Most people assume that the separation of languages and culture came as a result of God’s curse at the Tower of Babel. This story has often been used to diminish other cultures in the name of promoting the unity God desires. The problem, of course, is that most of us assume that everyone should be unified around our own language, culture, and beliefs and the rest must be the inferior ones that were scattered. Let’s be honest, how many of us would feel comfortable with global peace and unity if it meant we all had to learn Mandarin Chinese instead of requiring the rest of the world to speak English?…