okay, so, "christians" what's your view on Lot's incestuous relationship with his daughters?

Question

since it's not mentioned in your book that it's a sin, does this mean that you don't see it as a sin, since your book didn't mention it to be so?

Answer 1

It is a sin.
Lot sinned by getting drunk, the daughters sinned by sleeping with their drunk father.


Both were sins, so was the adultery and murder David committed.

The bible tells of the sinful nature of man, but the redemption of GOD.

Christians are sinners! However, Jesus is the answer to our sinful problem.

Answer 2

The fact that the Bible does not point out right then and there that the act was sinful does not mean the Bible does not refer to incestuous acts as sin.

Keep in mind that the Bible is also a History book... and an unbiased history book will show you the good and the bad... the fact that it was a sin does not change the fact that it occured. So like any good refernce book, it has to report it.

In this incident, the daughters acted out of desperation... and (as another answerer pointed out) in that time period, it was not uncommon for people to marry (or in this case have sexual relations) with a relative... whether for lack of other options or just because of a rebellious spirit, the reasons are irrelevant... it happened...

Other things happened in the Bible that are acts we would consider sinful... Cain killing is brother, David sleeping with a married woman... then (on top of that) setting up her husband to be killed... even Job getting frustrated with God... stuff happens... and I think the Bible would be kinda one-sided if it only painted a picture of everyone skipping happily through life with no sin entering the picture... contrast makes things more interesting, don't you think???

Answer 3

Under Mosaic law. the penalty for incest was stoning to death. Yes, the bible says it is a sin. A serious one.

The bible also mentions murder. Just because sinful things are mentioned in the bible does not mean the bible is condoning the act.

Lot's daughter's were acting according to what they believed was necessary to keep their culture alive, so motives were good, not selfish and the law regarding this matter had not yet been given to Moses.

One of the worst things that could happen to a woman is to have a barren womb. Today, its a false blessing.

Lot's children founded the Ammonites and the Moabites, after Ammon and Moab. They were enemies of Isreal.

Answer 4

Interesting question. I'd like to hear Judaism's take on it. Try posing the question this way: "Okay, so, 'Jews' what's your view on Lot's incestuous relationship with his daughters? since it's not mentioned in your book that it's a sin, does this mean that you don't see it as a sin, since your book didn't mention it to be so?"

Answer 5

The way the ancient Hebrews thought and wrote their books was different from modern Western culture. They said a lot of things by not saying them explicitly, but by telling stories which would show people why something was good or bad. In the story of Lot and his daughters, the reader is expected to see that what they were doing was perverted. It was a comment on Lot's family as being less moral than Abraham's, perhaps on Lot not having raised his daughters well. It is intended to remind the reader of the sin of Ham against Noah when Noah was drunk, for which Noah cursed Ham's son.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham#Modern_interpretations

Answer 6

Really, the Bible never mentions incest as a sin. Bestialty, yes. Homosexuality, vaguely (misinterptretations I say). Stoning the elderly who dare wear two kinds of fabric in one garment, but of course. But not incest. Remember, when the Bible was written most people didn't travel very far and had limited breeding stock, so marriages were usually done between cousins and such. It's sort of a recent thing (recent being used in century terms) that incest has become taboo. Yet...I still find it abhorrent. I'm sure Leviticus never meant to condem the sweet, gentle homosexuals but incest. It was just a typo. Or whatever they had back then.

Answer 7

God condones neither incest nor drunkenness. (Leviticus 18:6, 7, 29; 1 Corinthians 6:9, 10) Lot actually deplored the “lawless deeds” of Sodom’s inhabitants. (2 Peter 2:6-8) The very fact that Lot’s daughters got him intoxicated suggests that they realized that he would not consent to having sexual relations with them while he was sober. But as aliens in the land, his daughters felt that this was the only way to prevent the extinction of Lot’s family. The account is in the Bible to reveal the relationship of the Moabites (through Moab) and the Ammonites (through Benammi) to Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites.

Answer 8

You don't need people to tell you how to eat a piece of cake do you?

The descendants of Lot by his daughters were the Moabites and Ammonites, these are enemies of the Jews.

Clearly, these descendants, like Esau are not favored by God. So, one can easily conclude that the act of incest is not acceptable to God and is a sin.

But the question arises, is Lot responsible for it? I can only say that his daughters were the culprits for the incestuous act. Lot himself is responsible for leading them to that state by choosing the land based on its looks and not by faith when he split up with Moses.

Lesson: Man can purposely lead himself into sin and temptation by walking straight into an environment of sin. God tempts not, man tempts himself.

Answer 9

i'm not one to bypass judgment on each person. examine contained in the e book of Acts of the recent testomony. In Acts 17:30 we examine; And the cases of this lack of expertise God winked at; yet now commandeth all adult men each the position to repent: In Romans 5:13-14 we examine; (For till the regulation sin change into contained in the global: yet sin isn't "imputed" (not held responsible for) even as there is no regulation. inspite of the indisputable fact that "lack of life" reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who's the ascertain of him that change into to go back. Lot change into earlier Moses and the regulation.

Answer 10

The Bible includes bad examples as well as good. Compared to Uncle Abraham, Lot's entire family is known for making poor decisions, Lot in his ineffective attempts to protect his guests, his wife in her inability to listen to simple instructions, and his daughters in the conclusions they draw when they find themselves in a deserted location. The story is also an ethic joke, explaining the ancestry of two of Israel's more obstreperous neighbors.