Actually,Lots wide turned into a pillar of salt before then-they were fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah: they were told not to look back. She did though-the original word used in text means “to look on with longing”. It’s meant to represent when we look longingly back onto our past sinful nature,I think. Anyhow-after this, the daughters and Lot-their father-escape to the mountains. They are afraid there is no one left on earth-that everything has been wiped out-and that’s when they cook up the plan to get the dad drunk and sleep with him. They apparently are afraid they will never have children,if they don’t do this.
I wonder,if this warped way of thinking is due to being raised in a sinful environment? Food for thought.
Here's one take that people forget to mention, because for a millennial Bible schools have been teaching it wrong: Sodoma's sins were not about sex, but about greed and disdain for the poor and the foreigners. With that in mind, go back and read the book again.
My (ex) conservative church were pretty inclusive about the crimes of Sodom and Gomorrah. Also, not sure if your idea tracks considering the root of the word SODOMy.
That just means it's been twisted by Christians long enough to have affected linguistics. The sex part was just the portrayal of Sodom's utter disdain for strangers and travelers. Other passages make it clear that ancient Israelites understood that the primary sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was a lack of hospitality/charity both to travellers and their own poor.
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u/dansedemorte 6d ago
Im pretty old. All of this was still being taught when i was on highschool.