It's insanity! The war on Christianity......

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(10-16-2015, 07:32 AM)WhoDeyWho Wrote: This seems to fly in the face of "free will".  We are told he didn't interfere with Adam and Eve because of "free will", yet ironically he interjects himself in a futile and harmless attempt by men to build a skyscraper that stretches to the heavens.

The story seems bizarre because an all knowing God would already know the limits of man and if " free will" truly existed he would not have interfered.  Otherwise, it seems man is only "free" to do the "will" of God.

Oh, you're quoting one of the newer translations and I appreciate that you did that because it illustrates how meaning can be lost in translation. The same words you bolded and made big (impressive by the way) state this in the King James version:

Quote:And 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.

Rough translation: They'll think they can do anything.