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== Language == | == Language == | ||
In present-day terms, as of January, 2014 over 7000<ref>http://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/how-many-languages-are-there-world</ref> different languages exist on the globe. The Bible has been fully translated into over 500 languages with some portion of the Bible in over 2500 languages<ref>http://wycliffe.org.uk/wycliffe/about/vision-whatwedo.html</ref>. Linguists will note that the structure of a language devolves and morphs into other less structured forms. English has degraded in structure and form from its inception. In fact all of the languages deriving from Latin are less structured than their Latin roots. This effect is expected first from the propensity of structure to become less organized as entropy creeps into a structured system. It is expected second from the curse of Babel, that the nations remain divided. | |||
=== Babel's Lesson === | |||
People have a strong proclivity to gather in one place and make a name for themselves. This is the original observation of the Lord in the account of Babel starting in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=11|verses=1}}. Once they make a name for themselves, they center upon their own plans, glory and conquest. God has a always given the priority to the weak {{Bible ref|book=1 Corinthians|chap=1|verses=19}} and decried the wisdom of the world. | |||
In the present-day, mankind still attempts to pull people-groups together in the name of cultural diversity. What does this say about God's original plan to separate the cultures? Over the past decades many groups have arisen to attempt to "break down the walls" of what divides people-groups. This is largely done in the name of "race", but in truth we know that there are no "races". All humans have derived from a common set of genes in Adam and Eve. By this measure, the only difference between a white-skinned man and a black-skinned man are 4 alleles that govern melanin, the pigment of the skin. We could find, however vast cultural differences between people that have nothing to do with skin color at all. In fact, the "belief in races" is the definition of "racism". If someone does not believe that races exist at all, that person is unable to be a racist. Racism is a belief system, founded largely in the notion (fueled further by evolutionary thought) that different people-groups are progressing at different rates. | |||
What does this say of a group that purports to "tear down racial walls"? In order to tear down a racial wall, we must first accept the existence of the wall, and by definition accept that it divides races, and therefore accept the reality of races. A person who believes in "racial walls" is by definition a racist. Conversely, someone who does not believe in races cannot imagine a wall between two non-existent things, so there is nothing to tear down. | |||
What if we are trying instead to address cultural differences in-the-name-of racism? This would fly in the face of God's purposes at Babel. God deliberately separated the cultures and did not give anyone permission to reconcile them. God knows the cost of a one-culture model - they will build edifices to their own glory and forget about God. It therefore in God's best interests to keep the cultures separated. This keeps power from amassing into the hands of a few, trampling the inalienable rights of the many. It also keeps power from reverting to mob rule, trampling the inalienable rights of the few. | |||
=== Original Language === | |||
In the [[Genesis Record]], Henry Morris points out the theologically-accepted view that the phrase "''toledoth''" - ''these are the generations of'' - separates the book of Genesis into various diaries, compiled and edited by Moses under the authority of God's spirit<ref>http://davelivingston.com/mosescompgenesis.htm</ref>. Each diary is then punctuated by a "signature" phrase "these are the generations of" which terminates the diary and begins a new one. For example, chapter 5 begins "the book of the generations of Adam" and mentions the word "book". Moses would have no reason to use this word unless he was in possession of the written document as penned by Adam. The words after this offer a genealogy and Adam's death, but Adam would not have recorded his own death. We also note that {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=12}} ends the diary of Ishmael, where {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=19}} ends the diary of Isaac, neither of which are mentioned afterward except in genealogies. An important point is that in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=11}} Isaac records Abraham's death, immediately followed by Ishmael's diary and the signature of his own. We would expect Ishmael and Isaac to have traded records at Abraham's funeral. | In the [[Genesis Record]], Henry Morris points out the theologically-accepted view that the phrase "''toledoth''" - ''these are the generations of'' - separates the book of Genesis into various diaries, compiled and edited by Moses under the authority of God's spirit<ref>http://davelivingston.com/mosescompgenesis.htm</ref>. Each diary is then punctuated by a "signature" phrase "these are the generations of" which terminates the diary and begins a new one. For example, chapter 5 begins "the book of the generations of Adam" and mentions the word "book". Moses would have no reason to use this word unless he was in possession of the written document as penned by Adam. The words after this offer a genealogy and Adam's death, but Adam would not have recorded his own death. We also note that {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=12}} ends the diary of Ishmael, where {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=19}} ends the diary of Isaac, neither of which are mentioned afterward except in genealogies. An important point is that in {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=25|verses=11}} Isaac records Abraham's death, immediately followed by Ishmael's diary and the signature of his own. We would expect Ishmael and Isaac to have traded records at Abraham's funeral. | ||
