The story about the salt was a metaphor. The mentioning of salt can actually mean that she was given knowledge in this context. Many of the stories in the Bible were never intended to be true and are just metaphors to teach us how we should live our lives. The story of Lot of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is a good example of a story to live by.
Agree?
2007-07-13 10:44:02 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The stories in the Bible that are over the top were never intended to be true. They were just stories to help us. The people who wrote them didn't actually believe them so why are there people who believe them now?
2007-07-13 10:45:06 · update #1
I disagree with you. If she was given knowledge, why isn't she mentioned any where else?
2007-07-13 10:47:57 · answer #1 · answered by RB 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes, God did turn a woman into salt in the Bible.
Luke 17:32
Even Dr. Luke the Apostle said, "Remember Lot's wife."
Luke said in Luke 17:30
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away, and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot's wife. (She turned back and looked and the angels told her not to look back)
Genesis 19:26 Talking about Lot's wife
"but his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt."
Obeying God is very important and anyone who knows the Bible knows this.
I believe the Bible must be taken literally unless you have other verses to confirm a metaphor or allegory or parable. I have never found such for Lot's wife. She is a true story.
2007-07-13 11:02:55 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Lot's wife can be a metaphor, then the virgin birth and resurrection can be metaphors also. Together with the story of creation and everything between it and Revelations.
To make the Bible more believable (because it is filled with some ridiculous stuff) some Christians use the "metaphor" approach. But who draws the line at what is real and what isn't?
2007-07-13 10:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you that the Bible is not always literal, but unless you've got your facts straight from God, I don't see how you can state your opinion like indisputable fact. Did God actually tell you that that is what that Bible story means, or is it your own logical conclusion?
There are Biblical stories that are just stories to teach, and there are those which are historical records of amazing miracles. My spiritual feelings while reading have led me to believe in the literalness of some amazing stories, and the metaphors of others.
So how does one know which one is which? "Unbelieveableness" is such a relative term.
2007-07-13 10:54:57 · answer #4 · answered by MumOf5 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You want God to walk with you hand-in-hand, have faith/trust in him and be obedient to him then everything (love, pleasing him etc) will follow. Sodom and Gomorrah was a very wicked town and full of every kind of immorality. This story is somehow a parable, so let me explain it. Lot and his family were spared, they got God's grace. The Bible says when you are born again you are not of the world but God's, if you understand that. You've become a new creature (sinless creature) when you're born again, behold old things have passed, new things... This story reminds me of the ends times. Lot and his family including his wife have been given so much time, so many chances to repent of their sins but only the wife didn't fully repent. She loved the world so much, e.g the dishonesty, sexual immorality, etc and God told her do not look back (do not backslide, do not regret, love only me (God), trust me) but she didn't, she looked back thinking that maybe she could enjoy it one last time, she looked back to see what she left behind, unfortunately she disobeyed God and she was turned into a pillar of salt. It's going to be the same in the end of days. God has given us so many chances and forgiven us of our sins. All that He asks is that we trust in Him and love him but we keep on saying "tomorrow", or I'm not ready, or they simply think trusting God is a waste of time or that God doesn't exist. The time will come when all those people that don't have time for God will be thrown into hell (that's why the Bible says, "every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord) and God just won't care because he has told us so many times that we should repent and we should obey him. Many people think hell is harsh, but don't you also think it's harsh that God asks us the simplest thing and we just don't do it? He just asks us to love him and we turn away from him. I think that's more harsh to me. People read your Bible, you may not believe that hell exists, or that hell is eternity or that God is love so He will not do it, you are wrong. Hell does exist, it is for eternity and God will cast you there if you do not repent of your sins. God bless you all.
2016-05-17 05:43:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actually read this story today. Maybe it's the version I'm reading but no where does it say that god himself turned her into a pillar of salt. It just says that she looked back and turned into a pillar of salt. No warning from god, nothing saying that HE did it. So I can easily understand that it could mean she gained knowledge.
2007-07-13 10:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by moondriven 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm really big on metaphors and symbolism in the bible but I really think He did turn Lots wife into a pillar of salt. Something made the dead sea a sea of salt and it makes sense that that's probably when it happened. And besides, she didn't go into the mountains with her family and her daughters ended up sleeping with her husband, remember?
2007-07-13 10:49:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
And you know this because you wrote parts of the bible? Or where there? If it had just been a fable to teach people it would have been stated as such in the good book. As Christ often told his disciples tales to try and get them to see the picture, and they were clearly label as just a tale to try and get them to again understand.
2007-07-13 10:56:50 · answer #8 · answered by Spread Peace and Love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever the tortured reasoning, which, alas, is typical Fundy, god did not turn a woman into salt, nor anything else. Wasn't Lot the holy chap who had carnal knowledge of his two daughters? My god!
2007-07-13 11:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by Yank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree. and the metaphors start at the very beginning, starting with the ol' adam and eve story.they continue threw out the entire book.
that is why i don't pay much attention to the bible, well, plus the fact that i'm an atheist.
2007-07-13 10:50:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt. Probably because her body heated up so rapidly.
2007-07-13 10:49:17 · answer #11 · answered by sdb deacon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋