(January 13, 2014 at 12:19 pm)Drich Wrote:(January 13, 2014 at 10:59 am)truthBtold Wrote: Embarrassing tale of biblical nonsense is the construction of the Tower of Babel in (Genesis 11). Everyone on earth spoke the same language when the erection of the tower began. Because the people of earth had a great desire to catch a glimpse of God, they built this supposed tower intending to breach the sky. As God didn’t like the possibility of people spotting him, he confused their languages to prevent the architects from understanding one another. Unable to continue construction, everyone with different languages went separate ways. We know that many different languages existed centuries before the story’s setting around 2500-2000 BCE. Noah’s sons separated according to their own tongues in (Genesis 10). the notion that nineteenth century man had the architectural knowledge to build a tower even a mile high is ridiculous. To fathom that a group of ignorant ancient Hebrews could make an equivalent accomplishment is ludicrous. If god didn’t want the people to see him, he wouldn’t have provided the means for them to do so. God’s supposed fear of us actually reaching him in the sky. To suggest that an omniscient god would destroy a building because he felt he was in danger of humans catching a glimpse of him is stupid. once again going back to the ancient Hebrew belief that God eternally resided on top of a dome covering the earth. Since an omniscient deity would know that the people could not possibly reach him, he would not have stopped the tower’s construction for the specific reason provided by the Bible. The story cries of a myth..
And to further say that theres alot of problems of all the translations that are in the bible, and all the fights and wars because of misinterpretation in the bibles we should blame your god for confusing their language, thus different languages in the world.
Maybe (just a suggestion to help you avoid any future embarassment) you should start with the verse in question rather than the straw man arguement that Atheist typically use to make the arguement you just made.
In the account in Genesis the purpose was not to see God but to make a name for themselves among men. They were looking to unify themselves with this project.
4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
as such God did not confuse their language because they would breach the walls of heaven as most of you imply.
God confused their language because for man to be unified at that time in our history/development would set us on a course that was no consistant with His plan of salvation.
“Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them. 7 Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth, and they ceased building the city.
Notice the bold part. Also notice God did not say He confused their language to keep them from breaching the gates of Heaven, but rather allow man the power to choose his own destiny at that point in our development.
once again...trying too hard to give an answer because u failed to read/study ur own bible.. primative men thought the earth was a flat disk with a dome over it,, and thinking that if they can get over the top of the dome they would be in heaven.. NEXT!!
