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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Tower of Babble #809 03/21/2000 3:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 Spokane, WA USA bob stranger bob stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1 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 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Tower of Babble #810 03/21/2000 10:43 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 5 blue stranger blue stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 5 Good one Bob! I'll have to bring this up to my mother, who is inclined to... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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