[Bohemund]

Yes. It started at the tower of Babel, remember?

Again, I thank you for your patience, and apologize for my slowness.

I asked where else in the Bible "Babylon" means "confusion." It's used an awful lot, you know, in Revelations and elsewhere.

Are you saying that when Peter wrote, in Greek, "the church at Babylon" he meant "the church in confusion" because he was relying on his readers/listeners to think of the Tower of Babel?

[zeeba neighba]

Well other than a place name I think it's safe to assume that it always means confusion. The very name itself derives from Baal, and its sins against God are legendary. Everytime it is used in the bible its confused spirituality is to be considered, whether its actual or spiritual Babylon, don't you think?

Whether Peter was in Rome, in Jerusalem or wherever, I think he was making a comment on the state of the inhabitants. We are even now in spiritual Babylon, here in this world. It never goes away. You have to be in God's presence for that to happen. However, I don't think Peter was making the comment lightly, and he was in God's presence, and we should reflect on what he did mean and pray for enlightenment, because I think it matters.