Retardians please explain what is the moral of this bible quote to me and where is the love in it?

Question

Genesis 19
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
1 The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 "My lords," he said, "please turn aside to your servant's house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning."
"No," they answered, "we will spend the night in the square."
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate. 4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house. 5 They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them."
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who

never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."

Answer 1

How nice that your request for an answer is prefaced by an insult.

But since most of the answerers who even bothered to respond haven't got it quite right, here's the scoop:

The moral is that Sodom was a very wicked city. The men of the town did want to have sex with the two angels (the word translated "know" in the KJV is the same "know" that Adam did to Eve and she became pregnant -so it is referring to sex).

Lot was aware of what the men of his town were capable of and therefore urged the two angels NOT to spend the night in the town square but at his house. When Lot's attempts at hiding the angels away at his house failed (the men came for them anyway), Lot tried to appease the townspeople by sending his virgin daughters out as sexual decoys -to be used and abused. (Great father, huh?)

We do not know all the particular evil deeds the people of Sodom were involved in; we only know that they were sentenced to judgment long before they attempted to gang rape the angelic visitors.

The angels, who were previously inclined to wait until morning to bring God's judgment on Sodom, were so disgusted that they began the judgment then and there by striking the Sodomites blind while telling Lot and his family to get out NOW.

The fact is, evil is very contagious and from the story (and its aftermath), Lot, his wife and his daughters were all personally contaminated by its effect. His wife was destroyed for longingly looking back at her former home while Lot is further debased by his daughters (this, after he was willing to sacrifice them in Sodom to save his own skin).

Another thing, the Bible often shows the evil actions, the sinful deeds and wrong choices made by individuals without endorsing those actions as being right. There is certainly not any "love" demonstrated in this story unless you count that perhaps the mercy of God in sparing Lot the same fate as his fellow citizens demonstrates this.

Answer 2

The 2 men were angels of God. Sent to save Lot and his family from the wrath of God, because he was the only one in the whole city who was righteous. He was trying to save them from the towns people, but must not have realized they could have easily taken care of it themselves. It also may have been a test of his true faith

The moral to you is "be prepared for God's judgment." The people in both those cities lived life their own way and cared for the rights of none. They perverted the truth until no one believed it anymore and lived as though there were no God .

Is it loving? Well it is every ones choice to believe or not. You can't choose not to and then complain about the consequences of the choice you made.

It is funny that the person calling others retarded is the ignorant one on the subject,and yet another person coming on making nasty remarks and not having an active email.

Answer 3

Most people read this as a condemnation of homosexuality. It is. The men of Sodom were immoral and given over to unnatural passions. In addition it is also a condemnation of the host who does not take care of his guests. In the ancient Middle East taking care of your guests was a matter of extreme importance. Thus Lot had to take care of the Angles that were in his house. Rather than betray the obligation of hospitality by giving up his guests, Lot offered up his daughters instead.

Answer 4

There is really nothing to explain, because you live in a country that's just as bad as Sodom & Gomorrah the two angels need to pay you a visit.

Answer 5

Lot didn't want the sinful people of sodom and gomorrah to touch the angels so he chose to sacrifice his own daughters. Not sure why but he was human. It wasn't God who did that but later on you will find that God protects them from the destruction that happens there and still his daughters seduce him. I think I'd protect the angels too.

Answer 6

Please get it right

4But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

5And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

6And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

7And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

8Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof

Answer 7

The Moral: This is a highly inconvenient bible quote, and since it's from the OT, it can safely be ignored. The only usable OT quotes are from Leviticus, because they allow the hatred of gays.

Answer 8

wrong translation.

the original version says "bring them out to us so that we can KNOW them"

only in modern english does the word "know" have this sexual connotation and only recently was this "translation" applied.

the men come because there are strangers in their city who they do not know. if some new weird people came to your neighborhood, you' probably be a little interested in them too. and lot turns them away merely because he wants to protect the angels from unknown strangers, not because they are trying to have sex with them.

in addition, lot offers up his daughter like whores as an appeasement to these men. wow, what a great dad.

so i say, there's really no moral lesson. even if people want to use this passage to say homosexuality is wrong, then they would also have to say that whoring out your own daughters is right.

Answer 9

Yawn

Answer 10

Good question, shockingly few answers though.... wonder why? ;)

You wouldn't be asking anyone to justify a particularly nasty portion of the sacred bible now would you? That wouldn't do at all. How undignified of you ;)

(answering netchelandorious)
Very good point. You are correct, i was being horribly sarcastic but i do like your thinking x