![]() ![]() Some Christians attempt to justify it on the basis that a few fringe linguists have posited that all human languages are related. This is a plausible basis for the physical description of the tower, but modern linguistics has rendered supernatural explanations of linguistic diversity unnecessary, much as modern biology has eliminated the need for a supernatural explanation for the origin of species. Some biblical scholars believe that the tower myth was based on the ziggurats found in Mesopotamia, as seen in artistic impressions of the tower. The Tower of Babel as an explanation for the origins of languages is considered absurd by everyone except biblical literalists. From there the LORD scattered them over the face of the whole earth. 9 That is why it was called Babel-because there the LORD confused the language of the whole world. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other."ġ1:8 So the LORD scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 6 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. ![]() 4 Then they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of the whole earth."ġ1:5 But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. ![]() “ ” 11:3 They said to each other, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. ![]()
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