curiousity kills?? Lot's wife became a pillar of salt coz she's curious...?

Question

look back at the destruction of sodom & gommorah??? Is GOd partial, eve curious with the fruit & gave to adam.

Answer 1

Looking back was a symbol of yearning for the sinful ways from which one is delivered from.
Eve was more than curious. She desired wisdom beyond what God had provided and distrusted the intent of God because of the lie of satan.

Answer 2

Lot’s wife “began to look around,” perhaps with longing for the things left behind. For doing so, “she became a pillar of salt.” Evidently she could not let go of her feelings for her home in Sodom. Disobediently, she looked back, and for this she paid with her life. —Ge 19:15-26
In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve enjoyed radiant health and had perfect minds. They had productive work to do and ideal surroundings in which to do it. Best of all, they had the privilege of regularly communicating with Jehovah. It was God’s purpose that they enjoy a happy future. But our first parents were not satisfied with all these good gifts; it was more than mere curiosity, they stole the forbidden fruit from “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad.” This disobedient act laid the groundwork for all the unhappiness that we, their descendants, are experiencing today.—Genesis 2:15-17; 3:6; Romans 5:12.

Answer 3

Your question seems to request an excuse for the allure of a sinful lifestyle even though you know it should be forsaken. If you take literally the allegories contained in the Book of Genesis, you are headed for a heap of trouble. Things like Creationism vs. Evolution arose because of different interpretations of the birth of this Universe. It disregards the fact that it did not just spring into being one fine "day". It illustrates eternity. It always has been and always will be. The intricate facts by which human life emerged upon this planet could only have been know by God because He caused it to occur. The human race being tempted by Satan to commit sin by being disobedient to the command of God has been with us since we were created in the image of God. God wants us to turn away from the devil and ignoring that command can result in dire consequences, such as turning into a pillar of salt.

Answer 4

I think Lot's wife looking back symbolized our turning away from God back to the very sins that He has saved us from. Perhaps, she fondly remembered the city and disliked God's judgment on it. She was given warning by Lot, who had been told by God, not to look back.

This is similar, some would say, to the Adam and Eve account. God told Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge, but it is not recorded that God told Eve. Eve knew of the injunction, but perhaps she was told by Adam, rather than God, like Lot's wife.

I'm just throwing that out for discussion. The accounts of Eve and Lot's wife, both involve more than curiosity. Perhaps it was pride underlying both sins. I'm not picking on women, here, that's just how the topic is developing. Lot's of prideful male sinning can be seen throughout the Bible as well.

Answer 5

Earlier answers were right, these stories have more to do with disobedience.

...but when you get down to it, curiosity can enlighten, or destroy, depending on how it's used. Think of it on the level of children - curiosity helps them learn how the world works every day, at the same time there are many children who have died as result of curiosity over a weapon, or some household poison.

Answer 6

It wasn't curiosity that turned her into salt. It was direct disobedience to the word of God. Look what Eve's curiosity got them.

Answer 7

Lot's wife was judged because her heart was in that city. she was physically leaving but her desire was to still be there. We can be the same as her but you won't be turned into a salt lick for it. Salt is spoken of in the bible as a means to cause thirst. we are called the salt of the earth who trust Jesus as Lord.

Answer 8

Don't believe any of the crap that comes out of the Bible. It was made by right-wing conservative men from the distant past and modified by the right-wing conservative men now. Humans are naturally curious creatures. If "God" was all knowing and all loving, he would have already realized what his creations were going to do in the first place. I mean, what the hell, is he some some sort of insecure sadist who likes to inflict pain and death to his creatures, even though he already KNOWS what they are capable of?

Answer 9

This is stated matter-of-factly, with no suggestion that it was a special miracle or divine judgment. "But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."

It's also interpreted that she "stayed" rather than "looked back," and that the destruction was thermal brines upwelling from the earth's deep mantle. This would have thrown massive salt deposits in the air, and she could have been buried in them.

This is, of course, a fantasy.

Answer 10

Disobedience, my foot! Tell anyone, anywhere, not to look at something. Of course they are going to look. The God in the Christian myth is a true jackass, especially since everything is supposedly predestined.