I can see myself getting crap from the atheists and the Christians on this one, but I know someone out there has a good answer.
Here, I'll say what some Atheists will say "No, the Tower of Babyl never existed because the Bible is a bunch of crap, now go burn in the Hell that I don't believe exists."
and now for the Christians: "No, it was definitely erected in the Tigris-Euphrates crescent valley or northern Africa, so go burn in Hell for not believing what I believe the Bible to say."
If you don't have a more creative answer than these two that won't make me laugh then please don't reply. Unless you really want to.
2007-06-26 09:55:08 · 12 answers · asked by tatereatinmic 3 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
It is an allegory written thousands of yrs. after the fact which tells of a time when Babylonia conquered Israel, took many prisoners back to Babylon as slaves and used them to reconstruct a ziggurat dedicated to Marduk. Many slaves from several different cultures were used, therefore there were many different languages being spoken at the construction site.
This is the perception of one culture in Genesis. The Israelites had never seen the religious ziggurates which originated in Sumer, [or perhaps from where they lived before migrating to the area they called 'Sumer' and developed their city-states.] They are believed to have been symbolic mountains,[which is why some historians believe that they migrated from a mountainous area]. They were constructed of mud brick with the lowest section 'painted' in bitumen [black] symbolic of the underworld from where some of their gods were thought to live, the middle was of plain mudbrick to symbolize the earth and at the very top was a shrine in blue tiles, symbolizing the sky and the goddess Inana...
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2007-06-26 19:18:05 · answer #1 · answered by isis1037 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It isn't a totally silly idea. If you look at the text regarding the tower of Bable you will notice that just prior/after that story it gives a geneology of people and lists a man named Peleg because it says that the earth was divided (topographical upheaval) in his days. It is plausible to suggest that the location might have been near current day Mexico as both the Aztecs, and Mayans built buildings similar to what the tower of Bable was supposed to look like. I personally think that the original tower was destroyed in the upheaval. My own opinion is that God does not want us to find the remains for the same reason that He doesn't want us to find the Garden of Eden; there are more important things to focus on.
2007-06-26 10:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where I saw it, but a couple of years ago I watched a program that showed the archaeological evidence of Biblical stories. This was one that was found in the writings of non-Biblical cultures in the general area of Iraq. Generally speaking, there is overwhelming archaeological evidence of the tower once being built in that area. Now, as for the whole language thing...that is a different story (no pun intended).
2007-06-27 02:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by An S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be fun, if it was true. Solomon has sent a fleet of boats in America during his reign, and it is believed that they would have reach the continent and bring back many stories and artefact... But they don't say where in America they did land, and many mesoamerican civilizations did have a myth talking about white god coming from the sea... So it could make sense if this link could be proven. Now the question, where do you think she could have been built?
2007-06-26 15:13:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think any thinking person would need more than a suggestion to believe you. They would need a citation from some credible source that supported that idea based on field evidence, preferably in a journal that only published peer-reviewed articles.
2007-06-26 10:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My only query is, what is your basis behind that theory?
And for the record, I am a Christian, and can guarantee that I will NEVER tell anyone to go burn in hell for not believing what I believe. That's not to say it won't happen, but I'll never TELL anyone that. ;)
2007-06-26 09:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by Jenn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a job for you. Find out if plate tectonics could have shifted Babylon away from Mexico millenia ago, and if Mexicans are missing a piece of Mexico. They would know.
2007-06-26 14:43:08 · answer #7 · answered by littleblanket 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. Lacking credibility you would be wasting your time on the subject. That would be useless.
As a Christian I would not dare suggest any condemnation towards you for what you think. Don't you know we aren't allowed to?
Anyways if someone does tell you to go to hell don't pay them any mind unless it is God Almighty. Because when He says "you go to hell" ...you're going! For real, forever.
So don't pay any mind to a soul trying to drop that curse on you. The only one that can sit in judgement to that point is God. Anything else falls short.
2007-06-26 10:53:24 · answer #8 · answered by the old dog 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Archeology suggests the actual location to be in Iran or Iraq. Sorry.
2007-06-27 03:29:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are satellite images of the proposed placed of the tower which incidently were taken in iraq.
2007-06-26 10:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋