2006-11-27 04:30:43 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, and I would humbly add, "the meanest."
What kind of jerk does god seem to be in that story? No wonder He hates the United Nations. We can't have everyone "getting along" now can we?
2006-11-27 04:32:40 · answer #1 · answered by Black Parade Billie 5 · 1⤊ 5⤋
I don't believe that's how languages evolved, but that doesn't make it the most ridiculous explanation I've ever heard. The Hebrews, like all ancient peoples, really had no idea why there were so many separate languages, so they created an explanation. It's the same sort of logic as the creation story, and you can find similar examples in nearly every ancient culture.
2006-11-27 04:43:37 · answer #2 · answered by Caritas 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't surprise that two ludicrous fables, the Towel of Babar - oops, Tower of Babel - and Noah's Urkle - oops, ark - come from the same book. They are also similar in the form of their laughable stories.
The "ark" said all specious - oops, species - of animals were in one boat and then distributed throughout the world. Why? A person would let all the animals out in the place, and not "travel the world" to find places to release them.
In the same idiotic way, the notion that all languages were in one place in the world and then magically transported to other places (eg. Micronesia, the Americas) without mentioning how the people got there, is just plain silly. Or are the godbots admitting that not everybody and every language appeared at Babel? Either way, they're contradicting themselves.
Instead of blathering about "speaking in tongues", the godbots should bite theirs.
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2006-11-27 04:43:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
It also strikes me as funny that god would be upset with people attempting to build a tower to reach him...
Seeing as how we all know that there is nothing up in the sky besides outer space.
This is yet another glaring example of why the bible is completely false. This is obvious mythology, and it's obvious that the people who wrote these myths literally thought that "heaven" was up in the sky, and was not some mystical alternate dimension, as modern Christian apologists would have you believe.
2006-11-27 04:47:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, the word Babel in the Hebrew means confusion.
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From H1101; confusion; Babel (that is, Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire: - Babel, Babylon.
2006-11-27 04:35:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
better than some worse than others. besides English, Canadians and Americans use the basic common language and look how different the meaning are between them. let alone between different areas of the same country where language differs in use.
2006-11-27 04:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, look at the fall of the Roman Empire, it was the ultimate mixing of cultures in the past that occurred too fast leading to a collapse of civilization at that time and the dark ages. All of the cultures came together in one place but did not mix well and that could easily be seen as God getting angry with man trying to say his law is greater than God and God getting angry and destroying the Empire.
2006-11-27 04:35:06 · answer #7 · answered by Jake Lockley 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. But I have heard some strange scientific theories. Can't scientists and Christians just get along without putting down one another's beliefs?
2006-11-27 05:06:03 · answer #8 · answered by ☼Grace☼ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-11-27 06:10:11 · answer #9 · answered by Stephen P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is the most ridiculous THEORY man could think of! The Tower of Babel is far more logical than the GOO to YOU theory!
2006-11-27 04:40:42 · answer #10 · answered by Home_educator 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
isnt that the one where people were buildin a tower to the sky till god made them speak different languages so that they couldnt finish it?
makes sense to me, god doesnt want us getting to heaven and finding out that hes really a spotty teenager doing the same thing as the wizard of oz
2006-11-27 08:29:28 · answer #11 · answered by Mark H 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋