Comments on: Why is the myth of the Tower of Babel presented as factual? https://askgramps.org/why-is-the-myth-of-the-tower-of-babel-presented-as-factual/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:20:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mr. Berry https://askgramps.org/why-is-the-myth-of-the-tower-of-babel-presented-as-factual/#comment-35158 Wed, 06 Jul 2016 17:00:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24138#comment-35158 Every time I see negative comments about science, I just roll my eyes. Many of the stories in the bible are just that, stories. To believe in all of them as literal events is denying the real truth. Your faith should be stronger than believing in stories, that were written and passed down as stories and not as literal events that happened in the time frames presented in the bible. For example, the story of Noah and flood was not a literal event. It is a story and is a very old story. It comes from a culture much older than the biblical time period of Noah. If you accept that during the time period of Noah – which was around 4,400 years ago, that the entire earth was covered in water and that everyone died except for Noah and his family and that human life began over at that point, you are ignoring the histories of other people on the earth that existed before the time of Noah, lived through the time of Noah and lived on after the time of Noah. How do you explain that? And it is clearly obvious that the tower of babel is a mythical story. Language developed in different regions of the world. The story of the tower babel was to teach a principal, but was not a literal event.
And perpetuating that these stories in the bible are the literal truth is undermining the lessons that are taught in the stories. (As a side note, I think it is wrong to teach children these stories as literal events. It is just another form of lying.)

]]> By: jessib https://askgramps.org/why-is-the-myth-of-the-tower-of-babel-presented-as-factual/#comment-32997 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 17:04:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24138#comment-32997 In reply to A happily married man.

“I could write a book about some of this stuff, but I’ll refrain since the only way you can really know for sure is to take the challenge and ask of God yourself. No guarantees you’ll get an answer your first time asking or even your second or third, but when you are ready to accept whatever answer God has for you, it should come.”

i have a strong testimony of the veracity of the scriptures. I was brought up to accept the scriptures but at the same time i went through the indoctrination of the public school system and taught to treat scripture with skepticism and as “literature” because science as being taught in the schools was the “right” way of looking at the history of human civilization. However, over time i have gone out to seek verification to our history as the scriptures tell of it and i have found more than any person needs to verify that what the scriptures say and how the scriptures relay our history is beyond true. I sometimes share those insights but it does of little use to a person that does not want to see with the Spirit. Facts and data, even that data backing the scriptural writings are gibberish to those who do not “want” to believe or those who lack the faith. Until one is ready to accept the truth, they will not find it – not even in science. Faith MUST come first.

]]> By: A happily married man https://askgramps.org/why-is-the-myth-of-the-tower-of-babel-presented-as-factual/#comment-31955 Wed, 21 May 2014 08:15:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24138#comment-31955 Raul,

If you truly and honestly consider the Tower of Babel a myth (which I don’t fault you for given our society is one that demands scientific proof for almost everything these days), might I ask you also ponder why there are so many languages spoken in our world today? Some are derivatives of others, but that can’t possibly account them all.

When I was younger, I was extremely skeptical of anything church related, but having seen a bit of the world myself, I now find it a tad difficult to discount the scriptures, because even in some of the most remote and closed off countries on the planet there are evidences the people living there had some partial form of the Old Testament and it is woven into the fabric of their cultures.

I could write a book about some of this stuff, but I’ll refrain since the only way you can really know for sure is to take the challenge and ask of God yourself. No guarantees you’ll get an answer your first time asking or even your second or third, but when you are ready to accept whatever answer God has for you, it should come.

The one thing I can tell you for sure about the Book of Mormon is: IT IS TRUE. I don’t know the meaning or purpose of every scripture in it, but time and time again as I have studied it in conjunction with the other books of scripture, namely the Bible, my eyes have been opened and things that I did not understand before became suddenly much clearer. I think once you have that experienced that regularly, you will likely change your mind.

I don’t know if anything I have said here will be of help to you, but as somebody who has been in your shoes and walked plenty of miles in them, I can see where you are coming from.

]]> By: Ben Nielsen https://askgramps.org/why-is-the-myth-of-the-tower-of-babel-presented-as-factual/#comment-31949 Tue, 20 May 2014 15:18:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24138#comment-31949 If we are to look at the Bible as a book of myths then I would say that the Book of Mormon presents a whole lot of them as fact. Including the creation, the fall, and the atonement. If the Book of Mormon is true than the Bible is also true. I find that to be very comforting as people try to tear down the Bible today.

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