As you may be know, Genesis 19 tells the story about two angels who came to Sodom and Gomorah and warned Lot and his family to flee the city because of the impending destruction.
Sorry if this is a little long.
1) All living creatures where destroyed in Sodom and Gormorah (including all the vegetation), yet Lot was saved? Anyone have any idea why he was chosen?
The reason I ask is when you consider that he offered his two virgin daughters to the angry mob, he doesn't exactly seem worthy:
Further, consider what Lot and his daughters did soon after:
Every man, woman and child was murdered, yet Lot and his daughters were deserving to be saved?
2) Okay, but what about the wife/mother? Before he had incest with both his daughters, God did this to his wife:
I've discussed this with Christians and they say, "What they mean is she refused to cut her ties to the evil of the city, she was looking back longingly to sin and her deviant lifestyle".
However, does the Bible really say all that? All it says is, "(she) looked back", for all we know, she might have been looking back out of normal human curiousity, right? Either way, is her punishment, being turned into a pillar of salt justice or is it cruel?
bible.gospelcom.net/passa...version=31
Sorry if this is a little long.
1) All living creatures where destroyed in Sodom and Gormorah (including all the vegetation), yet Lot was saved? Anyone have any idea why he was chosen?
The reason I ask is when you consider that he offered his two virgin daughters to the angry mob, he doesn't exactly seem worthy:
Quote:
8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them.
Further, consider what Lot and his daughters did soon after:
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30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man around here to lie with us, as is the custom all over the earth. 32 Let's get our father to drink wine and then lie with him and preserve our family line through our father." 33 That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and lay with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, "Last night I lay with my father. Let's get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and lie with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." 35 So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went and lay with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she got up.
36 So both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.
Every man, woman and child was murdered, yet Lot and his daughters were deserving to be saved?
2) Okay, but what about the wife/mother? Before he had incest with both his daughters, God did this to his wife:
Quote:
26 But Lot's wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
I've discussed this with Christians and they say, "What they mean is she refused to cut her ties to the evil of the city, she was looking back longingly to sin and her deviant lifestyle".
However, does the Bible really say all that? All it says is, "(she) looked back", for all we know, she might have been looking back out of normal human curiousity, right? Either way, is her punishment, being turned into a pillar of salt justice or is it cruel?
bible.gospelcom.net/passa...version=31
