take a trip somewhere!
2006-07-23 11:30:43 · answer #10 · answered by Nrassm 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋