Bible Trivia: Abi-dabi-dabu-eh

In Genesis  11: 1-9, when the people of Babel build a tower to reach the heavens, god:

A:  knocks it down

B:  destroys language

C:  becomes fearful of man

D:  scatters people all over the earth

 giggity

ANSWER: B, C & D

 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. ² As people moved eastward,^[a] they found a plain in Shinar^[b] and settled there.
³ They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. ⁴ Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
⁵ But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. ⁶ The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”
⁸ So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. ⁹ That is why it was called Babel^[c]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth

  
So humans were seemingly a unified, peaceful people at one point, which make god afraid that they will be able to do anything.  So he confuses them and scatters them across the earth.  I wouldn't call this kind.  To this very day we have people of different languages fighting people from different lands.

This guy was arrested and killed so fast...

I find the implication that the heavens could be reached with a tower as interesting.  It makes heaven seem like a tangible place that actually exists in this context.

 You better bring a magazine

The part that I find the most interesting about this whole story is the part where god talks to himself.

 ⁶ The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. ⁷ Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

I guess he is talking to his angels, but you would figure that an all powerful god wouldn't need any help confusing his creations.

 I mean, come on.  It's not like he made us overly intelligent or anything...