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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
The Tower of Babel connections is extremely interesting.. the motif in the bible of this tower is the corrupting influence of modernization/urbanization. Essentially the Tower of Babel story is the Bible's version of the modernismo literary movement of South America with authors like Garcia-Marquez who criticised the negative effects of the urbanization of SA countries.. The Tower of Babel story attributes the rise of the city as the rise of moral, spiritual and cultural corruption and decadence.. interesting analogy with cathedrals in the sense of Cathedrals being a driving force behind Medieval urbanization..
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What is the interpretation of the confusion of tongues? Was this simply to stop the people building the city or to stop them building upwards and ascending to God?
It seems strange that we build such huge magnificent cathedrals in which to worship him when architecture seems rather an afront to him...?
or a way in___? to understand.
i went to c.of e. primary school and was always terrified of going into church for some reason.
now i find myself constantly drawn to them.