Tower of babel

[TaemJ]

Why did God decide to separate everyone by language when he knew in the future everyone would be fighting over different variations of his word? My understanding is that Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and so many other religions are just altered variations of the same thing. Translated, taken in different contexts, and altered in the same way that history is only written by the victors.

I understand that the tower of babel was never meant to be built.. even though it would never reach ANYWHERE.. because as we know, all thats up there is space, as if it would ever reach that far.. but why would god knowingly separate all of his followers so that they would fight each other in the future?

 

[Tina]

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Why did God decide to separate everyone by language when he knew in the future everyone would be fighting over different variations of his word?

Different variations of His Word has nothing to do with different languages.

My understanding is that Islam, Christianity, Judaism, and so many other religions are just altered variations of the same thing. Translated, taken in different contexts, and altered in the same way that history is only written by the victors.

I don't quite agree .... satan works in many creative ways to blind people and lead people astray. Islam and other religions are products of that ...

I understand that the tower of babel was never meant to be built.. even though it would never reach ANYWHERE.. because as we know, all thats up there is space, as if it would ever reach that far.. but why would god knowingly separate all of his followers so that they would fight each other in the future?

Again you are making fallacious assumptions. It wasn't God's intentions for His followers to fight with each other in the future. That happened as a result of man's sin and pride. God confused the languages at the Tower of Babel to enforce His command for humanity to spread throughout the entire world.

 

[TaemJ]

Language has nothing to do with the numerous variations of the bible. Okay. Got it.

Satan must really be pestering me right now.. because I was just typing something and just decided to give up on typing it on account of the annoyance the circling of these topics has brought. Can I put some holy water on my head and fix that or what? I'm really tired of being annoyed right now. I don't even know why I looked at this forum again in the first place.

 

[jimmy_james]

The Tower of Babel was probably nothing more then a parable. The story's point was that we shouldn't be overly proud. The language issue, was probably just a way to explain to children why there are different languages. Even though, when the Tower of Babel was being built Europe was starting to enter the iron age and Hinduism was already being revered in the Eastern Middle East and India With there own separate languages.

 

[logical bob]

The Tower of Babel was very much a real building - the ziggurat of the Babylonian god Marduk. When it was built is unknown - it was probably before 1800 BC. It was destroyed when the Assyrians conquored Babylon in 689 BC but rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar. It would have dominated the city during the Exile and been the greatest symbol of Babylonian dominance. At 91m in height it was almost certainly the tallest structure in Mesopotamia (although the Great Pyramid at Giza is half as big again).

The tower was indeed built to reach heaven - Marduk was believed to descend to the temple at the top to lie with women left there overnight.

There's a link between towers and languages too. An ancient Sumerian legend tells of the building of a great tower to reach the heavens and features a prayer to the gods to restore the linguistic unity of the world.

 

[Oats]

The Tower of Babel was very much a real building - the ziggurat of the Babylonian god Marduk. When it was built is unknown - it was probably before 1800 BC. It was destroyed when the Assyrians conquored Babylon in 689 BC but rebuilt by Nebuchadnezzar. It would have dominated the city during the Exile and been the greatest symbol of Babylonian dominance. At 91m in height it was almost certainly the tallest structure in Mesopotamia (although the Great Pyramid at Giza is half as big again).

The tower was indeed built to reach heaven - Marduk was believed to descend to the temple at the top to lie with women left there overnight.

There's a link between towers and languages too. An ancient Sumerian legend tells of the building of a great tower to reach the heavens and features a prayer to the gods to restore the linguistic unity of the world.

Wow...I'm glad I learned this....