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Author Topic:   Language and the Tower of Babel
bernerbits
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10-10-2007 2:35 PM


This has been touched on in previous areas but there doesn't seem to be a topic about it yet.
How do you (anybody) think language and the diversity of language came about?
If humans just had big enough brains to figure out how to use their digestive and respiratory systems to convert grunts into complex communication, how do you handle the creationist attack that says this seemingly came out of nowhere?
If humans (and language) were created by God, did language naturally evolve over the course of thousands of years, or did God suddenly poof all of linguistic diversity into existence in order to thwart the pesky humans who were trying to build a skyscraper and getting too close to his front door?
If God created linguistic diversity, how do you account for the fact that language continues to evolve today and modern English is less than 1000 years old? And does that mean "universal" languages like Esperanto that try to unite people are sinful since they would be contrary to God's will?

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10-10-2007 4:57 PM


Thread copied to the Language and the Tower of Babel thread in the Miscellaneous Topics in Creation/Evolution forum, this copy of the thread has been closed.

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