Analysis

My analysis this week will be on the fact that throughout history, and I will not name all the Empires, but it seems as though, when God scattered the people at the Tower of Babel in Gen. 11:1-9, people have been attempting to get back to the status of one. From nation attempting to conquer nation, and one individual person dominating another person, humans beings want to "rule over others." This book is fascinating, because it shows the progression of how essentially, these European nations developed from small political regimes, swallowing the smaller regimes in their path, to nation states, then to global empires.
One of the statements made from the book, that the nation state 'pacifies' it's people, before ruling over them is true, but the laws that a nation establishes should benefit the people that live in that country. If a person doesn't like the laws that are in that one country, there are other choices besides revolt to change the laws, and if that doesn't work, move to another country. When the statement was made to pacify people, the author didn't further explain, so the assumption may be made that if they weren't pacified, a revolt of the governing authorities would occur.
We have seen even in the past one hundred years how military globalization only ends up in the destruction of lives. Is Germany any more dominant (militarily) in 2005 than they were in 1941? Military power in globalization from what the authors portray, has almost been the means to the end. The end was an "invisible" global structure, made up of banks, corporations, and money. Although, becoming a "superpower" in terms of a country was determined by the military structure of the nation. It is quoted on page 93, that 'the leading nations possessed resources 50 to 100 times greater than those at the bottom.'
As a Christian, am I to engage in any global activity? Any type of global activity, (Armed Forces, consumerism, World Banks, etc.) will in some way affect those that have been oppressed by the "superpowers" of the world, in gaining global dominance. I think it is impossible not to be involved in some way, shape, or form, in globalization. The quote from Genesis at the beginning, I believe shows that as a follower of God, He wants us to learn from another's culture, adapt to their behavior, in essence, get along with other people, that are not necessarily like you. God thought it wasn't a good thing that all the people were the same, with one language. I think that we as the Church, definitely need to learn this concept. So, the response of the church should be to participate and "get our hands a little dirty."