Are Lot and the Prodigal Father the two dumbest fathers ever? Why would you offer your daughters to rapists?

Question

Why would you spoil your son by giving him his inheritance early?

Answer 1

Lot is an example of "righteous?" I am glad that I don't follow that tyrant of a god.

Answer 2

Well, Lot and a few others are better examples, but not as you describe them.

Lot should never have been where he was in the first place. Sorry to say but women were not considered much more than property and men worth more. So offering them up to protect "the men" was seemingly the lesser of evils. But, you see that God was under no such delusion.

As for the Prodigal Father. He gave the child his inheritance early. I know many people doing that now to avoid probate and other such squabbles. The father was doing it out of love and wishing his son well. It was the son's actions not the father that caused him to sin. I believe the son would have went that way after his fathers death or even sooner. Perhaps stole the money. Face it people need to quite blaming others and take responsibilities for their actions. Had both sons been losers I would say that the father was to blame, but this does not seem to be the case.

There are those that spoil their children much worse and have dire consequences. Look at Eli the Priest. He spoiled his boys and did not discipline them and both he and they paid for it over time.

Sauls mistakes cost him and his children the kingdom. and I am sure with more looking you can find even better examples.

So, I hope you learn your lesson and not go their way. Parenting is tough and no one should enter into it lightly. Think of all the bone heads in our society saying we cannot spank or do this or that with our children. Then when the little brats run wild and do what suits their fancy.

Answer 3

As for Lot, when the two angels were about to be assaulted by the townspeople, it was a very grievous violation of how guests were to be treated, plus it is widely believed that Lot recognized the angelic nature of the two. So, he probably offered his daughters up to the crowd to keep the angels from being raped. I think I would have offered the crowd of would-be rapists a twelve gauge shotgun loaded with 00 buckshot.

As for the father of the Prodigal Son, I don't think that it was a historically based tale, just a parable to show that you should always be ready to forgive, especially to those people who are truly repentant.

Answer 4

Yes!
You are absolutely right. We see how good a father Lot turned out to be when his daughters got him 'drunk' and had sex with him (how drunk would you have to be?).

As for the Prodigal Father, I explained to my friend the other day that Jesus was describing typical human behavior - people respect repentence more than fidelity. I did a good job for my company for 4 years, with little or no recognition. Then I messed a few things up and got reprimanded. Now that I have 'straightened out,' I am the greatest thing since sliced bread. The good guy in the parable of the Prodigal Son is the older brother.

Answer 5

You're conveniently leaving out the part that tells us WHY Lot offered to do this.

The rapists to whom Lot offered his daughters were about to rape the men who were staying in Lot's house.

To Lot, this was an absolutely horrifying thought. No doubt he did not want to give his daughters to such men -- but that's how repugnant homosexuality was to people back then.

Anything was preferable to that -- even giving his daughters to them.

As for the father of the prodigal son -- he had no idea that his son would take the inheritance and go off and blow it like he did.

Giving sons their inheritances early was actually quite common back then. There was nothing "dumb" about it.

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Answer 6

okay, i love my torah and being jewish, but i will be the first to admit there is some f**ked up sh** in there - i think a lot of those things are the humans who wrote the stuff down trying to justify certain politics and practices that were considered socially acceptable at the time, in order to get published and accepted by society.

A current example of this is the way most americans will put financial success before they morals they claim (how many times have you heard the rich and famous claim that "money isn't everything"?) because our american history books have found a way to justify this by calling capitalists brave and saying that they incited positive culture change through their greed or low morals. popular culture subconsciously accepts this without really believing it is true, and valuing bravery and positive change, over time, collectively remembers the events in that light.

Marx discusses the theory at length in the communist manifesto.

Answer 7

Well, one is parable and one is true.

The parable about the prodigal son is to show God's love for us even though we behave so badly. That he is always willing to forgive us and celebrates our return to him no matter what.

The story of Lot shows us that as horrible as it might sound..to give your daughters to rapists, that this was still a better alternative then allowing a homosexual act to take place. This shows us just how wrong homosexuality is...

Answer 8

The Bible is finished of examples of habit, sturdy and undesirable. the tale of Lot is meant to assessment with the former tale of Abraham on the region of hospitality. Abraham rushes out to fulfill his travelers, does each little thing conceivable to cause them to tender, prepares a ceremonial dinner and listens to what they ought to say. at the same time as he argues with God, it truly is on behalf of human beings, no longer himself. evaluate Lot's attitude. at the same time as the travelers arrive, Lot possibilities them up because no individual else has. He promises an quite elementary supper. His one preserving act is quite stupid. And at the same time as the travelers take concerns into their own palms, Lot and relations exhibit how poorly they pay interest. Lot even argues about how a lengthy way he should be compelled to stroll to keep his existence. assessment Abraham with Lot and also you've an concept of ways human beings might want to and could no longer respond to God (or basic travelers, for that remember). by focusing completely on the characters contained in the thoughts, one misses the meant messages of the thoughts. Lot isn't a sturdy celebration. try interpreting Judges for yet another celebration of persuasive writing. The e book starts off out pointing out, "on the on the spot there replaced into no king in Israel and human beings did what they concept replaced into correct." We see quite a few heroic examples before everything, yet because the e book maintains, their options worsen and worse, until eventually by the suited they are apalling. Then the e book repeats: "on the on the spot there replaced into no king in Israel and human beings did what they concept replaced into correct." The meaning has thoroughly replaced. merely because something is shown contained in the Bible does no longer advise it will be finished.

Answer 9

They're both parables.... They are meant to illustrate a point. That's all.