The Tower of Babel and the Nimrod Effect

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The Tower of Babel and the Nimrod Effect

The Tower of Babel and the Nimrod Effect which ensued are powerful

reminders of the sovereignty of God. All too often, however, man's innate desire

to be recognized as a god gives rise to a despot; a ruler who condones and

advocates the dehumanization and enslavement of mankind. This common

occurrence is referred to as the Nimrod Effect, with the ruler titled an Oriental

Despot. Nimrod, the Babylonian monarch who commissioned the construction of

the Tower of Babel, was the prototypical Oriental Despot. This threatened the

sovereign power of God the Creator, so in retribution he caused the confusion of

language and the dispersion of peoples. Although the populace no longer

shared the communal bond of speech, they had one common attribute: the

presence of an Oriental despot. The Nimrod Effect, although part of man's fallen

nature, is an affront to God the Creator. The crumbling of the social strata, which

an Oriental Despot invariably causes, and leads to the inhumane treatment and

abject humiliation of his subjects, and a perpetual disposition towards an

authoritarian system of administration.

The procedure which will be followed will include an analysis of why a

confusion of languages produced social breakdown. These analyses will include

those of various sociologists and theorists. Other scholars will lend his or her

opinion as to why the Nimrod Effect repetitively occurs. This will lead into

extreme cases throughout history where an Oriental despot appeared.

The confusion of the languages of the earth produced obvious

complications in daily routines. G. C. Homans' examination of the steps in social

disintegration give a systematic analysis of...

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...nd as a mediator between the people and the gods, or even to be a god

himself, it leads to the attempt to be recognized by other human beings as a

God, hence to the dehumanization and enslavement of mankind. The human

desire to as gods is direct resistance to the God the Creator, creating a

permanent tendency towards tyrannical government.

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The innate human tendency to subject others to his authority and his desires

invariably gives rise to a despot. When the Oriental Despot claims to stand as a

mediator between the people and the gods, or even to be a god himself, it leads

to the attempt to be recognized by other human beings as a God, hence to the

dehumanization and enslavement of mankind. The human desire to as gods is

direct resistance to the God the Creator, creating a permanent tendency towards

tyrannical government.

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