[Teachldsseminary] [11] Gen 11 -- Tower of Babel

[Kim Malacko]

This morning the students had the words to I Am a Child of God (just first 
verse and chorus) on their desks.  I had the words in about ten or so 
different languages, so there were about 4 or five of each language passed 
out.  We all sang the song, using the translations they had been given.  A 
few chose to sing in English.  They wanted to sing it again.
I taught the concept that if they showed up for seminary one morning and 
everyone was speaking different languages, they would  naturally gravitate 
to someone who they could understand - who spoke the same language.  It's 
easy to see how this event would stop the building of the tower and scatter 
the people.
We also talked about Nimrod and how easy it is for one person to gain so 
much power over so many people.  I gave them some modern day examples: 
Jonestown;  Heaven's Gate;  Solar Temple; and Charles Manson.  We compared 
the imitation Temple and Priesthood of Nimrod with the real deal.
Kim

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>I have previous thoughts from everyone about the tape recorded messages of 
>different languages, but am wondering if there are any other ideas about 
>Gen 11 that anyone has used that have been effective.
>