Why So Much Diversity?

[KevinK]

Maybe a strange question, but why did God allow so many different cultures to proliferate? Why not just make everyone Jewish, or at least Middle Eastern like Jesus was?

 

[reba]

Maybe God likes a variety in His garden...

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[th1b.taylor]

Maybe God likes a variety in His garden...

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And when we were all of a single culture we tried to build our way to Heaven. i.e. Works to get to Heaven.

 

[jasonc]

10000 Jasoncrans,that's a scary thought.

 

[WIP]

10000 Jasoncrans,that's a scary thought.

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[for_his_glory]

Because God did not want robots, but a people to enjoy His good pleasure Ephesians 1:9,10; Rev 4:11.

 

[KevinK]

I used to believe many paths up the same mountain. Now I think it's many paths away from, but only one way back.

 

[Christ_empowered]

Remember the story of The Tower of Babel? Human nature being as horrible as it is...maybe its good that we're still divided into different groups and cultures? I'd love to dream about the brotherhood of man, human unity, etc., but The Bible paints a very different picture of human nature (without Christ). When groups do get together, sometimes very bad things happen...wars, conflict, destruction, oppression.

Plus...as different as groups may appear on the surface, sometimes you just have to do a little digging. Even myths of various groups follow similar themes, from what I've read ((yes, Joseph Campbell)). A lot of variables shape how individuals+groups+societies develop, but I think at the core we share a common (not so great) human nature.

The Good News, thankfully, joins all believers together in a shared outlook, The Christian Worldview. Even when earnest believers have intense disagreements (I imagine the debates here pale in comparison to what goes on "out there"), our re-birth in Christ serves as a common bond.

 

[smaller]

10000 Jasoncrans,that's a scary thought.

I've already determined that I would not be able to withstand being myself for all of eternity. That's an even scarier thought.

 

[smaller]

God has promised to keep the "evil" in man divided and confused. So that is what we see in this world.

 

[Deborah13]

I've already determined that I would not be able to withstand being myself for all of eternity. That's an even scarier thought.

I share your view as it pertains to myself. Some days I wonder why the Lord puts up with me. Mercy and grace, love can be the only answer.

 

[KevinK]

I share your view as it pertains to myself. Some days I wonder why the Lord puts up with me. Mercy and grace, love can be the only answer.

I feel exactly the same way, except for the "some days" part.