Charles:

Wretchard mentions Babel in his headline. Here is a wikipedia report on the origins of the Babel. It comes from a story in Genesis. (Because men build the tower for their own glory rather than God’s glory–God gets jealous and splits up everyone’s language so no one could understand each other. So that the tower that was meant to bring unity — instead splits up the people.
Aug 19, 2008 – 10:15 am

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God does not get Jealous. God is Jealous. He wants man to love him as he loves them. This confusion of languages illustrated in this tale is discipline. Man is once again trying to get a shortcut to godliness (here secular humanism) and God is again lovingly setting him straight.

The first time is when Adam eats the fruit from the tree of knowledge. Man is looking for a shortcut to godliness and eats the fruit. His eyes are indeed opened. He sees that through disobedience his is without God. Naked. Does God kill Adam?

So the tower was not meant to bring unity, it was meant to bring a “Name” for themselves. A name they believed equivalent to Yahweh.

The protectors of the “Library of Babel” are trying to keep the “light” out of these documents, purportedly to keep the “language from being confused”, but in reality to keep us from seeing that they have used their power to “make a name for themselves”, in their quest to attain Godliness.