Humanity is a mess. War, genocide, xenophobia, racism, prejudice, it seems that we can never achieve true unity among our species. I can't help but if God intended humanity to be this messy.
After all, was he not the one who creates division among humans during the Babel incident? By 'confusing our languages', God's intervention leads to the genesis of different culture & languages, religions & ethnicities. Is it not reasonable to reason that the inevitable conflicts between these different subgroups are (at least partly) God's handiwork?
I have never understand the story of Babel. What is God's ultimate purpose in causing a split (multiple splits?) within the human race? And why then, if it is his will that we will never be achieve true unity, did Christ pray for us to be one?
Perhaps the story of Babel is merely a man-made myth...?
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I imagine conflicts would develop between groups of people even if there were no language/cultural differences. We'd create our own differences, and then go to war because of them.
Maybe the moral of the story of babel is that if humanity was united towards a single cause, it would be even worse. They were trying to build a tower to heaven, after all, that is quite stupid.
In the tower of Babel, human thought highly of themselves (Gen 11:4) till God had to stop them from doing so by splitting them. We, as human inherited the same nature where we think we have to comprehend all things that God has for us before we can be in total submission. Faith is the substance things hope for, the evidence of things not seen. It won't be called "faith" if things are revealed, comprehended and seen. A human's mind is functioned to have endless doubt. Attempt to rationalize everything will only put ourselves in struggles.
Put yourself in God's shoes. Let's say you're treating a patient, knowing which drug, what dosage at what time is best for him. Do you think the patient can understand fully what's it about and how does it work? Would you not prefer to have your patient trust that you will give him the best?
The humanist in me yearns for the day when all of humanity can communicate in a single language again.
The humanist in me is outraged with what I consider the atrocity of the Babel incident, which directly comes into conflict with my trust in God.
While I care not about a tower or human achievement, I care enough for mutual understanding and acceptance of mankind with one another.
The Tower of Babel incident was reversed at Pentecost. You dipshits don't even know your own texts.
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