Tower of Babel

Update:

4.28.19:

A thought occurred to me after hearing that the Muslims do not always require standards with regards to certain kinds of conduct.  Conduct is a kind of standard, is it not?  If there aren't any standards, then anything goes.  Anything....

When it comes to conduct, people may prefer the standard that is easiest to follow.  Which is what I have done myself.

When it comes to Christianity, that mode of conduct may lead to a type of hierarchy.  For example, there is multiple mentions of being great in the Kingdom of Heaven, being lesser in the Kingdom, or being condemned to Hell.  It seems to have an order based upon merit.

This has consequences in the organizing principles of a society.  The fewer the standards, the greater the anarchy.  Hell has no standards, and Heaven is an orderly place.  In the Lord's Prayer, the Father's will is that Earth should be the same as in Heaven.  Therefore, behavior is expected to improve.

4.26.19:

The Tower of Babel refers to the proliferation of languages in the world.  But what if there is a proliferation of standards?  For instance, if one wants to be called a Christian, then who decides what is a Christian?  Without a standard, then anyone can make that claim.

Furthermore, without a standard as to what is male and female, there can be a proliferation of standards with regard to sex.

In general, if there is no commonly accepted standard of a thing, whatever the thing may be, then there can arise a proliferation of standards, each according to what is acceptable amongst those who agree to that standard.  But since there such a proliferation, how can there be any standard at all?  Or, to put it another way, there can be no common standards amongst various groups each adhering to their own standards.  As such, then mankind gets into a Tower of Babel with regard to standards, just as the Biblical account of the Tower of Babel with respect to the proliferation of languages.

And I thought I was disorganized.  The world is in such a situation.  Particularly the Western world.  But there isn't a commonly held standard elsewhere in the world either.

With respect to Christianity in the Western part of Europe, and then elsewhere as the New World was colonized, the commonly held standard was as it was in the beginning,  that is to say, the church in Rome.  That was in fact, decided by the Pope, was it not?  The Pope and the rest of the clergy determined what the standards were in terms of what is Christian or not.  But Christianity had already split off between East and West.  The Tower of Babel pattern began with that schism.  It continued with the Protestants and so forth.  It doesn't seem to have an end.  Give it enough time, there will be more and more schisms.

With Islam, they too have their schism.

The reason I bring this up is that I walked in on a conversation about religion, and there were a few things being said there that didn't stack up very well with my understanding.  So what I was told was that everybody seems to have their own understanding.  Which is another way of saying that there exists a Tower of Babel with regard to this subject.

I can generalize this out to the rest of the society as well.  The left claims it is for the rule of law.  But they are for their own idea of what the law is.  Who decides that?  Why, they do, of course.  It is whatever they say it is.

It is said that we are a split society.  If you cannot agree upon standards, how can you possibly agree on anything at all?

Update:

4:30 pm:

So, what is the authority with respect to Christianity?  This may not be considered the authority of authorities, but it may be pretty close.  Also known as the old Roman Symbol, it can be found here.