The Old Testament - Is It God?

The story of babel is a difficult one to understand. It doesn't seem to show god in a very good light, as far as i can tell. But you know, if you're reading in the spirit of the text, let's say, is to remember that it's god that you're talking about. And so even though you might think that he's appearing in a bad light, your duty as a reader, i suppose, is to assume that you're wrong and that what he did was right....