The Tower of Babel

Rudolph Hucker · Post by **Rudolph Hucker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:39 am

I am getting into a debate elsewhere with a former (banned) member from here on this.

He is claiming remains of the "Tower of Babel" have been found: on the details I know nowt and he has not cited any learned references.

Is there anything out there?

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:48 am

C'mon Rudy...when has Arch ever known his ass from his elbow?

There are ziggurats throughout Mesopotamia as they were part of the religious rituals of the Sumerians. There is, otherwise, not a single shred of actual evidence that there is any truth to the Tower of Babel story.

Most likely, when the Judaeans were exiled in Babylon they got a close up look at a Ziggurat and concocted a story about it.

Digit · Post by **Digit** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:04 am

The Tower of Babel is located in America, it's call the United Nations Headquarters!

Rudolph Hucker · Post by **Rudolph Hucker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:05 am

That's a good start Min, thanks.

I started from the supposition that it was a cover story for the fact that the one people in Genesis spoke more than one language.

Rudolph Hucker · Post by **Rudolph Hucker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:06 am

Digit wrote:The Tower of Babel is located in America, it's call the United Nations Headquarters!

*titter*

Rokcet Scientist · Post by **Rokcet Scientist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:11 am

Hi RH,

another banned (ex-)member here (FYI: with another handle) from the KAbridge forum.

LOL, you guys still taking Arch (and Stevie) seriously?
I'm really starting to wonder who the real dimwits are overthere . . .

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:23 am

No one has to take those two morons seriously to debate them. I used it as a glorious opportunity to tell him what a shithead he was.

Rudolph Hucker · Post by **Rudolph Hucker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:32 am

Rokcet Scientist wrote:Hi RH,

another banned (ex-)member here (FYI: with another handle) from the KAbridge forum.

LOL, you guys still taking Arch (and Stevie) seriously?
I'm really starting to wonder who the real dimwits are overthere . . .

Bornwinner, is that really you?

Nobody takes Archie and Stephen seriously - as Min says, the fun is in the run.

The final thrid of the Terssetrial Trinity has converted to Islam.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:36 am

Here's a bit better explanation of how etiology works.

As for the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah itself, the story is serving an etiological purpose again. The question being answered here is, "why is the Dead Sea Plain salty and infertile?" Geologists say the reason for this is that the Dead Sea has been slowly receding (more quickly in recent decades) and leaving behind the

http://aricclark.blogspot.com/2007/10/g ... orrah.html

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:37 am

BTW, R/S is W. Smith....or rather...was W. Smith.

Rokcet Scientist · Post by **Rokcet Scientist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:39 am

Rudolph Hucker wrote:
Bornwinner, is that really you?

Can't hide anything from you, can we?
Since the KAbridge forum with it's nonsensical debates I'm enjoying the peace, the common sense, and the much more interesting intellectual level overhere.

Beats the whingeing about having to hide tits from supervisors at Korean schools...

Forum Monk · Post by **Forum Monk** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:19 pm

Since the extant ruins of Ziggurats have been dated and/or associated with a king and since we have lists of the known and even mythical kings of Akkad/Sumer both before and after the deluge; who then is the king of the tower of Babel? Because if one claims the famous tower is found, one can probably name the "Nimrod" of the scripture, which is a feat no one has accomplished yet, in 1800 years of biblical scholarship.

Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 3:36 pm

I'm enjoying the peace, the common sense, and the much more interesting intellectual level overhere.

Aw crap ... we'll need to work on all of those one at a time.

Post by **Minimalist** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 5:24 pm

Forum Monk wrote:Since the extant ruins of Ziggurats have been dated and/or associated with a king and since we have lists of the known and even mythical kings of Akkad/Sumer both before and after the deluge; who then is the king of the tower of Babel? Because if one claims the famous tower is found, one can probably name the "Nimrod" of the scripture, which is a feat no one has accomplished yet, in 1800 years of biblical scholarship.

Monk....you never want to confuse Arch with facts. You should recall that doesn't work.

Rudolph Hucker · Post by **Rudolph Hucker** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:36 pm

Rokcet Scientist wrote:
Rudolph Hucker wrote:
Bornwinner, is that really you?

Can't hide anything from you, can we?
Since the KAbridge forum with it's nonsensical debates I'm enjoying the peace, the common sense, and the much more interesting intellectual level overhere.

Beats the whingeing about having to hide tits from supervisors at Korean schools...

hi WS

Min et al, thanks for the info

Archaeologica.org

The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel

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