Re: OT: babel and english

Thomas R. Wier scripsit:

> > Like most secular humanist explanations for myth origins, this one is
> > highly unsatisfactory.
>
> I should first off probably clarify that I do not consider myself a
> secular humanist, and therefore it should not be assumed that I give
> full credence to this belief.
Well, I do so consider myself, and I find the explanation utterly unconvincing.
Trying to find an explanation of the Babel story in the domain of history
rather than poetry (broadly conceived) is like trying to figure out just
what astronomical object might have been the Star of Bethlehem: a good
party game, but not sober history.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@ccil.org
Please leave your values        |       Check your assumptions.  In fact,
   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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