I don't know. If the Abrahamic God of the bible was afraid of humans, he'd have killed them. That was sort of his thing, wasn't it? Flooding the earth, killing people because their king took a census, pretty much killing was his go to. In this one instance he decides "I'll just divide up their languages," instead of slaughtering them all again (maybe he met his quota?)
I imagine when Moses was writing the old Testament (assuming he did) people kept asking him questions. An Atheists of the time probably asked, "Well why are there different languages Moses? I mean we're all descended from Noah, so we should all speak one language." And Moses decided to come up with whatever he could to explain it away. Perhaps borrowing from other myths he had heard.
"Yeah," said Moses. "God did it. People were building a tower to the heavens, and God decided to give us all different languages."
"That's your answer to everything isn't it," asked the Atheist. "God did it. I could write this story.. geez..."
And thus was born the idea to stone non-believers.
I imagine when Moses was writing the old Testament (assuming he did) people kept asking him questions. An Atheists of the time probably asked, "Well why are there different languages Moses? I mean we're all descended from Noah, so we should all speak one language." And Moses decided to come up with whatever he could to explain it away. Perhaps borrowing from other myths he had heard.
"Yeah," said Moses. "God did it. People were building a tower to the heavens, and God decided to give us all different languages."
"That's your answer to everything isn't it," asked the Atheist. "God did it. I could write this story.. geez..."
And thus was born the idea to stone non-believers.
