Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Does he see the conflict?
Interesting and puzzling article by Jules Gomes. He gives a Natural Law interpretation of the Tower of Babel story in Genesis 11, which runs directly opposite to the interpretation in the text itself.
Facts: The tower was built by an imperialist nation (apparently the Assyrians) who enforced linguistic uniformity, just as modern tyrants do. God busted up the tower and busted up the uniformity.
Gomes (representing Natural Law and localism and GOD) and the Hebrew writers (representing globalism and abstract theory, then as now) agree on the facts, but disagree on which condition is good.
The writers of the Old Testament clearly see uniformity and orthodoxy as good, and see multiplicity as Satanic.
Nature and civilization and Gomes AND GOD see uniformity and orthodoxy as genocidal, and modularity as necessary for survival.
Unfortunately Gomes doesn't acknowledge the conflict or the difference in viewpoint. He simply states GOD'S viewpoint and leaves you with the impression that the Hebrew writers agreed with God. They didn't then, and still don't.
Labels: Grand Blueprint, Natural law = Sharia law
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