Mankind And Technology

The story of Babel highlights the desire for human independence from God. “Babel is a monumental, communal attempt by Adam’s race to wrest human autonomy from God once more” (Bartholomew and Goheen, The Drama of Scripture, 52–53). The residents of Babylon put great confidence in their own technology to create a name for themselves. As an illustration, of how technology seeks to become a new religion, English author Aldous Huxley wrote a novel entitled Brave New World in 1931. The book takes p...