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Tower of Babel

2023-11-03T15:20:30Z

RefDayResources: Added contrarian perspective on babel.

The Tower of Babel is the Biblical account of human linguistic families and the dispersion of the human race across the earth. The titular tower was constructed by mankind as means of security for themselves against God. For their continued defiance even after the Great Flood God confused their language, forcing mankind to disperse and settle in various places among people with whom they could communicate.

'''Biblical Account of the Tower of Babel'''

Genesis 11:1-9 (ESV) - "Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. 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, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.”

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of man had built. And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.” So the Lord dispersed them from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the Lord confused[a] the language of all the earth. And from there the Lord dispersed them over the face of all the earth.

""Babel from the Modern Secularist perspective""
While Christians view the story of the Tower of Babel is a cautionary tale, the Modern Secularist perspective is that the Tower is an aspirational narrative of the indominable human will. As an example, the European Union Parliament building in Strasbourg was constructed in a style to evoke parallels of similitude between the European Project and the Babel Project.

Tower of Babel

2023-10-27T21:31:49Z

RefDayResources: I filled in some basic information about the subject to prime the pump!

Scotland

2023-10-27T21:20:25Z

RefDayResources: I filled in some basic information about the country and its people and started a list of Notable Scots which can be used to create/link to future pages.

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. The capital is Edinburgh, and the largest city is Glasgow. The population in 2022 was 5,436,600, and in 2019 Scotland accounted for 8% of the population of the U.K..<ref>"A Beginner's Guide to UK Geography" Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 25 October 2022. </ref>

'''Flag of Scotland'''

The Flag of Scotland is a white diagonal cross on a blue background. This symbol is called The Saltire or St. Andrew's Cross. This blue and white flag of Scotland should not be confused with The Royal Standard of Scotland, a yellow banner featuring red accents and a red rampant lion.

'''Scottish Culture and Language'''

The people of Scotland are called Scots. Ethnically most Scots are Celtic, sharing ancestry with the natives of Ireland. Scotland has three officially recognized languages: English, Scots, and Scottish Gaelic. <ref>Gaelic Language Plan, www.gov.scot</ref>

'''The Scottish Reformation'''

The Scottish Reformation was the movement by which the people of Scotland broke with the papacy and developed a predominantly Calvinist national church, which was Presbyterian in form. It was part of the wider Protestant Reformation which began in 1517 in Germany.

'''Notable Scots'''

* Alistair Begg - Senior Pastor of Parkside Church, Cleveland, Ohio
* John Blackadder - Presbyterian Covenanter preacher
* James Blair - missionary and founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia
* William Chalmers Burns - revival preacher, missionary to China
* Richard Cameron - Republican Covenanter and founder of the Cameronians
* Andrew Cant - Presbyterian minister and leader of the Covenanters
* Peter Taylor Forsyth - theologian, principal of Hackney College, London
* Patrick Hamilton - first Protestant martyr in Scotland, burnt at the stake in 1528
* John Knox - leader of the Scottish Reformation
* David Livingstone - explorer and explorer in Africa
* Alexander Mackay - Presbyterian missionary to Uganda
* John Murray - Calvinist theologian and Presbyterian minister
* John Paton - Protestant missionary to the New Hebrides Islands of the South Pacific
* Alexander Peden - leading figure of the Covenanter movement
* Samuel Rutherford - Presbyterian pastor, theologian, and author, one of the Scottish Commissioners to the Westminster Assembly
* John Willock - Protestant reformer
* George Wishart - Protestant reformer and martyr

Education

2023-10-27T20:28:38Z

RefDayResources: I added a definition for education and started a section to describe the different forms an education could take. Bare-Bones stuff really.

Education is a discipline concerned with methods of teaching and learning that transmit information, values, modes of thought, beliefs, and culture from person to person.

'''Forms of Education'''

Parent-Child: the first and foremost educational relationship formed is the Parent-Child relationship. Parents are primarily responsible for their children's education and socialization.

Tutoring: from ancient times, tutoring has been a primary form of education for children deemed clever enough to warrant a structured education.

Home School:

Community School:

Christian School:

Public School: