Why would God curse people for attempting to build a tower to Heaven?
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The purpose of the Tower of Babel story in Genesis chapter eleven was to expound upon a statement made in chapter ten. In chapter ten, verses five, twenty, and thirty-one, after the genealogies of each of Noah’s sons, a statement is made which says, “These are the sons of [insert name] after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.” These verses mention that each of the descendants of Noah’s sons had their own language. The apparent problem arises when viewed in light of 11:1, which says the whole world had “one” language. The seemingly evident contradiction is not a contradiction at all, but chapter eleven is told in order to explain how each son’s descendants had a separate language. Chapter eleven is set apart because of the importance of the message contained within the Tower of Babel story. The examination of chapter eleven will be performed while keeping in mind that it is set apart for a certain reason. What this reason is will be sought for in the following analysis. \n\nIn verses one through four there is an emphasis made upon the statement “Go to, let us . . .” (v. 3, 4). The first obvious hint of sin is a self-centered attitude, acknowledged by the “we complex,” or the word “us.” Verse four reveals the need for recognition as seen in the statement, “Let us make us a name . . .” These people were seeking recognition and fame in the eyes of men. People migrated to Babel for the purpose of security in human power. They reasoned that they needed to make a name for themselves in order to keep from being scattered abroad (v. 4). They were seeking to prove their strength, to instill fear in any foreign power that may have been considering invading them. Another problem besides self-centeredness is the disobedience of the command to “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it.” Verse four reveals that the people were not wishing to be scattered upon the earth. \n\nNow that the spiritual issue at hand in these verses is seen, one can turn attention to the actual tower that was built and see if archaeology supports its existence. \n\nTrue to this locale, the building material [of the tower of Babel] is mud brick. This setting explains the comment made about the building material (found in 11:3). The tower is most likely a reference to a ziggurat, a temple constructed as a stepped mountain and made out of clay. The name of the city, Babel, reflects the Babylonian name Babili meaning, “the Gate of God.” \n\nThe existence of the Tower of Babel was very likely to be true from what archaeology reveals. This tiny amount of evidence should help people to trust in the accuracy of the events portrayed in God’s Word. \n\nIn verses five through seven when the Lord saw the people, he realized their disobedience to his command to be fruitful and multiply and subdue the earth. He noticed they were one people with one language, depending upon each other instead of on God. This is only the beginning of the sins that humans were able to commit, as the statement in verse six reveals: “. . . and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.” No sin is impossible for humans to commit. \n\nIn verse seven the Trinity worked together in devising a solution to tear down the prideful cooperation forming among humans. It must be noted that the Holy Spirit is the part of the Trinity in control of languages, as can be seen in Acts chapter two. The Trinity knew that if the people could not understand each other, they would be divided, and forced to spread abroad into other lands. \n\nIn verses eight through nine it is seen that the Trinity succeeded in separating people and causing them to be scattered abroad upon the earth. This scattering is only for a short time though, as verse six implies when it says, “. . . and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
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We are living in a world which predominently opposes God and many of His principles.  So, the thrust of the public schools will represent God-opposing sentiments.  God's instructions are morally right and make sense, but the world resists this. \n\nIn prophecy, God says, "In the latter time...transgressors are come to the full" (Dan. 8:23).   Jesus said in Matthew 24:3-9 that right to the end of the age, true Christians would be hated of all nations. In Luke 18:8, He asks, "When the Son of Man cometh shall He find faith on the earth?" \n\nThrough Paul, the Holy Spirit says, "Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived" (2 Tim. 3:13).  These verses establish the fact that the world is not getting better or more kindly toward the things of God or the people of God.\n\nMany signs of the coming of the Lord to judge the world in righteousness are apparent.  Violence and corruption would fill the earth Jesus said, "as it was in the days of Noah" (Luke 17:26).  The basic premise of the world is: "There is no God" (Psalm 14:1). Romans 3:18 says, "There is no fear of God before their eyes."\n \nOne needs to but do a little historical research on Sodom and Gomorrah to realize how strongly God opposes same sex unions.  Archeological findings have confirmed that these cities, which are now ashes, were destroyed with literal fire and brimstone.  The heat was so intense that it formed swirls in the much of the rock that is still evident today. \n\nThe inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah did as they pleased.  They also reaped the consequences of opposing God and His standards.\n\n"Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens." Gen 19:24.  \n\n"...turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly."  II Peter 2:6. \n\nThe link to the archeological findings of Sodom and Gomorrah is evidence of the Biblical account of the destruction of these cities.  Check it out here:\n\nhttp://www.arkdiscovery.com/sodom_&_gomorrah.htm
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No.\n\nApperently god promised him that he would not dash a foot on the rocks.  Remember?  Satan reminded him of that when he was tempting him.  I was given no such promise.  I think Jesus could take the fall.
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From one who has attempted suicide twice--your revelation is wacko.  We can't know something God doesn't want us to know.  God is omnipotent (all powerful).  You can't out think God.  And by the way most weird revelations, if they don't match up with the word of God are straight from Satan himself.  People commit suicide because they fell hopeless and helpless and Satan wants them to feel that way.  He wants you dead.
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You're wrong, God(sp?) cursed Australopithicus' seed and he brought forth an abomination that was detestable in the eyes of the Lord (sp?) and so he called it Homo habilus as opposed to hetero-habilus.
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Does that primitive fairy tale sound right to you?  For example why wouldn't Satan use his powers to make Hell really nice so that people wanted to go to Hell?  He could gain power by being nice.  The whole good and evil nonsense in the Bible is really very silly if you actually analyze it.
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I think that it is the work of seducing spirits of Satan that seek to lead people into making a mockery of the Holy sanctuary as an attempt to defy the living God of Heaven. Undoubtedly those teens are unregenerate souls who have a particular weakness in this area and the evil one is exploiting it. They need prayer and conversion, not condemnation.
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BECAUSE GOD WANTED IT TO BE THAT WAY.
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so...are you asking a question or what? sounds to me like you already have your answer either way.\nthe idea you're talking about (better safe than sorry) actually has a name-it's referred to as Pascal's Wager. Pascal was some sort of famous thinker, and he posed that as his reason for obeying God.\nbut please keep in mind, not all Christians have this as their motivation. I don't know for sure that all nonbelievers are going to burn in a lake of fire, and you'll never see me threaten that on Yahoo.\nbelieve it or not, I serve God in the here and now, with a willing heart, and in the end, if He says there is no heaven, it wasn't a waste of time.
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God is so powerful, he can even cause Internet trolls to (oh so cleverly, they think) copy and paste into Yahoo Answers some clever riddle they found on the Internet about big rocks or hot burritos; it is easy of course to frame up some nonsense question, a poor man's version of an Escher drawing, and demand that God fulfill it.\n\nThis one fails more easily than most, at least in terms of a Christian response. Here's how God, if he were not mindful of his own words to not "put the Lord your God to the test," could work it:\n\n1. God the Father creates a one ton rock, and drops it in Galilee.\n\n2. Christ the Son tries to move it using only natural means, and since Christ is both Fully God and Fully Man, his natural-only efforts, being human, do not succeed.\n\nVoila; copy-paste Internet troll foiled!!
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God would never command such a sinful act that pleases you so selfishly from His people.\n\nPeace.
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My guess is that the saying evolved from the expression "Holy Lord!" or "Holy God!".  Over time, language has become more coarse and somebody felt like tossing in the ol' S-word instead of "God" and it stuck.
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Let me applaud you for your open mindedness.  Many people would just blindly refuse everything religous or totally ignore it while you are prepared to adopt practices you consider benifitial even if you don't believe in the religion.\n\nAnyhow, the problem with Pascal's Wager is one of motivation.  Is it not better to do what is considered right not because you are looking for your own benifit after death but out of care for others.  Some would say that the curse of damnation just scares people into not doing what is considered wrong.  This has happened in the past.  The threat of damnation or promise of heaven has also been taken advantage of by those who seek power.  It is also possible people may be so afraid of damnation they refuse to do any deeds in case they may be bad but in this way stop doing good deeds.
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There is a theory that when God cast Satan and his angels out of Heaven and to the earth, the fallen angels reproduced with humans and the result was giants. I've not seen a scripture to back it up, though, unless I overlooked it.
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God never said that. There's no such thing as God. Someone wrote that while most likely high on weed and thought it would be a good laugh.. 'ha ha, that'll scare the crap out of them, fools' ... Unfortunately, he didn't realise at the time people would take the fairy story book so literally so the jokes actually on him.
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at the end of the day the devil was a bad angel that god kicked out...so why would satan help god to punish people?...i think that was just made up by the Christians years ago to help control people...\n\nby the way i am NOT A SATANIST!....
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WHAT? God killed a load of people? Ive totally gone off him. What a git! Hopefully he learned to practise what he preached, i.e. not to kill people!