tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post1123704539243407777..comments2023-12-23T07:04:04.016-08:00Comments on Thinking Faith: The Sin of SodomBill Trenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055902411464959661noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post-69101987887698246712012-02-27T07:06:34.978-08:002012-02-27T07:06:34.978-08:00I have no idea how to select a profile. My user I...I have no idea how to select a profile. My user ID is tbrennan34. <br />Just want to add that in middle eastern culture it has always been the case that one defends a visitor to one's house down to the last ounce of one's ability, even if it costs the host's own life. The visitor is indeed more important than the family member. I don't know that gender is relevant to the story but it is doubtless the "virgin daughters" would have been more likely to assuage the lust of the crowd than anyone else in the household. In that time and culture this was probably seen as a legitimate way to uphold his duty to the strangers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1954032186621541669.post-88834989460157391312011-09-01T16:31:41.035-07:002011-09-01T16:31:41.035-07:00Incorrect assumption that the bible need imply tha...Incorrect assumption that the bible need imply that the rape of women is ok to recieve any ethical guidance. Lot was clearly frightened and therefor misguided so his actions do not need to set any precedent. It's like suggesting that to get any guidance from the stories of Abraham we need accept that it's ok to sleep with your wife's slave to beget a child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com