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#809 - 03/21/00 10:39 AM Tower of Babble
bob Offline
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Registered: 03/14/00
Posts: 1
Loc: Spokane, WA USA
It strikes me as odd that a doomsday cult has
not sprung up around this reference from Genesis:
"Now the whole world had one language and a common
speech." Then later, "The Lord said, 'If as one
people speaking the same language they have begun
to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be
impossible to them.'"
This was in reference to the Tower of Babel, and the
similarity to the Internet should alarm those thus
inclined.....

Have a nice day!

Bob


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#810 - 03/21/00 05:43 PM Re: Tower of Babble
blue Offline
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Registered: 03/15/00
Posts: 5
Good one Bob! I'll have to bring this up to my mother, who is inclined to...


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