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Genesis Chapter 11 (People think they are something because they can build a building so God scatters them).)

11 And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

10 These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:

11 And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

12 And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah:

13 And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber:

15 And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters.

16 And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg:

17 And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu:

19 And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters.

20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug:

21 And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.

22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor:

23 And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters.

24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:

25 And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters.

26 And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran.
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LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
If God was mad about them building a tower that size back in those days, it's no wonder he told somebody to knock down the World Trade Center.
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire God sometimes allows evil to prosper. But not for long.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa Yeah, okay. Sure.
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Now we're on the same page 😁
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa I think you know that was sarcasm, lol.
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire You fool me every time 🤪
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa Well, all you have to do is look around. Putin is celebrating his sixth term. Netanyahu is leading an ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Trump has his devoted cult followers ready to destroy the country if he loses.

And before you say God will intervene, he didn't intervene in the Russian revolution. He didn't intervene in Nazi Germany. He let it happen. He let us try to solve it.

If he's real, he's just sitting back watching everything. Doing nothing.
RageAgainstTheMachine · 36-40, M
@LordShadowfire Metaphysical beliefs should not even be considered. Do not engage with "ghosts."
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Jesus will intervene when he comes back! He said there would be tribulation and birth-pangs that increases in strength and intensity until the day of the Lord.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa Like he intervenes for every starving person who dies? Like he's intervening for the Palestinians being bombed out of existence?
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Like I said he intervenes at times now but he will stop all wars when Jesus comes back, and then he will judge the world. This is a test, and God is watching us!
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa Why does he need to test us? Doesn't he know what we'll do? I thought he knew everything.
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Read your Bible to find out!
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa I've read the Bible clear through. Three times. The first time, I was a devoted believer like you.

Don't you read the stuff that I write? I'm sure I've said this numerous times. The question still arises. Why does God need to test people? Is it because he legitimately doesn't know how they will react? Yes or no?
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Read it again 😊
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa No thanks. After my third read through, I started researching where the books came from. Once you start learning that stuff, you can't ever take it seriously again.

And in the interest of full transparency, I ask these questions in order to educate, rather than seek information.

I know the answer. I know the reason why the god of the Bible needs to test humans.

Do you? Do you know why a god who is supposedly all-knowing has to conduct these experiments?
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire These are not experiments, they are Gods laws. He has high standards for us, "The 10 commandments", and Jesus explained what adultery is. Have you committed adultery? Have you killed? Well you have, and so have I. Jesus says if you are angry with a brother, it is murder in your heart, and if you look at a woman with lust it is adultery. If we repent, he will bless us if we don't then we are in trouble in this life, and in the next. This is why Jesus came to save us.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa Save us from himself, you mean. And if these tests are not meant to be experiments, what are they?
Carazaa · F
@LordShadowfire Gods laws to treat people with the highest respect and forgive 70x7
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
@Carazaa That's not an answer. You said God is testing us. To what end? For what purpose? What does he need to test us for?

Why is this such a difficult question for you?