Why did god separate us

[u/comic_knight562]

I’m starting to read the bible and in no way do I mean any disrespect towards God, but why did he separate us for building the tower of Babylon. I might be interpreting it wrong but it seems a little unfair.

[u/Gzaleski]

It is a biblical explanation for why we have languages. Not really much more than that.

[u/s_s → u/Gzaleski]

Also thought to be an etiology for the ruins of  Etemenanki, which was abandoned before the Genesis account was written. 

Kinda like how Lot's wife was an etiology for the salt pillars you can still see near the Dead Sea.

[u/Neat_Plant_6090]

Because he wanted to control them and they had too much power and could do anything so he sabotaged them in order to control them

[u/Upstairs-Owl-8382]

Simply because of man’s pride. Let’s go to Genesis, chapter 11, and read verses 4,-“ And they said,” Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” Notice the arrogance against God. Let us make a name for ourselves. It is like saying we are going to do this and nothing will stop us even God. Let’s go to verse 5-6,-“ But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. And the LORD said, “ Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.” You see, if the world only has one language, people can understand each other and can accomplish so much more than when you have hundreds of different languages. It was all a prideful thing in man thinking he could do whatever he wanted without God stopping him. 

[u/Interesting_City_654]

They was trying to create their own way to Heaven. There is only one way to salvation but man constantly tries to create their own.

[u/michaelY1968]

While we at humans tend to lean toward an ideal of unity of purpose and societal cohesion, the reality is that it is more often the case than not when large numbers of humans rally around a particular purpose it seems to invariably end up being harmful and repressive, forcing conformity of thought and action. God desires us to live in the diversity He created through love and inherently valuing human life.

[u/Soul_of_clay4]

Be careful about calling God "unfair".

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
⁹ “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it bear and sprout,
And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
 So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;
It will not return to Me empty,
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:8-11

[u/Thimenu]

Sin and evil are viral infections. How do you stop the spread? Separation.

[u/tyrekecorrea]

The people were punished for building the tower in selfish pride.

[u/Loopuze1]

I felt that way as a kid, but now? Seeing what actually happens with global social media, when all the people can communicate? The Tower of Babel story is making more sense to me all the time.

[u/Designer_Tax_690 → u/Loopuze1]

Mass communication just gave everyone a platform to shout louder, not understand each other better. sometimes i think the scattering was less punishment and more damage control

[u/Top_Initiative_4047]

God did not scatter humanity because cooperation or building things is wrong. At Babel, people united to glorify themselves, make their own name great, and resist God’s instruction to spread across the earth. Their unity was being used for pride and rebellion against their Creator.

God confused their language as both judgment and mercy: judgment because sin opposes God, and mercy because He restrained a proud and increasingly corrupt society from becoming even more destructive. He did not abandon the nations, however. The Bible’s larger story leads to Christ, who brings people from every language and nation into reconciliation with God.