2006-09-29 11:56:33 · 13 answers · asked by claire82 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because the hearts of men were said to be inherently evil and disobedient, they were striving to make a name for themselves instead of worshipping the God who created them. Because of this open defiance, God stopped their efforts by confusing languages so that no one could understand each other. As a result, they could no longer communicate and the work was halted. The builders were then scattered to different parts of Earth. This story is used to explain the existence of many different languages and races.
2006-09-29 11:59:49 · answer #1 · answered by Saskia M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genesis chapter 11 will answer your question. The division of the people at the tower of Babel was language and land division.
2006-09-29 12:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by fred k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tower of Babel was the ultimate symbol of human pride. Humans wanted to built a tower to heaven to show that they were equal to God. God saw this and was angered by them. He made is so that they all spoke a different language and the tower was forgotten because they could not understand each other.
2006-09-29 12:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was a tower build by the Babylonian people (now Iraq) to try to reach heaven and it says in the bible that god thought the people of the earth needed a barrier to stop them from reaching there goal so gave different groups of people different languages. Hence Douglas Adams and the Babel fish which could translate all languages
2006-09-29 12:17:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tower of Babel was a ziggurat being built by the people who had settled in the plain of Shinar, which is where Babylon was built.
The passage that speaks of this is in Genesis 11.
To see what a zigguat looks like, click the link:
http://www.crystalinks.com/ziggurat.html
2006-09-29 12:01:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Babel Tower if one of many pyramidal towers (ziggurat)built in Babylon (Irak) a very long time ago.
2006-09-29 12:18:01 · answer #6 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The thing Babel has in his shorts when he sees a pretty woman.
2006-09-29 12:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by albert_rossie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is a reference to this story in the film Metropolis. In it, Maria tells the slave workers of the story and its consequences. The story is probably intended t show that the tower (the city above them) will fall when their masters begin to believe they are indestructible, and it is then that a Saviour will come- in the film it is the son of the creator of Metropolis, Freder, who finally rescues the slaves, almost in an echo of the Bible and of Jesus' 'rescue mission'.
2006-10-01 09:07:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was the tower that the people tried to build so it could reach heaven and they could in turn be higher and more powerful than god because they accomplished such a great feat but in turn god made different languages and the people went their seperate ways
2006-09-29 11:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A portal that the Watchers and their offspring were trying to use to get back home. ( Giants )
2006-09-29 12:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by stickinthemud 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋