Tower of Babel question?

Question

God destroyed the tower and scattered the people giving each a different language. Now does this mean that there may be some truth to each of the religons across the globe? I mean if he put some in Asia, some in the middle east, and others in the west, does that mean that each of the religons in their respective locations are just pieces of a puzzle to a much larger picture? Sorry if this is a little confusing Im having trouble finding the right words.

Answer 1

Truths exist in all religions. Even among the American Indians, there are many myths and legends that support the stories of the Great Flood and the Tower of Babel.

The confusion of tongues and then the perversion of religions have made a logical connection almost impossible--but probable.

Answer 2

" God " didn't put anybody anywhere . As the population grew , people before the knowledge of agriculture, the areas would soon be depleted of animals and plants . They knew that if they moved a couple of miles away , the whole thing would happen again . So small groups would travel hundreds of miles from their former home to start a hunting and gathering spot .
Because of the distances and lack of communication , new words snuck into their language . After a few hundred years , the languages would be entirely different from the other groups .
Because these groups eventually founded nations , certain facial characteristics are still evident . After all , the entire nation started out as only a few families .

Answer 3

Some Confused Truth. For instance the building of Babel and its tower (likely a ziggurat for use in idolatrous worship) began. The plans of those builders were frustrated when God confused their language. No longer being able to understand one another, they gradually left off building the city and scattered. However, the idolatry that began at Babel did not end there. Wherever those builders went they carried their false religious concepts.
Indicative of this is the fact that the mythologies of the ancients echo various parts of the Biblical record, but in a distorted, polytheistic form. The legends depict certain gods as serpent slayers; also, the religions of many ancient peoples included the worship of a god placed in the role of a benefactor who dies a violent death on earth and then is restored to life. This may suggest that such a god was actually a deified human wrongly viewed as being the ‘promised seed.’ The myths tell of the love affairs had by gods and earthly women and of the heroic deeds of their hybrid offspring. There is hardly a nation on the earth that does not have a legend concerning a global flood, and traces of the tower-building account are likewise to be found in the legends of mankind.

Answer 4

To answer the question you need to consider the why? God destroyed the tower and scattered the people.
You see a world full of religion, however it has nothing to do with God.
In the bible he gave the command to multiply and fill the earth, however the people did not follow this command.
Also they were in opposition to God.
Nimrod set himself up in opposition to the Creator, who had never intended that humans rule themselves. And when “he went forth into Assyria,” Nimrod proceeded to expand his political realm, possibly by force of arms. If so, this made him “a mighty hunter” not only of animals but of humans as well.
Nimrod, the first to merge religion with politics, set the pattern for all like subsequent alliances. Would it have divine approval? The principle later set out in the Bible that “a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit” was about to be applied.—Matthew 7:18.
So you see any religion that was a result this pulling away from the true God's requirements and instructions would be mingled with false teachings and something detestable to God. That's why its so important to study the scriptures to see what God requires of you.

Answer 5

The city, called Babel, or Babylon, was primarily a religious city. No fewer than 53 temples have been found in its ruins. Its worship featured triads of gods, belief in the immortality of the human soul, belief in the underworld, or hell, and astrology. Idolatry, magic, sorcery, divination and the occult all played a major role. The infamous Tower of Babel was not merely a monument or a landmark; other similar structures unearthed in the area indicate that it probably was a ziggurat with several stages, as well as a temple at the top. It would rise above and dominate the city

The Bible record says: “That is why its name was called Babel, because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth, and Jehovah had scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth.”—Genesis 11:9.

No longer able to communicate with one another, the builders left off their project and began to move out in different directions. Wherever they went, they brought with them their religious beliefs, ideas, legends and myths. Millennia of local development have resulted in the great diversities seen on the surface of the world’s religions. But underneath there are the unmistakable similarities, evidence that they came from the same source—Babel, or Babylon.



The Bible not only provides the background of the great dispersion but also foretells the outcome—the establishment of a world empire of Babylonish false religion. In strong and vivid language she was described as “the great harlot who sits on many waters, with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication . . . Upon her forehead was written a name, a mystery: ‘Babylon the Great, the mother of the harlots and of the disgusting things of the earth.’” (Revelation 17:1, 2, 5) She wields a tremendous influence over not only the masses but also the political, military and commercial systems of the earth.

Answer 6

Yes, partly.

Adam and Eve knew the Lord and Noah did too, so, yes,
all were born from them and all knew the truth of God.
However, what the Bible teaches is that they began
worshiping the creation instead of the creator - so
beliefs have been twisted and the God of the universe
denied until Abraham, Moses, and all who were reminders,
the prophets, then Jesus came.
So, yes the ones who passed down traditions with the
most integrity do have truths here and there, but not
THE TRUTH of the God of the universe necessarily,
just small aspects.

So, instead of a complete puzzle, you just have pieces
that will not all match completely and will be
incomplete.

Answer 7

THE ancient Tower of Babel has become a symbol of confusion and division. It was there, some 4,000 years ago, that God confused the language of the people. Why? Because of their rebellion against him. They rejected obedience to God and instead centered their lives on the schemes of imperfect men. So God scattered them.—Genesis 11:1-9. The Bible clearly shows that God approves only worship that is in harmony with his will. Jesus said: “Not everyone saying to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but the one doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens will.” He also said that God is “looking for,” that is, he approves of and only listens to those who worship him “with spirit and truth.” That is done by observing his Word and obeying his commandments. So God disapproves of religions that do not do his will, just as he disapproved of the builders of the Tower of Babel, who also were not doing his will. He rejects such ones. As Jesus said to those who do their own will instead of God’s will: “Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness.”—Matthew 7:21-23; John 4:23, 24.

Answer 8

The very reason He scattered them was because rather than following God's command to the sons of Noah to spread out across the earth they came together for the sake of unity and human achievement apart from God's one and only way. Don't we see the same rebellion taking place today through the spirit of universalism? The spirit that says, "there can not be just one way to heaven....let us instead find common ground and work together, apart from what God has said (through His Son)."

Answer 9

Another of the biblical allegories to explain why languages evolve. Is why an american accent and a british accent are different--why southern drawls are different than a maine fisherman. Give it a thousand years in relative isolation and the languages are no longer the same. (Try reading old or middle english--have a german translate dutch--they are close but not impossible to do).

Answer 10

God destroyed the tower because of the wickedness of the people. The confusion of language was the punishment. The brother of Jared had the 'truth' and he and his family sailed to the promised land and established a mighty people the called themselves the 'Jaredites.'