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That is gross. So some unknown entity tells us when we can and cannot have sexual relations with our mothers and sisters?
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Cultures change, times change. I'm sure the first humans would think it's weird how many people nowadays don't even meet the person they marry until later on in life.
I also don't believe any sexual relationships with parents and children are outlined in the bible. Another thing you have to consider is that this "unknown entity" is somebody who the people had faith in and trusted. It's not the same as if some random hobo tried to tell them not to screw each other like you're trying to make it out.
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So you actually believe the tower of babel story was how languages were formed? We see new languages developing all around us every day, just look at the development of different dialects between Americans and Englishmen. Heck, English, Spanish, French, and German were all byproducts of the Middle ages. They were created then, so its absolutely ridiculous to assume that god separated everyone and gave them new languages. Most biblical experts dismiss this story as just a metaphor, strange, because then what other parts of the bible can be dismissed as a metaphor as well? Sort of a pick and choose thing I guess. Not that consistent though.
People have been debating about the bible's legitimacy for hundreds of years, if someone found a legitimate argument to throw at Christians then it would be widely used by now. Thing is, there probably is. I could go on and on about the nature of god radically being inconsistent and such, but I have realized when debating about any book, if you try hard enough you can make it appear to make sense to yourself as long as you don't take it at face value. Especially when a single collection of stories holds so much importance to a group of people, like the bible. Just look how some English majors treat Shakespeare.
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I do believe in the story of the Tower of Babel and I don't think it's a metaphor. I've thought about the origins of most languages. My theory is that he created major languages such as Latin of (insert Native American language(s) here that developed, like you said, into multitudes of other languages.