I think you are right, it was very clear back then, God scrambled the languages for a reason, but in modern times, the non-action of God sort of reminds me of a parent who has an unruly child, at first, the parent tries to lay down the law, punishes swiftly, and the punishments are very clear, there is no question why they are being punished, but then after the unruly child just keeps on disobeying, keeps doing the same thing over and over, eventually or after the child reaches a certain age, the parent gives up, they dont throw out harsh punishments anymore, because they have seen they dont work.
In modern times, its pretty clear we are trying to create a society without God, so just like Babel, we are trying to build a tall enough ‘building’ to reach heaven (on our own), yet today, we dont see God doing anything to punish us anymore.
Id like to know what happened, and why God seems to take no action anymore in our world, but I doubt this will happen anytime soon.
