Perhaps the story in scripture encapsulates an event that took some years to transpire; it only reads to us today as happening instantaneously. And perhaps the story got written in mythic terms to illustrate important principles rather than tell a literal account. Sort of like the parables Jesus told.

Just food for thought.

HEY MAGDALENA

well I that is and interesting thought

also I am sure it had to take some time as
the people were building a large tower


dgrimm60

That is the way I see it too, Magdalena.

dab

I do not believe that the change of languages was a gradual process. A decision was made to go down to earth and see first hand the progress that man had made. God pulled the contractor's permit.

One people, one language became many groups and amd many speech patterns. While the 'ancient tongue' may have remained intact and used frequently, it is not important.

ChildofChrist, really? One people, one language and all with the same DNA became all of the races? Ok, but science will disagree with you on this.

What if God created all of the races in the creation found in Gen. 1 and then created Adam in the creation found after verse 2 of Gen. 2? When reading the Septuagent it sure appears as though this is what really happend, and then God again separated the races at the Tower of Babel. (This is only a theory--I was not there and neither were you.)

I did not say they had the same DNA but they were of one family. Noah was their daddy.Do you believe in the Biblical account of the Great Flood and Noah's ark.

You are correct, neither of us were there at that time.

some of the same things that were happening before the flood, were also happening afterward. Remember the giants in the land? There were giants in the land after the flood also. The sons of God took the daughters of men for wives again. So the DNA of the fallen angels/sons of God were possibly in the mix at the tower of Babel.

Ok, can anyone tell me who the 'giants' were and were they came from and how did they escape the flood?

I am assuming the flood story has been read.

Sons of God were attracted to daughters of men and their union produced giants. I didn't say any of these giants survived the flood. They didn't. But the fallen angels, sons of God, certainly did. And so did daughters of man. The same thing that occurred before the flood, happened again. The first set of giants didn't escape the flood, and the post flood giants didn't escape the sword of David. But the sons of God are still around, and we can expect them to revisit their sins with modern women before the return of Jesus, and again there will be giants in the land. For as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be before the end. Again I am assuming this is not an unfamiliar text.

I find it *highly* unlikely that "sons of God" is referring to fallen angels. It is more likely referring to godly men, just as that term can be found in numerous places in the Bible referring to godly men. No need to add a bizarre twist to the term.

The Bible does not say that these unions produced giants. It says that the giants were around at the same time when these unions happened.

The "as in the days of Noah" quotation has nothing to do with giants. It is talking about people going about their business as if nothing is going to happen.