When God sent the Angel to confuse the tongues at Babel, was God not the Author of that Confusion?

Question

1Cr 14:33 For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

Answer 1

GOD IS CONFUSION..................//

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Answer 2

context, context, context. firstly I don't believe that the bible is the word of God, Christ is the word of God. it says that even in the bible. so, I have no desire to defend sola Scripture. that said, the tower of Babel narrative is an ancient myth. not in the popular use of the word, but in the anthropological use of the word. it is a narrative that is making sense of human experience. so, you are asking the wrong question here.the real question is what is the meaning of the text. its not God actually cause confusion among the people. in short the whole point of the narrative is that man cannot reach God, divinity, through pride, God cause confusion because they were going the wrong way. another example of how God uses disorder in our life for the good. as for Corinthians, Saint Paul was merely showing that there must be order within there worship, because God is a God of order not confusion. God creating confusion does not make God a God of confusion. simply because I destroy a building does not mean that therefore I don't want to make a better building.

Answer 3

Never accept a contradiction in God's word. If there appears to be one, it is always a problem with either translation, misapplication of idioms (a very common problem in the English version of the Old Testament), or a failure to understand the full context of a verse.



Let's look for example to the instance in which God appears to be hardening pharos heart...which if this were true, it would contradict free will. We see this in Exodus 4:21



"The Lord said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go."



The reason this verse reads incorrectly is because of an issue called "the idiom of permission"...as active verbs in the Hebrew language frequently express a permission. You can get more info on this in a concordinance, or Rotherham's bible (Rotherham being a Hebrew scholar of the first rank).



The Rotherham bible actually translates this verse correctly as...



"but, I, will let his heart wax bold, and he will not suffer the people to go."



In other words, God knew the pharo's heart would be hardened, and he wanted moses to be aware of this. Obviously God was asking pharo to let his people, only to harden his heart...then punishing him for non compliance.....as this would make absolutely no sense.



As for God confusing people's languages...the word rendered confuse here comes from the Hebrew word "balal", which means to mix something. Which is what God did by changing the langauges of these people. This makes more sense, as a toungue doesn't have a mind to confuse.



As we correctly divide God's word and abandone the lies passed down to us through tradition...we will be set free from confusion.



People often let these supposed contradiction confuse their minds before they truly investigate them.



For more examples of apparent contradictions go to.... http://www.truthortradition.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1205

Answer 4

OT confound = meaning to mix or mingle (languages)



Gen 11:7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.



NT confusion = instability or state of disorder



1Cr 14:33 For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.



hope this helps



context rules!

Answer 5

Not a Contradiction:



http://espanol.apologeticspress.org/articles/3337



http://carm.org/if-god-not-author-confusion-what-about-tower-babel

Answer 6

Hypothetically yes, God was the author of confusion at Babel, but in reality, no. We know know that different languages were created by people moving to different parts of the world and not having contact with eachother so they didn't talk in the same fasion.

Answer 7

Yes. Paul often contradicts the Old Testament. Also in several places he causes a spirit of delusion to fall upon people.

Answer 8

Yep. Just another contradiction among hundreds.

Answer 9

God is the author of POOP!

Check this out-



"Behold, I the Lord will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it." - Malachi 2:3

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This is your face---► ‹(◑‿◐)›



This is your stinkin, smelly face after god spreads stinkin, smelly POOP all over it---► ~~~‹(██)›~~~

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