Imagine today, that all of mankind is united. There are no wars, no fighting over land, we're all a true and respected democracies, etc. Then, we start planning to work together to build all of these great technologies, and then God says, no, this is bad. He then breaks it all up. I believe that's what we find in the Tower of Babel story.
Genesis chapter 11 tells a story of mankind having the same language and coming together to accomplish some monumental project.
Genesis 11:1, 4-7
It's the parts in bold that gets me. The author or God rightly acknowledges that when man is united that there is nothing that they plan that can't be done. But then God's response is to confuse them. Does that sound reasonable?
For Debate:
1. Is God against human progress?
2. Would it rival God in any way or was that a concern?
Genesis chapter 11 tells a story of mankind having the same language and coming together to accomplish some monumental project.
Genesis 11:1, 4-7
1 Now all the earth [a]used the same language and [b]the same words.
4 And they said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.”
5 Now the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the [f]men had built.
6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [g]the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be [h]impossible for them.
7 Come, [i]let Us go down and there confuse their [j]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [k]speech.
It's the parts in bold that gets me. The author or God rightly acknowledges that when man is united that there is nothing that they plan that can't be done. But then God's response is to confuse them. Does that sound reasonable?
For Debate:
1. Is God against human progress?
2. Would it rival God in any way or was that a concern?
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