What language did Adam, Eve and the Serpent Speak?
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Yeah. When I was in 1st grade they told us that the people were going to stone Mary because she was a prostitute. One of my classmates asked what a prostitute was and my teacher said it meant that she was selling her body. So I and many of my classmates thought she was selling her body parts (kidney, liver, arm...etc). We thought it was weird, but couldn't figure out why it was illegal. :shrug:
Leo Volont
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Well, when did Humans first begin to speak? Well, we know that Speech preceded Oral Traditions and so we need to look into History for a good possible starting point for Oral Traditions. 10,000 BC seems about right. The same time as Human Beings began to partner with Dogs on the Hunt. The same time as Humans began Collective Hunting.
So... and I have read Barbara Ehrenreich's "Blood Rites"... Humans probably began talking about directions to Dogs and coordinating Hunts. I gues most of language consisted of "Over There" and "Over Here". But once the Mouth was opened, it was impossible to shut, and probably Women found other words to chat and gossip with.
I really wonder why Men ever departed from simply saying just "Over There" and "Over here". After that what really needs to be said?
So... and I have read Barbara Ehrenreich's "Blood Rites"... Humans probably began talking about directions to Dogs and coordinating Hunts. I gues most of language consisted of "Over There" and "Over Here". But once the Mouth was opened, it was impossible to shut, and probably Women found other words to chat and gossip with.
I really wonder why Men ever departed from simply saying just "Over There" and "Over here". After that what really needs to be said?
Common speech probably existed along side the invention of Taxes.
We know there was symbolic art 70,000 years ago ( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1753326.stm ), which is also when we domesticated the dog and were making stitched clothing.
Prehumans were making fire 790,000 years ago ( http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24556879-23109,00.html ).
Chimps and apes can be taught vocabularies of a few hundred words and once they know the trick can pass it on to their young. In the wild chimps use complex calls to direct their hunts. We diverged from chimps about 2,000,000 years ago so that is the low end where the basic capacity was there, but probably no real language.
Making fire seems pretty indicative of a people capable of basic directive language use. Those prehumans also had simple tools and organized hunting, but no indication of abstract or symbolic thinking, such as art and no change in the basic hand ax over a period of 1,000,000 years. So most likely language use begins around here.
Art shows the full capacity for abstract thought and indicates those people were as capable as we are now in terms of what is needed for speech.
The Bible does not say exactly the reason for Gods reaction to the City and the Tower of Babel.
So your question came from a foundation belief that God stoped them because He wanted to prevent them from building a tower into heaven.
So you question comes from a false foundational belief and that makes the question faulty.
Gods intervention may have been motivated by a desire to prevent the humans from wasting their time in their vain project.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
w1z4rd
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Oh snap!!! LOL... I was about to say that as well.
Leo Volont
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yes, Taxes show a sense for collective cooperating Society. yes, people who show enough empathy to begin communication probably would see the sense behind Taxation.
One wonders today that Republicans and Libertarians today continue to bother speaking. From the tenure of the Last Presidential Campaign, they may have done just as well with grunts and angrily beating their chests.
Oh, the Hooting of Sarah Pelan worked quite well.
One wonders today that Republicans and Libertarians today continue to bother speaking. From the tenure of the Last Presidential Campaign, they may have done just as well with grunts and angrily beating their chests.
Oh, the Hooting of Sarah Pelan worked quite well.
They spoke Pig-Latin, of course. Duh!
Genesis 11
1And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
2And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
4And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
7Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
8So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.
9Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
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They spoke Bachi. All hail Lucas. j/k
Considering that I don't think any story from the bible should ever be taken literally it really wouldn't matter what language you define. The likely language would of been what ever the book of Genesis was transposed to and would of been different to readers based upon the provinces (countries) in which they read it.
In honesty it's just one of those rhetorical questions that can't really have an answer you haven't already interpreted.
Considering that I don't think any story from the bible should ever be taken literally it really wouldn't matter what language you define. The likely language would of been what ever the book of Genesis was transposed to and would of been different to readers based upon the provinces (countries) in which they read it.
In honesty it's just one of those rhetorical questions that can't really have an answer you haven't already interpreted.
LOL I need to copy that to the Absurdities thread!
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If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.
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If English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me.
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M*W: Apparently, English wasn't good enough for Jesus, because he didn't speak English. Hell, at that time, nobody spoke English, but that's beside the point. Jesus didn't even speak Hebrew or, more specifically, Aramaic, because the dude didn't exist.
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M*W: I've always had a problem with this. If everybody spoke the same language, and were getting along okay, obviously communication wasn't a problem, why would a god confuse their language. What a bastard!
I draw attention to the alteration of the quote. In my letter i said.
"All Praise the Ancient of Days"
But in your quote you have altered it to say:
"All Praise The Ancient Of Daze"
Firstly i would like to know if the Owner of this site and the Moderators of this site will tolerate people giving quotes that have been tampered with?
Secondly I am greatly agrieved at this insult. You step over the line when tampering with a quote, but that is nothing compared to tampering with a quote from a messanger of God. May you be forgiven and woe to you if you are not.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
So if you don't like hearing it, he's not allowed to type it? It's your faith, not his. If you don't like hearing it ridiculed, then plug your ears.
All Praise The Fake Ancient Daze