In the Bible (Tower of Babel), What Were They Climbing Too?

[rodhulk]

At the Tower of Babel, what were they climbing too?

You see, They must have saw something up in the sky as they were climbing to it and God said something to the effect of "let's go and separate them all over the world and confuse their languages because if they reach us, they will be like us?"

Now, today, people go alot higher than they did back then and God doesn't act (today), so what was the threat they seemed to pose to God? Again, they were obviously building a tower that can reach something but since we go so much higher and don't reach anything, there must have been something visible there (at the time of the Tower of Babel)?

Was heaven visible or perhaps, if you will, was there a UFO or something of similar nature? Think Independance Day and the big ships that hovered over the cities.

 

[Warhammer]

edit.

 

[Warhammer]

The people who were climbing were evil, disobedient, and such.
They wanted to reach Heaven to try and make a name for themselves instead of worshipping God.

The tower wasn't finished, btw.

 

[Arcturus]

They were climbing the tower of Babel to defeat the evil Cyberdemon.

 

[rodhulk]

Correct, the tower wasn't finished because God didn't allow it (due to what he said, 'they will become like us' - a threat seemed to be there). So, what was it exactly that they were climbing too? Something must have been visible because just climbing high isn't going to do anything.

 

[The Spawn]

Maybe nothing was visisble yet?

 

[The Spawn]

That's not even close to Heaven.

 

[Warhammer]

God went beast mode because of their disrespect.
They were trying to climb to Heaven.
They DIDN'T see anything, but it was back in the day, so they thought they'd eventually see something.

 

[rodhulk]

I do understand what you guys are saying, thanks, but why did God say 'they will become like us?'

I'm gonna go re-read the story, I'm not really sure if anything was visible, but since angels and 'chariots from Heaven' were much more commonly seen back in the milleniums before Christ, I wonder if something was visible?

 

[rodhulk]

That's not even close to Heaven.

That depends on what heaven exactly is.

Great pics, though!

 

[Warhammer]

I guess because of the motive.
We all know that we can't become like God. God knew that they couldn't be like Him, but the sole act of trying to be like him is bad. They wanted to bypass worshipping Him and be like Him.

 

[Warhammer]

I'm gonna go re-read the story, I'm not really sure if anything was visible, but since angels and 'chariots from Heaven' were much more commonly seen back in the milleniums before Christ, I wonder if something was visible?

I'm pretty sure only Elijah saw a chariot come down to give him a ride into Heaven.

...Hell, Enoch "walked with God" to Heaven.

I'm pretty sure alot of the stuff in the bible (especially Revelation) are metaphors. I doubt I will be at the beach and literally see a beast with 10 horns walk out of the water.

 

[rodhulk]

After re-reading it, God didn't say 'they would be like us,' but something to a kind of equal effect, 'nothing will be impossible for them.'

As for heaven, it's unclear whether they were referring to the sky or 'heaven' where God dwells. I'm kinda thinking nothing was visible, but I'm still having trouble with the 'nothing would be impossible' which seems to imply that they could indeed reach their goal of being their own God's. However, due to my own beliefs, I have trouble with that. But in our modern day, we do so much more than they did back then with our technology and God isn't coming down doing anything (yet, anyway). So, how could God seem worried of them but not us?

 

[rodhulk]

I'm pretty sure only Elijah saw a chariot come down to give him a ride into Heaven.

...Hell, Enoch "walked with God" to Heaven.

I'm pretty sure alot of the stuff in the bible (especially Revelation) are metaphors. I doubt I will be at the beach and literally see a beast with 10 horns walk out of the water.

I believe chariots were seen at least twice, and angels (and even God) walked with men much more back then. We apparently do have angels today, but the Bible says we don't know they're angels. Forget the passage at the moment.

As for Revelations, alot of it is interpreted in other parts of the Bible, and the ten horns has been interpreted (through historical evidence and other Biblical passages) as nations or leaders of nations if I recall correctly.

We also don't have the same calibre of miracles in our modern world like back then such as Moses and the parting of the sea, etc......

 

[Pythenis]

If you download google earth its you can actually see the old ruin of the tower and the new attempt by Saddam to rebuild the tower in Iraq. Theres also and Apatche helo close by...

 

[Holly Goodhead]

Is the Tower of Babel real?

 

[Man-Thing]

creepy...

 

[Sex Pot]

to heaven..durrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[cryptic name]

After re-reading it, God didn't say 'they would be like us,' but something to a kind of equal effect, 'nothing will be impossible for them.'

As for heaven, it's unclear whether they were referring to the sky or 'heaven' where God dwells. I'm kinda thinking nothing was visible, but I'm still having trouble with the 'nothing would be impossible' which seems to imply that they could indeed reach their goal of being their own God's. However, due to my own beliefs, I have trouble with that. But in our modern day, we do so much more than they did back then with our technology and God isn't coming down doing anything (yet, anyway). So, how could God seem worried of them but not us?

well, the christian explanation would be that God hasn't done anything like this since Jesus, because he was supposed to be our final warning and salvation. hence, no epic divine intervention after the time of Christ.

 

[The Avatar]

Ever heard of the word 'allegory'?

Look it up some time, the Bible's full of them.

 

[Bill]

Back then, they believed that Heaven was just above the firmament placed around Earth. All they had to do was reach that and they could reach "heaven." They didn't know about space, the lack of atmosphere, etc. And since they "believed" it was true, so did their "god." It's nothing more than ignorance of science.

 

[vibeke_T]

stairway to heaven

 

[muertevilla]

<<uses the bible as a paper weight.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description....If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism - Albert Einstein.

 

[vibeke_T]

<<uses the bible as a paper weight.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description....If there is any religion that could cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism - Albert Einstein.

This is ******ed and will not happen.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Seriously, you're just ignorant if you think Christianity will ever just fade away because advancement of knowledge.