However, the Tower of Babel was not built for the worship and praise of God, but was instead dedicated to the glory of man, to "make a name" for the builders: "Then they said, 'Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.'" (Genesis 11:4).
(This stolen directly from Wikipedia - paraphrasing doesn't seem necessary.)
Genesis 11:5-7
How many people have been murdered because of our differences and our pitiful, weak inability to let go of brutal evolutionary devices? Perhaps the Lord could have saved some more of his flock by allowing us to share a unity and common heritage instead of scattering us via language to fight and kill each other for centuries.
I'm no atheist, but, more and more frequently, God's desire for humans to be sniveling, helpless worms disgusts me. I truly fail to see how these humans' building a tower for themselves is in any way immoral or against God. Perhaps the Great Lord was having a fat day and felt insecure...
Dark Colors Keep Out Sun's Harmful Rays
ReplyDeleteStudy Shows Blue or Red Clothing Helps Protect Against UV Rays
By Bill Hendrick
WebMD Health News Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 16, 2009 -- Darker colors in cotton fabric provide better protection against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays than lighter tones, new research indicates.
Scientists in Spain say people should "think blue or red" instead of yellow when choosing clothing, because the darker hues on cotton fabrics offer better skin protection against the sun.
Their study is published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
Ascension Riva, PhD, of the Universidad Politecnica de Cataluna, and colleagues used computer models to estimate levels of UV protection achieved with three fabric dyes -- red, blue, and yellow.
The researchers dyed cotton fabrics a range of red, blue and yellow shades and measured the effectiveness of each dyed fabric to protect against UV light.
Fabrics with darker or more intense colors had better UV protection, the researchers say, and yellow shades offered the least.
The scientists say clothing manufacturers could use information from the study to design clothing that provides better protection against harmful rays.
The researchers note that gaps exist in knowledge about exactly how color interacts with other factors to influence a fabric's ability to block harmful rays. They add that numerous studies have concluded that lighter-colored sportswear worn in summer months does not provide enough protection.
The researchers write that "the color of cotton woven fabrics is a factor that has a remarkable influence on their protection against ultraviolet radiation" and that "the diffuse transmittance of ultraviolet radiation through the fabrics diminishes when any of the studied dyestuffs is applied."
DARK COLORS ARE ALWAYS GOOD AND COMFORTABLE..I AGREE.
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