...that many artists have been inspired by the stories that are carried in the Bible. Some of those artists are like Shakespeare, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Lang, and Alejandro González Iñárritu. These artists are some of the few that used allusions towards the stories of the Bible. An allusion is when an expression brings something to the mind without mentioning it directly. In some of the works of those artists carry the allusion to The Tower of Babel. In Genesis 11, the story of The Tower of Babel is told. In this story the descendants of Noah are brought together to build a tower that reaches the Heavens. The reason they want to build this tower is to have power like God. So while they built the tower, God watched them and began to realize that they can someday be powerful. With that in mind, he went down with the angels to confuse the people in Shinar and separated them all over the world with different languages so they could not understand one another. That would stop them from trying to regain the possibility of having the power like God. It was called Babel because of that reason and this is how our world has come out to have many different languages. Allusions are found in many forms of art. One of the arts that hold allusions to a biblical story is literature. Ray Bradbury published one of his most famous works in 1953, Fahrenheit 451. This novel is science fiction and holds the story of a fireman named Montag in a future like city. His job is to start fires, burn books, not...
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...is The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel. The Tower of Babel is a Renaissance painting created with oil on an oak panel in 1563. Bruegal was considered the greatest Flemish Renaissance painter of the 16th century. He actually painted The Tower three times. The first painting was smaller and is now lost. The second painting was created on a panel in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The third painting was a bit smaller and is now in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningon in Rotterdam. Bruegel was born in 1525 in the Duchy of Brabant and moved to Antwerp in 1542 to become an artist’s apprentice. He visited Rome from 1552-1554. He traveled through the Alps which may have inspired his landscaped style of painting. After working in Antwerp for 10 years he moved to Brussels in 1563 and died in 1569. Bruegal has about 45 paintings that have survived, of which one third of are at Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The Tower of Babel painting is beautiful with all its detail. The background is sky blue with fluffy white clouds. In the distance are green grassy plains with a few small hills. To the left is a small town full of houses of all shapes and sizes. To the right is a body of water with many different types of watercraft. To the front is a king leading his people. The king has a few citizens bowing to him, but all others are working hard on the construction of the tower. Bruegel has painted many trades of skill working along the tower. He...
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...What you're referring to here is the Justice League arc called Tower of Babel (or possibly its animated adaptation, Justice League: Doom). While this arc DOES lead to the entire Justice League (besides Batman) being defeated, there are several caveats: Batman doesn't implement this plan. In both versions (Tower of Babel and Doom), Batman creates "contingency plans" for all members of the Justice League in case one of them goes rogue/is controlled by someone else. Since he's one of the only "pure" humans on the JL, that makes sense - what's the world gonna do if Superman starts lobotomizing people at super speed? However, someone (Ra's al Ghul in Babel and Vandal Savage in Doom) steals these plans and implements them against the Justice League. These plans are carried out simultaneously against the entire Justice League. This is an important caveat, because its something Batman probably couldn't do himself unless he sprung it on the JL out of nowhere (which he wouldn't do). Both the Flash and Superman have enough speed to stop Batman as soon has he attacks the other...
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...The Tower of Babel is not just a story in the Bible, it is a reality when we step out of our homes each day. This language barrier is not limited to airports, hotels, and convention centers. It can be seen in communities of large metropolitan areas like Houston, LA, NYC, San Francisco, and Miami. Knowing more than one language makes things a little easier. Additionally, being fluent in at least one other language offers several opportunities and benefits. Although a majority of countries around the world speak English, learning a second language increases desirability on a résumé, improves cognitive skills, and enhances the understanding of our native language. While English is the most accepted foreign language in many countries, a second language could be useful or even be necessary at some point in life. With no plans to leave the country, some may think it extraneous to study other languages. Communities all over the United States are increasingly multi-ethnic and we should not always rely on other countries to speak English. Even at...
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...In the modern day life a comparison can be drawn from the Tower of Babel and modern day. People certainly get worried nowadays that with the immense scientific advancements that have been made that one day humans will no longer be the dominant on Earth. It is feared that robots will soon be able to control the Earth and be more of dominant than humans. Another comparison to modern day could be nuclear power. Pope Francis believes that nuclear power plants are becoming the modern day Tower of Babel. The Pope says, “Human beings should not break the natural laws set by God.” He also says, “The destruction of nature is a result from human beings claiming domination over the Earth.” God never meant this to happen and the Pope knows that if this...
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...OUTSMARTING GOD: EGYPTIAN SLAVERY AND THE TOWER OF BABEL SHEILA TULLER KEITER The Book of Exodus begins the story of Israel's enslavement in Egypt. A new pharaoh rises to power, one who did not know Joseph (Ex. 1:8). This new pharaoh ushers in a new regime and new policies. He embarks on a national program of enslavement and subjugation. Yet these policies are not as original as one might think, for they are reminiscent of the social-political experiment of another great building society, the people who built the Tower of Babel. The Torah deliberately links these two societies and passes judgment on both. The new pharaoh begins by bringing his cause to the Egyptian people, making the following pitch: 'Look, the Israelite people are much too numerous for us. Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, so that they may not increase; otherwise, in the event of war, they may join our enemies in fighting against us and go up from the land' (Ex. 1:9-10). As presented in the text, the pharaoh's logic is hard to discern. His solution to the problem of Israel's burgeoning population is persecution and enslavement, rather than expulsion or genocide (Ex. 1:11). If they are too many, why not just kill them? Pharaoh does eventually order the killing of all the male babies born to the Hebrews, but only after his first policy prescription results in an Israelite population boom (Ex. 1:12, 16). Furthermore, if the Israelites represent a potential fifth column, why is Pharaoh afraid that they will...
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...behind. It is WALL-E's job to clean up the mess. However, after 700 years of this job, it has started to make him eccentric. He collects artifacts from earth, and places them in his house. One day a scout drone comes to earth from one of humanities spaceships. This robot is named EVE. It is on a mission to find life on earth. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. Soon eve finds a plant that WALL-E had stored in his home. EVE then returns to the spaceship, with WALL-E following her. Hijinks ensure, and humanity is eventually led back to earth with the help of WALL-E. They then begin to repopulate earth. However, if you look underneath the 'cute' layer, you will find many references to religious stories. The two I am going to discuss are the tower of Babel and Noah's arc. To begin with, I will note the similarities with the 'Noah's arc' story. I am sure you will be familiar with the story, so here is an outline. God tells Noah that the world will flood for 40 days and nights, and that he should build a large boat and round up two of every animal to survive the flood. Noah does so, and then after he is finished, the world floods, from a lot of rain. After 40 days, the rain stops. So Noah send out a dove, which is called 'eve' in some stories, to retrieve a twig from dry land. After it returns, Noah determines that the earth is livable again, and begins to repopulate earth. The movie WALL-E has many similarities with this story. First of all is 'god', being the company 'buy n large', telling...
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...“NIMROD/NIMRUD” The City of Nimrud: The Birthplace of Human Civilization. Nimrod was the sixth son of Ethiopia-Cush and the grandson of Ham and the great grandson of Noah (Genesis 10:1, 6-8). And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. And the beginning of his kingdom was “Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar (Genesis 10:8-10). After God destroyed the earth with a great flood, the three sons of Noah who survived the flood “Japheth, Shem and Ham” began to reproduce and populate the earth (Genesis 9:1, 18-19; 10:1, 32). When the offspring’s of Noah’s three sons began to multiply, they...
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...Nimrod and Abraham: The Fall and Reformation of Human Community In partial fulfillment of: OT 501 - Pentecostal Explorations of the Old Testament Submitted to: Dr. Rickie Dale Moore Church of God Theological Seminary Cleveland, Tennessee Daniel Tomberlin November 20, 2001 COGTS Box # 247 The Hebrew name for Genesis is bƒreÕµ séû tÆ ,_ preferably translated “by way of beginning”1 which is also the overarching theme of the book - the beginnings of the creation of the universe, of humanity and human civilization, and of a covenant people of God. The traditional outline of Genesis is to divide the book into two major sections: Primeval History (chapters 1-11) which is universal in scope and serves to demonstrate the unity of humanity; and Patriarchal History (chapters 12-50) which is particular in scope and serves to present God’s concern for a covenant people. Gordon Wenham offers a similar outline: the origin of the world (chapter 1); the origin of the nations (chapters 2-11); and the origin of Israel (chapters 12-50).2 An outline that better serves the theological themes of Genesis is to present the book in three major sections: generation (chapters 1-2) which reveals God as Creator of the universe and all life therein; degeneration (chapters 3-11), which reveals the fall of the first human family and the continued downward spiral of human civilization; and regeneration (chapters 12-50) in...
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...Myths in Golding’s novels “The Spire” and “Lord of the flies” A famous English writer William Golding was born in Cornwall, England. Golding started writing at the age of seven, but following the wishes of his parents, he studied first natural sciences and then English at Brasenose College,Oxford. Golding’s first book, a collection of poems, apperad in 1934. After study at university Golding moved to Salisbury, where he began teaching English and philosophy. During World War II, Golding served in the Royal Navy(armada) in command of a rocket ship. In 1945 Golding returned to writing and teaching, with a dark view of the European civilization. In many novels Golding has showed the dark places of human heart. His work is caracterized by exploration of “the darkness of man’s heart”, deep spiritual and ethical questions. In Salisbury Golding wrote several books, but did not get them published. “ Lord of the Flies”, an allegorical story set in the near future during war time, was turned down by many publishers until it finally appeared in 1954. The famous English writer Forster named this book “ The Book of the years”. At the time of its appearance,Golding was forty four, but the success of the novel allowed him to give up teaching. In the exciting story a group of small British boys, standed on a desert island, fall into violence after they have lost all adult guidance. Ironically, the adult world is ruined by nuclear war. The novel “ The Spire” concerned the construction of...
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...Tori Cisney L23872846 BIBL 105-001 18 September 2013 Genesis 1-11 Essay English Standard Version A biblical worldview is based on the infallible Word of God. It the practice of living out what the Bible teaches. Genesis one through eleven is the basic framework for the creation of the universe. These chapters describe how the natural world is a fallen world. They also explain that every human’s identity is in Christ, and the affects that the fallen world has on human relationships. Chapter eleven in Genesis explains how people forget their judgement so quickly and return to their crimes and idols. Genesis one, three, and six portrays the world at a fallen state. God created the universe with perfection. Each day, He created something new on the Earth and saw that they were all good. He created man in His image,” So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Gen 1:27). But, the earth instantly became a fallen world, beginning in Genesis 3. As a result of Adam's sin in the sixth verse of chapter three, the world has to encounter sickness, sorrow, evil and death. Everyone is born into the world with a sinful nature. So, nobody is born innocent and pure, but have the inbuilt desire to sin. God’s plan was to create a world for the humans He created with creature righteousness to dwell in His presence. But, because of this new fallen state, God’s judgement is upon man, woman, nature, and Satan...
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...Byatt’s Babel Tower the reader finds Frederica has been married to Nigel. In the same chapter Hugh Pink, a friend of Frederica from college, is composing a poem about a pomegranate and Persephone, the forced wife of Hades. The decent to the goddess and the traveling in the underworld for both Persephone, Chloris/ Flora and Frederica are surprisingly similar as they are taking and wedded while in their grief. According to Classical Mythology and Classical Gods and Heroes Myths as told by the Ancient Authors Persephone is the daughter of Demeter and a goddess of Spring. Zeus gave her to Hades to take as his wife and while she was in the underworld with Hades, he gave her pomegranate seeds, also know as food for the dead, so she would always be part of the underworld...
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...The Occult Symbolism of Movie “Metropolis” and its Importance in Pop Culture Fritz Lang’s 1927 movie “Metropolis” is one of those timeless classics that withstand the test of time. Rather than becoming forgotten and obsolete, “Metropolis” is increasingly relevant as many of its predictions are becoming reality. We will look at the underlying occult message of the film and the usage of its imagery in the acts of pop stars such as Lady Gaga, Madonna, Beyonce, Kylie Minogue and others. Metropolis is a silent science-fiction movie released in 1927 by Fritz Lang, a master of German Expressionism. Set in a futuristic dystopia divided into two distinct and separate classes—the thinkers and the workers—Metropolis describes the struggles between the two opposite entities. Knowing that it was produced in 1927, viewing this movie today is quite an experience as many “sci-fi” aspects of the plot are eerily close to reality. Metropolis describes a society where the “New World Order” has already taken been implemented and a select elite live in luxury while a dehumanized mass work and live in a highly monitored hell. As we have seen in previous articles on The Vigilant Citizen, Metropolis is excessively echoed in popular culture, especially in the music business. Whether it be in music videos or photo shoots, pop stars are often portrayed as the character Maria, an android programmed to corrupt the morals of the workers and to incite a revolt, giving the elite an excuse to use...
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...Genesis 1-11 gives an excellent explanation of the beginning of many important realities which are some of the world’s most highly discussed topics including creation, existence, identity, relationships, early nations and civilizations. Genesis teaches of the natural world through the scriptures found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2 with the creation. Genesis chapters 3-5 tell of the fall of Adam and Eve into sin and how it would affect human relationships with each other and God. Genesis chapters 6-9 tell of the growing power of sin and God’s intent to restore creation through the Noahic covenant after the Great Flood. Finally in Genesis chapter 10 there is the table of nations as they descended from Noah’s sons, Genesis 11 speaks of the tower of Babel and begins to introduce Abram’s family beginning with his father Terah. Genesis chapters 1-11 provide lots of information pertinent to the rest of the bible and the way things are to be carried out across the nations. The Creation begins in Genesis 1:1, the first day, God creates the heavens and the earth but seen the earth as formless and empty, then its continued in verse 3 with God creating light and separating light (day) from darkness (night). In verse 6, the second day, God creates a vault (sky) to separate the water from water and in verses 9 and 10, the third day, dry ground appears it is called land and the water is called seas then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation, seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that...
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...The Book of genesis covers a range of topics from the creation of the earth and mankind to the beginning of sin. In fact, the name “Genesis” is Latin for “the beginning”. The book plays a vital part in the controversy between the theory of evolution and the idea of God speaking the Earth and all its inhabitants into existence. Genesis chapters 1-11 are primarily focused on the natural world, human identity, human relationships, and the birth of civilization. Understanding that is important in knowing the origins the world, mankind and how sin slithered its way into the world. Genesis is mainly referred to as the creation story; how God spoke life into the entire universe. In just a mere six days, God created the light, separated sky from water calling the space “sky”, differentiated the water from the land, creating season and time, sprouted vegetation all over the land, filled the waters with fish and sky with birds, created animals to roam the earth, and made man and woman in his own image. But, after being tricked by the serpent, the fall of man began when Adam and Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden so they would not be tempted to touch or eat from the tree of life and gain eternal life. The devil disguised himself as the serpent and convinced Eve that if they eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, they will be just like God. The main reason why Eve gave into the temptation was not that...
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