Globalization of English

I find it interesting that as I am reading about the Globalization of English that there is a striking parallel already noted in Scripture. And this, the tower of Babel. This was the last time the world was unified under one language.

And then - God Himself said that if the people speak one language - then can anything NOT be done by them?


The hidden understanding behind this is that if man was wicked from his youth up, with his heart set only on evil, then this would lead to disasterous results for mankind. We would be able to devise and employ evil on an unprecendented magnitude.

And so, we are told that God came in and confused the people and cause the birth of many languages.

This all was 'undone' on the day of Pentacost, when there was the gift of tongues and the Word of the Gospel went forth in all languages.

Yet, there seems to be another aspect to it.

Biblical prophecy states that the world is being divided into two groups. A form of massive globalization. One (the majority) would be a people to be ruled under one king - the anti-Christ. The other (the minority) a people group that would be ruled under another King - the Christ; specifically Jesus.

With this understanding in mind, is it any wonder that the world indeed is converging under one language? If people from all nations are being unified, would this not be expected?

With this biblical view in mind, I don't find it difficult to believe that the world indeed will come to be unified, and hold one majority language; English.

It seems to fit into the Biblical prediction of the end times very well

Standardized Testing and the Pen is mightier than the iPhone

Here's an interesting blog post that showed up on my email today
12:23 PM
It's titled - "When an adult took standardized tests forced on kids"
12:23 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/when-an-adult-took-standardized-tests-forced-on-kids/2011/12/05/gIQApTDuUO_blog.html?tid=sm_btn_twitter
12:24 PM
here's an interesting snippit:

"On the reading test, I got 62% . In our system, that’s a “D”, and would get me a mandatory assignment to a double block of reading instruction.

He continued, “It seems to me something is seriously wrong. I have a bachelor of science degree, two masters degrees, and 15 credit hours toward a doctorate.

I help oversee an organization with 22,000 employees and a $3 billion operations and capital budget, and am able to make sense of complex data related to those responsibilities."
12:25 PM
and for you "output processors" like me: http://www.fastcompany.com/1798782/when-pen-beats-phone-a-case-for-writing-things-out