Blog Number Nine - Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha

Three angels visited Abraham and his wife Sarah warning them of the destruction planned for the wicked city of Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham's nephew, Lot, and his family lived in that city. Also, due to Abraham's kind heart he pleaded God to hold back from destroying the city if there were 50, then 45, 40, 30, 20, and finally 10 people with righteous hearts were found. God agreed to this, remaining patient with Abraham as he negotiated with him many times. Lot was visited by two angels later that evening. He was warned to leave the city, for it was to be destroyed. Outside his home, the men of Sodom (old and young) threatened to break down his home if he did not hand the two angels (who were disguised as men) to them. God then blinded the men Lot was then instructed to go to the mountains to seek refuge, but he pleaded God to let him escape to a nearby city instead (which God had planned on destroying too). He agreed. Lot took his wife and two daughters to flee, but Lot's wife disobeyed God's command not to look back. She was too attached to the wealthy life of Sodom and glanced back as the city was destroyed. She turned into a pillar of salt.

I'm sure a lot of people have a problem with this Bible account because we are so open to homosexuality and find that not accepting people's lifestyles is an act of discrimination. I don't particularly see this Bible account as unjust. People have to see that the scriptures condemn homosexuality as an immoral act, and people who followed God's law in Abraham's time (like Abraham, Lot, and Sarah) took this law to heart. Once you put it into concept, God was destroying a city that, according to his standards, was full of immoral acts. He couldn't even find ten righteous people in the city. We don't even blink when we talk about God wiping the Earth of wicked people with the Flood, but we get peeved when we talk about Sodom and Gomorrah. He was basically doing the same thing as the Flood. He was wiping out what he and his followers believed were immoral acts while saving those who were righteous in his eyes. So no, I don't think this is in anyway unjust. (I am in no way against gay people either. Just sayin'.)

As to injustice in general, yeah. It stinks. Injustice is when that kid who doesn't understand anything because they don't work or pay attention in class gets an incredible grade even though the only reason why they've lifted a finger is to copy down answers from your test or homework (not that I'm directing this at anyone. Like I said, "just sayin'".) I think this topic just hit a VERY sensitive nerve.


http://mhsredline.com/harbinger/2013/09/25/cheater-cheater-what-drives-students-to-dishonesty/