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Article #2068Re: Has the International Space Station been named yet?
From: Owen Godfrey
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00
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John Leister wrote:
> Wouldn't it be great if the real station that they're building now
> carried the Babylon name?
For once, I agree with you, but for different reasons I think.
The Tower of Babyl represents a time when man thought himself great
enough to challenge God. God struck down the tower, and scattered the
people. To me, the Tower of Babyl was when civilization really took off
in earnest. People were scattered across the world, and each person was
a seed of a new culture. In the end, the Tower of Babyl and Babylon
itself fell, but humanity flourished in ways that it could never have
done otherwise.
--
Owen Godfrey - (08) 9333 8808 - <mailto:godfrey@ccis.adisys.com.au>
"...there is sometimes little to choose between
the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality."
Patrick White, The Aunt's Story , 1948
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