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== Brick and Stone significance ==

== Brick and Stone significance ==

Several authors have interpreted the repeated use of brick and stone as a metaphor for the evils of socialism<ref>[https://tammybruce.com/2007/03/europe_versus_god.html Europe Versus God]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BkX2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 Was Jesus a Socialist or a Capitalist?]</ref><ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/is-the-word-bricks-a-code-word-in-the-bible/ Is the word ‘bricks’ a code word in the Bible?]</ref> and thus, the story of the Tower of Babel also serves as a warning against collectivism.  In centralized planned economies, everybody is to be treated exactly the same, which makes everybody into bricks instead of being unique stones and having an individual place in God's plan.

Several authors have interpreted the repeated use of brick and stone as a metaphor for the evils of socialism<ref>[http://fumacrom.com/1E1Xr Europe Versus God]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=BkX2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 Was Jesus a Socialist or a Capitalist?]</ref><ref>[https://rabbidaniellapin.com/is-the-word-bricks-a-code-word-in-the-bible/ Is the word ‘bricks’ a code word in the Bible?]</ref> and thus, the story of the Tower of Babel also serves as a warning against collectivism.  In centralized planned economies, everybody is to be treated exactly the same, which makes everybody into bricks instead of being unique stones and having an individual place in God's plan.

Rabbi Daniel Lapin argues that [[Nimrod]] was the first socialist and attempted to set up the first socialist utopia.<ref>[http://acahnman.blogspot.com/2012/12/rabbi-daniel-lapin-moral-goodness-of.html Rabbi Daniel Lapin: The Moral Goodness of Free Enterprise]</ref>

Rabbi Daniel Lapin argues that [[Nimrod]] was the first socialist and attempted to set up the first socialist utopia.<ref>[http://fumacrom.com/1E1bQ Rabbi Daniel Lapin: The Moral Goodness of Free Enterprise]</ref>

== Linguistic evidence ==

== Linguistic evidence ==

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/confusionoflanguages.html Is there any reference to the confusion of languages at Babel in early Mesopotamian literature?]  

*[http://fumacrom.com/1E16T Is there any reference to the confusion of languages at Babel in early Mesopotamian literature?]  

*[http://www.christiananswers.net/q-abr/abr-a021.html Is there archaeological evidence of the Tower of Babel?]  

*[http://fumacrom.com/1E1GD Is there archaeological evidence of the Tower of Babel?]  

*[http://www.christiancourier.com/archives/babel.htm The Tower of Babel – Legend or History?]

*[http://fumacrom.com/1E1NB The Tower of Babel – Legend or History?]

*[http://www.towerofbabel.info The Encyclopedia of Babel]

*[http://fumacrom.com/1E1Pa The Encyclopedia of Babel]

[[Category:Biblical Places]]

[[Category:Biblical Places]]