Are you familiar with the Neolithic?  Based on two Greek words, "neo" (new:  remember the protagonist in the first Matrix movie?), and "lithic" (stone), it means, basically New Stone Age  The Neolithic refers to the period of human history when humanity ceased its hunting and gathering existence and began to form fixed settlements.
     For some of us, this supposition of course creates enormous difficulties.  If, as the biblical account holds, Adam and Eve were the first humans and did not live in a "settlement," why did subsequent humans decide to do so (for instance, Cain founding the city of Nod)?  And from where did the woman whom Cain married when he left his parents?
     If we can get past these theological questions, however, we see a more fundamental truth.  It is that humanity was created not to wander in tribal isolation but to interact with each other in larger community.  Sure, many people groups continue to live in relative isolation or sustain a nomadic existence today, but they are the exception.  And even they enjoy community with each other.  While we can lament many aspects of "civilized" urban life, we can also see it as the distant descendant of the ways of the Neolithic. Many thousands of years ago, people realized that it was better to come together in community than to migrate and wander apart from the bulk of their fellow human beings.
     Hence, we can celebrate the Neolithic not only for its impressive demonstrations of human creativity and prowess, but for its enduring statement of the necessity of commonality and unity and respect among human beings.
     After all, isn't this what, broadly speaking, God, the creator of us all, wants?