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Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
This will be a short post, but I thought it deserved its own topic. So directly to the point, the Tower of Babel is a euphemism for the bible itself and what it would eventually become.
Earth is the new Babylon and in the bible, Babel is the capital city of Babylon. In the story, the Babylonians tried to build a tower to the heavens, this makes god very unhappy, so he destroys the tower, spreads the people across the Earth, and confuses their language.
"Babel" literally means "a confusing medley of sounds". The bible is a book of words and words can be considered a "medley of sounds". The bible is also very confusing, which the 40,000+ denominations of Christianity attest to. There is no clear consensus on how the bible should be interpreted, hence it being confusing.
Like the tower, the bible supposedly "reaches to the heavens" and claims to be an intermediary between man and god. This couldn't be further from the truth, and in fact the bible was put together for the sole purpose of separating man from god by implying that we (collectively) are not god.
The gist of this thread is that Christians, Muslims, Jews, etc., etc. are making the same mistake as the Babylonians did by believing their holy books are actually holy at all and that they "reach to the heavens".
Do not be fooled by the sweet words contained within these books because they are spoken with forked tongues. They are tools of deception implemented and put together in order to blind you from the truth. In this world full of lies and deceit, those in power would never let the real truth spread which means the bible/koran/torah are not truth at all, but works of the great deceiver "Satan", a.k.a. man.
Thanks for reading.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by metalholic
When did I say the truth could never be revealed? The bible disproves itself in many cases, but that doesn't mean their isn't truth within it.
Within every lie, there is a seed of truth. The truth is the foundation, but lies are built on top of the foundation to hide that truth.
Originally posted by 3NL1GHT3N3D1
reply to post by Bone75
edit on 12-5-2013 by Bone75 because: What's the point?
Matthew 6
5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
Colossians 1
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Romans 1
20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.