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Israel Chai:
Also I heard the opinion (I forget where( that any technology we have was allowed by Hashem, and Rabbi Richman said that G-d got rid of our abilities to affect the world so much, since we were sinning, but clearly we can affect the world a lot right now, so then would have been even more, which seems to indicate along with just greater interconnectivity that there might have been some technological advances in certain sectors that allowed us mastery over nature.
Israel Chai:
Is it bad to watch horror movies? Not like torture porn-style, but like the occult. I've always had this complete fascination with anything like that, and I honestly like to watch anything like that, especially with people, because not only do i get to laugh at the movie, but them too for being scared. I also don't know if this make sense or what it means, but I get nervous in half darkness with shadows, but pitch black is my element. Am I like messed up or something and is there a dvar Torah on all that. Growing up like a goy, the cult I was in (I believe you've seen info on it) was obsessed with spirits and talking to them and such, and while I never did, my youth was filled with terror, and anywhere alone I'd get the million-eyes-staring at me feeling. I don't know much about my family, but apparently my grandmother was blind and considered like a prophet in Morocco, and people would come ask her things. Am I just being a bit nutty, or is there something there, and can certain people connect with whatever it is better than others? This could be the result of brainwashing, maybe, when I was young they said I was possessed and it made me play computer all the time, and they once shut down a whole camp when I started smoking at 12, because they said I brought a tornado on them. I'm 90% saying they're nuts and 10% not sure here.
Israel Chai:
Not sure if this happened, but voices from your stomach is just something I make up, right?
muman613:
Shalom both of you, Ephraim and LKZ...
I am finishing at work and hope to be able to address your questions when I settle down after getting home from work today...
Thank you..
muman613:
Ephraim, I suspect you are referring to the period after the Mabul/Flood during the generation of the Tower of Babel. It was this generation which 'United' in a mission to ensure that Hashem could never destroy the world again... Unfortunately this 'unity' was an evil unity where the value of human life deteriorated into nothing and Hashem again was disappointed in the generation, so he destroyed the tower and confused language between people....
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/246611/jewish/The-Tower-Of-Babel.htm
Conceit of the People
It was towards the end of Peleg’s life that something happened which changed the social life of all men on earth.
After the Flood, man had again begun to multiply and fill the earth. They all spoke one language and understood one another well. The generations of people before the Flood had been interested only in themselves; they thought of themselves as supermen and lived each one for himself alone; they used violence and force against their weaker neighbors, paying no attention to laws and rules. The new generation of mankind was different. They stressed the opposite code of living. The individual did not count for himself; he counted only as part of the community, and he had to subject his own interests to those of the group. Had they confined themselves to this kind of social life, all might have been well. But they overdid it. The tremendous strength that grew out of their organization and goodwill made them proud, and their pride made them turn against G-d.
They decided to build a tower which was to reach to heaven, to make them equal to G-d, and at the same time, to make it possible for them to stay together. This symbol of their divine strength, as they thought, was to be built in the valley of the Land of Shinear.
Their Punishment
G-d decided to destroy their arrogance by destroying their ability to understand one another. He, therefore, confused the people by splitting them up into seventy different nations and tribes, each with a language of its own, (hence the name Babel, meaning “confusion”).
When this happened, the project of the Tower had to be given up. The various groups migrated in different directions and settled in all parts of the world. The Tower itself was partly burned and partly swallowed by the earth.
Nimrod
But even this severe punishment did not bring the people back to the ways of G-d. During the time of Nimrod, who was the grandson of Ham, the wickedness of the people increased tremendously. Nimrod had inherited the clothes of Adam, made out of the skin of the Serpent, and he was unconquerable. All the animals of the world obeyed him and kings recognized his rule. He proclaimed himself god, and images of his face were shown all over the country. People had to serve him and bring him offerings.
It was in this age of idolatry that a new star appeared on the horizon-the only shining star in a dark sky.
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