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It's a parable to explain the different languages spoken on earth not a real thing. Tldr God got nervous because all people spoke one language and could cooperate and began to build a tower to reach heaven. To stop these He made many languages so people couldn't communicate easily.
I imagine if Jesus was actually full in on preaching on Old Testament, and the Roman worrying about a full on Hitler situation brewing on their lap decided to sentenced him to death before worse thing happen.
Centuries past and people who still worship Jesus and his God then decided to change the message, because they couldn't get any convert with the Old one.
So I forget who came up with the idea that old testament God was actually wayyyy nicer than new testament God because the OG let you die and be free from his fuckery but when God 2.0 came around he said nu-uh you suffer on earth and if u slip up one me damn times I'll send you to a pit of horrible pain and misery for all of eternity with no chance of parole. Just a neat thought
What the other comment leaves out is God told them to stop and they didn't, also they didnt go to make friends they wanted to go to take God's place and kill him.
That's not the meaning of the parable... people were building the tower "to be like gods" i.e. it was hubris that led them to build it. Their arrogance with this act of rebellion against God is what caused God to strike down the tower and divide the people with different languages so they could not rebuild. The lesson being to exhibit humility and not try to be equal to or better than God.
That makes less sense. At least the other theory made the languages make sense. Unless this tower requires everyone in the world to contribute, which could also be accomplished non-verbally.
It's a simple lesson. Don't try to become more powerful than God or rebel against him because we think we're better than him. In other words, don't allow one's own selfish arrogance to become of greater importance than obeying/serving God.
Essentially, while the tower was being built the people had a common goal and were all in unison with that goal (so the same "language" as in their words were aligned with each other), though this goal was in rebellion against God. After the tower fell, there was discord among them where they couldn't agree, so some people migrated away and others stayed (their words no longer aligned with each other). So it's not necessarily that they just magically started speaking different languages, but rather, they had a disagreement amongst themselves that couldn't be resolved and split apart because of it.
ANd the simple lesson from the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who flew higher than any tower could reach. Challenge god all you want because he doesn't exist and can't do shit to you.
"I see no god up here"
~Yuri Gagarin
Even most biblical scholars do not believe in a literal tower of babel. They point to it as allegory.
Language roots can be clearly traces to root origins. The was no time in history that one language was forcibly split. To deny this fact would make someone an idiot.
Ancient idiots believed heaven was a physical place in the sky. In this context alone can the story of the tower even begin to make sense. SInce then we have proven time and time again heaven is not in fact a physical place in the sky. Therefore the story again is false.
It isn't just what I believe. It is simple facts. The tower did not happen. Anyone who thinks it is real will be dismissed as crazy therefore not worth my time.
The end point is that the arrogance and hubris of man will be our downfall, as we still see even today. God isn't wrong for enacting punishment against those who rebel against him. It would have been more inappropriate for him to have done nothing.
The whole different languages thing also isn't necessarily what happened. St. Gregory of Nyssa was quite emphatic that God did not miraculously impose different languages on humankind. Rather, the people who built the tower fell into disharmony - that they couldn't agree on a common policy, and so there was a natural falling out and migration among them.
I have never really messed with dominoes or the concept of like this I always wonder how many times they have to build it over and over as it fails 1/3 of the way through that must be hell
Still better than the first time, when everyone thought someone else would be recording, and the 2nd, when the person who said they would, took a photo instead...
They should have collaborated with someone like National Geographic or somebody who could turn that into an exploration of engineering mechanics. If you had a bunch of cameras there you could catch some great stock footage.
Probably one of the fakest, yet impressive, 3D rendering of this. One, that’s physically impossible, and the fall at the end is so painfully 3D. The camera movement gives it away, on top of the manual blurring of the blocks. It ALMOST looks real though, so props to them.
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1782442729441489383
Your post is a reflection of how the economy is going to go now that:
1) People have spent all the cash they have, and subsidized survival on credit cards due to inflation.
2) Now people no longer have cash, nor credit, to continue purchasing goods (even basic)
3) People are not paying back what they owe, which means banks are eating the $billions in losses (I know, no sympathy - they're banks....except:)
4) Combining zero remaining consumer purchasing power (reduced demand), alongside many $billions in losses from loans not being paid back (credit cards delinquent) and banks therefore suffering massive, unsustainable losses/closures, your gif is essentially what we're going to see happen with the economy. Just my opinion, but first thing I thought of seeing the gif lol.
It's cool af to watch though (the gif, not the economy)
What are you talking about ok? I said what I said because your video had nothing to do with politics despite other commenters turning something that isn’t politics into politics.
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Was not expecting the Tower of Babel at the end there.
I recently read about the tower of babel... did it really exist? Or is that a million dollar question?
It's a parable to explain the different languages spoken on earth not a real thing. Tldr God got nervous because all people spoke one language and could cooperate and began to build a tower to reach heaven. To stop these He made many languages so people couldn't communicate easily.
That’s…. Kind of a fucked up message.
Yeah it's old testament God. If you like religion or not browse the old testament God was doing something fucked on every page.
There's a reason the phrase: "going Old Testament" exists.
Damn right God before he goes all hippy with the forgiveness stuff. Give me a god that'll flood a planet to punish the non believers.
:sharpening a spear: Sounds like a god in need of a crucifixion to me!
I imagine if Jesus was actually full in on preaching on Old Testament, and the Roman worrying about a full on Hitler situation brewing on their lap decided to sentenced him to death before worse thing happen. Centuries past and people who still worship Jesus and his God then decided to change the message, because they couldn't get any convert with the Old one.
The whole story is truly asinine, I can't believe people take this shit seriously for ages lmfao
I think it's an interesting book. It's controversial, for sure.
What if their were 2 gods?
What if, indeed. What if there were many? Or none?
Not to mention tetramorphs and other zany creatures.
Oh the angles and such is a whole other bag of crazy
Yeah scalene triangles got some crazy angles for real!
I'm more a fan of the legendary obtuse rectangle, how does he do it?
He wasn’t fucking around
Nah, that was Zeus' thing.
So true
Fucked literally and figuratively if I recall the Old Testament scuttlebutt. (No, I haven’t read it and don’t know anyone who has.)
So I forget who came up with the idea that old testament God was actually wayyyy nicer than new testament God because the OG let you die and be free from his fuckery but when God 2.0 came around he said nu-uh you suffer on earth and if u slip up one me damn times I'll send you to a pit of horrible pain and misery for all of eternity with no chance of parole. Just a neat thought
To be fair, it was probably several different gods whose myths were eventually absorbed into the modern monotheistic entity
it's the old testament and the new testament god, same shit tbh, just suddenly pretending to be kind and fluffy lmfao
Old testament Gods whole deal was 'love me but also fear me always.'
It's not the actual message. The message is to not allow our hubris and pride to make us think we're equal to or better than God.
What the other comment leaves out is God told them to stop and they didn't, also they didnt go to make friends they wanted to go to take God's place and kill him.
You think that's fucked up? He sent 2 bears to kill 42 kids because they made fun of a bald guy.
Like murdering everyone with a flood because he didn't like their behaviour?
That's not the meaning of the parable... people were building the tower "to be like gods" i.e. it was hubris that led them to build it. Their arrogance with this act of rebellion against God is what caused God to strike down the tower and divide the people with different languages so they could not rebuild. The lesson being to exhibit humility and not try to be equal to or better than God.
That makes less sense. At least the other theory made the languages make sense. Unless this tower requires everyone in the world to contribute, which could also be accomplished non-verbally.
It's a simple lesson. Don't try to become more powerful than God or rebel against him because we think we're better than him. In other words, don't allow one's own selfish arrogance to become of greater importance than obeying/serving God.
No, I get that. How do languages tie into that?
Essentially, while the tower was being built the people had a common goal and were all in unison with that goal (so the same "language" as in their words were aligned with each other), though this goal was in rebellion against God. After the tower fell, there was discord among them where they couldn't agree, so some people migrated away and others stayed (their words no longer aligned with each other). So it's not necessarily that they just magically started speaking different languages, but rather, they had a disagreement amongst themselves that couldn't be resolved and split apart because of it.
ANd the simple lesson from the cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin who flew higher than any tower could reach. Challenge god all you want because he doesn't exist and can't do shit to you. "I see no god up here" ~Yuri Gagarin
That's certainly what you believe.
Even most biblical scholars do not believe in a literal tower of babel. They point to it as allegory. Language roots can be clearly traces to root origins. The was no time in history that one language was forcibly split. To deny this fact would make someone an idiot. Ancient idiots believed heaven was a physical place in the sky. In this context alone can the story of the tower even begin to make sense. SInce then we have proven time and time again heaven is not in fact a physical place in the sky. Therefore the story again is false. It isn't just what I believe. It is simple facts. The tower did not happen. Anyone who thinks it is real will be dismissed as crazy therefore not worth my time.
The irony in showing such great arrogance towards discrediting a biblical story about the dangers of man's hubris.
It's both. I assumed I had implied the hubris part well enough. The end point is still the same old testament God was a dick.
The end point is that the arrogance and hubris of man will be our downfall, as we still see even today. God isn't wrong for enacting punishment against those who rebel against him. It would have been more inappropriate for him to have done nothing. The whole different languages thing also isn't necessarily what happened. St. Gregory of Nyssa was quite emphatic that God did not miraculously impose different languages on humankind. Rather, the people who built the tower fell into disharmony - that they couldn't agree on a common policy, and so there was a natural falling out and migration among them.
Haha God failed anyway because we made rockets..
Humans 2 - God 0
And we also translated the languages so if anything it was a pretty temporary inconvenience.
I can't believe grown ass humans believed this actually happened.
It's based on the historical ziggurat of Babylon, the Etemenanki (Temple of the Foundation of Heaven and Earth).
Yes, it existed, it's named after the fish.
But that’s a dead giveaway, isn’t it?
Quit your babelling
Wow, was not expecting this to lead to a proper discussion about the Tower of Babel.
Imagine if it got all the way to the top of the tower and it failed to cause the final collapse. I wonder how many iterations they went through…
I have never really messed with dominoes or the concept of like this I always wonder how many times they have to build it over and over as it fails 1/3 of the way through that must be hell
The elaborate ones will leave gaps between different sections and only fill them at the end. They'll also use holders to make setting them up faster.
How long does it take to set something like this up?
At least a couple minutes.
Technically correct
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Well they said "at least". So anything more than 2 minutes is acceptable.
I first read that as a “couple months” and thought “yeah, that sounds right” :-)
Thanks mate
As long as the rendering program needs
Again! Again!
That's a hell of a way to lose at Jenga
It aaaall returns to nothiiing
Oh oh oooh tumblin down tumblin down tumblin doooowwn
Evangelion is such a masterpiece
*It all returns to nothing ♪*
I’m gonna tell me grandkids this was 9/11
It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down
r/oddlysatisfying
"Crap! I didn't take the lens cap off!"
Was going to say...all that time and effort of 60 seconds of fun. Then I realized I spend much more time on Reddit with zero reward.
Not yet, my phones not recording
"sorry I wasn't recording"
This is the coolest one of these I have ever seen!
I like this.
This reminded me of TheLoizeauxGroupLLC videos on youtube. You'll probably like those too.
Jenga extreme
think if they forgot to press record on the camera
"Nice dress rehearsal. Now, let's set it up for live recording."
Imagine doing that, then discovering the camera wasn't recording...
Sorry, forgot to take the lens cap off. Let's give it a second go
“Can we get another take I forget to start the recording”
That’s a lot of Kapla!
Kapla is the best
Yes! The sound is also so recognizeable when its falling down. So satisfying. S tier toys.
Made in unreal engine 6
Safest Chinese apartment complex
Best one I’ve seen
Oddly satisfying?
That was amazing!
Remember, no planes hit this jenga
This is genius
Huge respect to people who build dominoes. Hours of work for seconds of payoff is crazy
Look at how high it is. How did they even get that high up, and built it so precisely
Pretty much just a more appealing sand mandala. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala
Piece 13,749 out of 13,800 and then…oh no. I would get out the gas and matches.
Applause and applesauce! Would love to see this in slo-mo or on the Moon.
Fun fact, this is an exact representation of the fall of Carthage.
I'm never playing Jenga with you again.
I’ve got too much 👏👏 time on my hands
Can you imagine the pressure being the last person to finish building this?
Me and who? 🥺 👉👈
That's way, way too much work
That guy really sucks at Jenga
Space lasers!
This one time playing Jenga….
I think I experienced a moment of joy. Top notch
I gotta see this in reverse.
What my upstairs neighbor does at 4 a.m...
Spend that long building it you’d think you’d invest in a better recording set up
Wrong! Do it again!
Highly recommend https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/172366.The_Library_of_Babel. Has interesting connotations for information retrieval.
while the coliseum stands rome shall stand. when the coliseum falls rome shall fall
Rome is not built in a day, but it can be undone in a few minutes.
Someone please make a reverse video of this
Now do it again
Ok!!!! Now can we play Jenga?
How long did that take to build?
Again! Again!
ok. now what?
This is amazing. However, I'm getting a backrooms vibe
So clumsy!
Nice catch, Jerkules.
u/gifreversingbot
Bro is bigweld
This is my life's purpose.
Doing all this and recording it with shaky hands on your iPhone 8
Still better than the first time, when everyone thought someone else would be recording, and the 2nd, when the person who said they would, took a photo instead...
Must be nice to be this bored.
They should have collaborated with someone like National Geographic or somebody who could turn that into an exploration of engineering mechanics. If you had a bunch of cameras there you could catch some great stock footage.
Is this Tropicana in Vegas?
All that work and they filmed it with a potato?
I am not the person expecting the whole house tumbling down?
That was really satisfying.
The number of upvotes is not equal too the effort
Yeah because upvotes have no purpose.
If not upvote why upvote shape
r/oddlysatisfying
HAHAHAHAHA FUCK YOU POPSICLE STICK SCULPTURE
Whoa who gave us this unreleased footage of World Trade Center 7 collapsing?
Sorry, forgot to press the record button.
New twin towers pov
Entropy
This is amazing.
Legends has it "this is how the Roman Empire fell"!
So from the Roman’s stadium to the supposedly the Tower of Babel, interesting. I wonder if they are sending a message
Maybe next time don’t use materials like dominos so it wont collapse. Stupid people I swear.
Always fun to see these Kapla creations.
The only reason we build is so that we may destroy.
Seek & Destroy
Well... that was a weird boner to get
Hard wank for me
Probably one of the fakest, yet impressive, 3D rendering of this. One, that’s physically impossible, and the fall at the end is so painfully 3D. The camera movement gives it away, on top of the manual blurring of the blocks. It ALMOST looks real though, so props to them.
Thats a lot of time to do it
America rn
What???
Aaaaand this is the best video of all that work?
Deffo deserved a better camera operator
Could you imagine if they had only one camera rolling, and it failed to capture any of it…
You know, that probably took multiple, multiple attempts... That's what you people do with your life?
The economy now that credit cards are maxed out from people trying to grapple with inflation, while we now see delinquencies on-par with 2008
What???
https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/1782442729441489383 Your post is a reflection of how the economy is going to go now that: 1) People have spent all the cash they have, and subsidized survival on credit cards due to inflation. 2) Now people no longer have cash, nor credit, to continue purchasing goods (even basic) 3) People are not paying back what they owe, which means banks are eating the $billions in losses (I know, no sympathy - they're banks....except:) 4) Combining zero remaining consumer purchasing power (reduced demand), alongside many $billions in losses from loans not being paid back (credit cards delinquent) and banks therefore suffering massive, unsustainable losses/closures, your gif is essentially what we're going to see happen with the economy. Just my opinion, but first thing I thought of seeing the gif lol. It's cool af to watch though (the gif, not the economy)
9/11 was an inside job
This is American healthcare if health care became a right instead of a commodity.
The Donald Trump effect
What??
Don’t you love that there’s politics and shit shoved down our throats? What an idiot. Anyways nice video op
More like the dumbass effect
Are you ok? One emoji for yes, two for no.
What are you talking about ok? I said what I said because your video had nothing to do with politics despite other commenters turning something that isn’t politics into politics.
Are you being condescending or something?
Or something.
Ok? Idk how to respond that tbh
If we want to keep this banter going, I guess it would be my turn to respond.
Kinda reminds me of the new high rises in China
nine eleven was an inside job