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Angry Dragon

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6. Seeing as you have nothing to back up your reason I will stick with mine

Reply to jonno99 (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 26, 2016, 05:11 PM

Jul 2016

Because with mine they were getting closer to their god ............. at at least in their way of thinking
and it is always better to have more than one way of thought
and who thought they were defiant??

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The Tower of Babel [View all] Angry Dragon Jul 2016 OP

If there is no god, it's humans. rug Jul 2016 #1

Well said. nt jonno99 Jul 2016 #4

How can you have free will if a god interferes?? Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #8

Interferes how? rug Jul 2016 #11

People where working together in a common goal and god did not like it Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #13

I take it then you accept the first proposition, that if there is no god it's humans to blame. rug Jul 2016 #14

I do not know if there is a god Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #16

I don't either. rug Jul 2016 #19

Rather than blame, I'm more curious for a solution Android3.14 Jul 2016 #2

A solution would seem to be out of reach if a god is going to interfere Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #7

Yours is not the standard explanation - jonno99 Jul 2016 #3

"Generally accepted" trotsky Jul 2016 #5

11:4. rug Jul 2016 #12

They proposed to 'make a name for themselves' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #20

See #14. rug Jul 2016 #21

See #14. rug Jul 2016 #22

'it was not for them to build "a tower with its top in the heavens"' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #23

Clearly the creatures were not getting too powerful. rug Jul 2016 #24

'getting too powerful' seems the clear message to me: muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25

I would call it more pride than power. rug Jul 2016 #26

Seeing as you have nothing to back up your reason I will stick with mine Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #6

I guess one could argue that they were defiant of the one constant divine command: trotsky Jul 2016 #9

Seeing as we are pathetic we will never work together .... just saying Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #10

I blame the Irish edhopper Jul 2016 #15

Never forget the republicans Angry Dragon Jul 2016 #17

I actually blame religion for a lot of it edhopper Jul 2016 #18

God's will = God's fault Iggo Jul 2016 #27