How did false Gods get invented if we all descend from Noah?

Question

All 4 of Noah's sons knew God....

Did one of Noah's grandsons just say, screw it... I'm gonna carve a face in this tree and teach my children it is God.

Answer 1

No nimrod decided to call himself God.

Answer 2

Ooooh. That's quite a conundrum.

Only Noah's family survived. They all were on a first name basis with the Big Dude. So where did it all go wrong?

I'm looking forward to the fundie answers.

Answer 3

Most of Noah's sons children did some thing like that.
And we are still doing it today.

(Noah had 3 sons by the way)

Answer 4

omg - i don't mean to offend if this is a true question, but are you serious????? LOL
don't you think the world was around just a weeeeeeee bit longer than what the bible says????? don't you think that maybe, just maybe, there were other religions before christianity - like oh i don't know, islam, buddism, etc etc. ever wonder about the greek mythology we were taught in school? well guess what, at the time of the ancient greeks, that WAS religion not mythology! and guess what, at some point in time, christianity will be taught in schools as the mythology of our time!!! mother nature was around way before the almighty god was, and SHE is who provides for us!

Answer 5

After the flood it says that Noahs sons went out and found wives, from where? maybe these women brought there religion along with them.

Answer 6

That is just about what Nimrod did. His name means, "Let Us Revolt." His wife Semiramus and son Tammuz started the mother/son cult and spawned many gods and goddesses for worshiping instead of God. All involved sexual misconduct of course. Nimrod built the Tower of Babel that God took down and changed their language into many languages.

Answer 7

A fundy will tell you that "false gods" are fallen angels, or powered by fallen angels, or descended from fallen angels. But, essentially, yes, after God confused the languages at the Tower of Babel, some of the people either forgot about God or deliberately turned their backs on Him.

Answer 8

What is god other than a commonly revered greater force beyond our individual selves? Given the diversity of languages and cultures, can it be surprising that different cultures would have different names for that greater force? That they might define that greater force somewhat differently? Or that they may follow a somewhat different path in order to connect to that greater force? Even if they recognize multiple "gods", such as the Hindu, isn't it possible that those multiple gods could be viewed as different aspects of a singular greater force? Can we really be so certain that this greater force is offended by these practices?

One greater force/god; many paths to him/her/it.

Answer 9

Noah and the Ark is a type of the tribulation period. But one of Noah's sons was "bad seed", that is how sin was carried over in the ark.
Noah's son that was the bad seed was Ham.

Answer 10

It seems unbelievable to you that Noah's children would not follow the same faith and worship the same God as he did. Are you serious or, maybe, you don't have any teenage kids of your own yet....

Answer 11

Yes, this is pretty much how it happened.

God describes it this way at Isaiah 44:

14 He cuts down cedars for himself,
And takes the cypress and the oak;
He secures it for himself among the trees of the forest.
He plants a pine, and the rain nourishes it.
15 Then it shall be for a man to burn,
For he will take some of it and warm himself;
Yes, he kindles it and bakes bread;
Indeed he makes a god and worships it;
He makes it a carved image, and falls down to it.
16 He burns half of it in the fire;
With this half he eats meat;
He roasts a roast, and is satisfied.
He even warms himself and says,

“ Ah! I am warm,
I have seen the fire.”
17 And the rest of it he makes into a god,
His carved image.
He falls down before it and worships it,
Prays to it and says,

“ Deliver me, for you are my god!”