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Thread #122449   Message #2686219
Posted By: Royston
23-Jul-09 - 03:12 PM
Thread Name: BS: So why has the BNP gained votes?
Subject: RE: BS: Folk Against Facism - Part II
Forgive me, I haven't listened to the "Reverend's" stuff about Babel but I wanted to chip in about the reference to him arguing that God made us nations for own good. I infer from this that he argues God determined that we should stay apart for our own good.

You see some Christian theological reasoning argues that the "Babel" incident was God acting to stop a juvenile humanity over-reaching itself by striving for knowledge it had not necessarily earned, or was not ready for. So, some say, "Babel" sent humans into nations and tribes with barriers (at least) of language so that they would have to find a way back to unity and mutual understanding before being entitled to, or earning, the knowledge of the divine that had been the objective of the tower-builders.

So it follows that some Christians believe that the separation of nations and tribes is a human condition which must be overcome in order for enlightenment to occur.

This rings with Islamic beliefs where (to a Muslim) God has said most plainly in the Qur'an that he has made humans into tribes and nations "that you might come to know each other".

All of which flies in the face of Nazi Nick and his fascist friends.