Tower of Babel? Yes, The Bible is right again! Languages, like all things, come from God.
Languages? Perhaps only man has a language that can deal with abstract concepts because only man has an eternal element that other organisms do not have. But even bacteria have languages, as I have mentioned previously...since a commenter who was NOT a troll really wanted to pursue the subject of languages and Babel? Languages are fairly common among organisms as we are now learning. Heck, even rats have a language! Excerpt from Creation Moments:
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. [There is] no speech nor language, [where] their voice is not heard."
It was once thought that language was a relatively late development in the evolution of man. Language among the lower animals was dismissed as a fantasy. So when the Bible speaks of the whole creation praising God, these same people said that this was just a figurative expression. Now modern science has shown that many creatures do have a language of their own – language which, we point out, can also be used to praise the Creator.
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The table of nations found in the Book of Genesis has been confirmed by studying the records of various cultures of the world. But on to the main point...
The Tower of Babel account affirmed by linguistics
Secular linguists are puzzled by the existence of twenty or so language families in the world today. The languages within each family (and the people that speak them) have been shown to be genetically related, but few genetic links have been observed between families. This is a problem for secular linguists. If, as they believe, man evolved from an ape-like ancestor, man would at some point have gained the ability to speak. This process of change would actually be superbly dangerous, as they admit. But still, if speech did evolve somewhere, somehow, we would expect to find that all languages are genetically related. They clearly are not. Some have therefore suggested that man evolved speech simultaneously in more than one place. This suggestion is beyond belief, considering the dangers involved in the supposed evolution of speech. So how did the language families come into existence?
You can read the rest here.
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Chinese Characters and Genesis
Here are seven modern Chinese Characters that show that the ancient Chinese knew the Gospel message found in the book of Genesis. In the book Oracle Bones Speak by Ethel Nelson, Richard Broadberry and Dr Ginger Tong Chock, hundreds more are revealed.
Find out:
- Do the mysterious ancient Chinese characters have a biblical meaning that has been largely lost?
- What was the meaning of the 4,000-year-old Border Sacrifice that the Chinese emperors observed annually?
- Who was Shangdi (上帝), worshipped in the Border Sacrifice?
Painstaking analysis of the most ancient forms of Chinese writing, written on pieces of bone, reveals the original thoughts and beliefs of their inventors.
To read the rest and see the examples, click here.
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The more you study (while avoiding the propaganda) the more you realize that creation by God is the only logical and intelligent position and any other concept is merely pagan superstition dressed up in modern clothes...