“God created earth for man, and man can’t wait to get off the planet”
Part of the allure is that foolish people think they can escape certain problems and make a “fresh start” somewhere else. Of course, all they will do is bring all their problems with them, since man’s nature is the cause of his own distress.
good point- during the tower of babel time, they were trying to get to heaven- but God doesn’t allow sin in His kingdom- They arrogantly thought they could ‘work their way to heaven’ instead of obeying God and accepting Christ as Savior (or the ‘Redeemer’ as He was known then)- They were trying to create a ‘new world’ in which they were godlike- but like you say- they were just destined to bring the very same problems to this new world of their own building- They wanted a ‘fresh start’ in a new reality made in their own image- God had other plans though-