The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."
--Genesis 11:6-7 NIV (the Tower of Babel)
Misunderstanding, confusion, and difficulty getting along as people seems to be part of God's plan for us so we wouldn't gain too much power. It's interesting to think of our communication problems as an God given thing; another blessing that was taken away because of our sin.
Also... the Tower of Babel, the monument of man's pride and arrogance, became Babylon, the city spoken of throughout the Bible as the symbol of sin, selfishness, and corruption. I'm sure that the connection between the two is by no means coincidental.
| February 23, 2004 10:12am | 
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