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A Tower Reaching Heaven (And Comparative Mythology)

Dale Pollard Babylon’s Babel  Sumerian culture talks about a ziggurat dubbed “Etemenanki” and it was hailed as the “House of the Foundation of Heaven and Earth.” It was dedicated to Marduk, a serpentine/dragon deity, and the patron deity of Babylon. It was said to have measured three-hundred feet tall and featuring seven stacked levels. Famed Assyriologist, George Smith (1840-1876), provided a…

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I’m loving tlovm but there’s a few gripes

- there’s no way they can fit in Cassandras betrayal, the Ziggerat fight AND the fight with Orthax in 3 episodes

- I love how ep 9 ended but in reality Anna disguising herself as an old woman, trying to pry on their mercy, and then Vex realizing the woman whose touching her only has one hand despite the magic. The tension was amazing.

That and Percy rushing in with the gun might be canon but the interactions of “you’re the luckiest person in whitestone” is just *chefs kiss*

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Six Lessons From The Tower of Babel

Six Lessons From The Tower of Babel

Tuesday’s Column: Dale Mail (Happy birthday to Janelle) Dale Pollard   We all know the story of the Tower Of Babel. It’s the event that gave us all the diverse languages of the world. That account is not just for our entertainment or education, but there are many spiritual applications that can be pulled from the event. Here are just six from Genesis 11:1-9.  What we are building will only be…