I know you all have heard of Tower of Babel, and my question is, Do you think we would have all of the hatred for one another and racism. If they never would tried to climb to heaven? Tell me, what do you honestly think?
2006-08-15 07:19:09 · 15 answers · asked by lildiva7773 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, there would stll have been all the troubles... they are caused by sin... and sin is egged on by the forces of evil. This world is dominated by the forces of evil. Satan is the prince of this world. And so it will be untill God decides it is time to end it.
2006-08-15 07:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by IdahoMike 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a myth to explain the creation of languages. Back when everybody lived in a couple of little villages, they all spoke the same language (according to the story.) So as they moved around and the villages got bigger and more numerous, language changed to the point that people could no longer understand each other. Happens all the time--haven't you ever heard old fogeys complaining that "kids these days" don't speak properly? If you speak differently enough, it's a new language. As far as the whole tower to heaven bit...sounds like propaganda to me. I don't see how the two are related. I think the myth was to explain a natural occurence and they didn't know how languages popped up, but they were monotheistic and wanted to emphasize servility towards the one God in their holy book, so there was some tower thrown in the story about how languages evolved. The tower was a symbol, a symptom--the evil was already there. Evil transcends all languages.
I don't really see the way that story fits together--unlike some Bible stories, that one seems disjointed. I think everybody spoke different languages and hated different groups--really, now why would you speak differently if you loved another group of people? You'd all live together and speak the same language. Language is one way that people maintain their cultural identity. Language doesn't cause the tension--it merely highlights the tension by creating a contrast between two groups. The whole climbing to heaven bit...I don't see what that has to do with cultural identity. And as far as not climbing to heaven, there was already a perfectly good myth about not aspiring to God's glory--Lucifer tried to take over heaven and got thrown down with other rogue angels. That was a good story. But the Tower of Babel tale? As a myth, it kinda stinks on further analysis.
2006-08-15 14:33:00 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tower of Babel story is a myth that tries to account for the diversity of human languages & cultures. Nothing historical can be derived from that myth.
2006-08-15 14:25:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My interpretation of the story is this. It was a punishment for arrogance. Man tried to raise himself to the level of God by trying to physically reach Heaven. There was no way that they could have actually completed this impossible feat. It was the attempt and reason behind the task that angered God. The punishment for this transgression was the confusion of Tongues, making communication and concert effort extremely difficult. Man need no help in hating one another. Racism would still go on even if we all spoke a common language. It is not caused by a language barrier, it is caused by ignorance and fear.
2006-08-15 14:34:08 · answer #4 · answered by Pundit Bandit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of the Tower of Babel is a myth.
2006-08-15 14:24:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tower of Babel is man building up his own self-knowledges.
God knocks down anything man builds on his own because man's own is nothing but evil.
2006-08-15 14:25:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Racism comes from indifference, intolerance and ignorance. Not from an imaginary story.
2006-08-15 14:27:26 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it is a parable about people who forgot about God and thought THEY were God.
Humans are fallible. Racism and hatred are among their ugly failings.
2006-08-15 14:23:38 · answer #8 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. To many speak the same language that hate each other.
2006-08-15 14:24:06 · answer #9 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think being human, they woulda just found something else to fight about. It's what we do, as pathetic as that is.
2006-08-15 14:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋