Great even though the men of Sodom could have had 2 gals to abuse, they opted for the men.
-_- would it have really been better for them to want to rape female angels? These are the direct messengers of a deity, raping them should be a huge no-no regardless of genitalia... if angels even have them.
True. Indirectly we could look at other places in the bible, where the days of Lot were compared with the days of Noah, The days of Noah were noted for violence.
Kinda makes the whole flood thing pointless, doesn't it? Complete failure to rid the world of human sin, what a waste of animal life.
That is curious. I often wondered if his wife was gay also, since she wanted to go back...what was the draw?
If she was, she wouldn't have been offered salvation. Plus, she just looked back after the angels told her not to. That doesn't mean she wanted to go back at all; you try running away from destruction and not looking behind you. Additionally, it's pretty generic advice to tell someone to not look back as they are fleeing, since it slows you down to do that. None of them were told that there would be a divine punishment if they did it. Though, I have to wonder how anyone knew she turned into salt if they never looked back, and why Lot and his daughters don't bother to mourn her.
I guess it is one thing to be happy they were away from the gay environment, but they went nuts on the baby thing.
-_- did you forget that they were married to straight men? Lot's two sons in laws were offered safety as well, but they didn't believe Lot when he said that god was going to destroy the city. As a result, they get destroyed along with the sinners. The baby thing is pretty nutty, though. Hence the view that it's a smear campaign.
One could derive that I guess, but the main gist of the story seems to be the wickedness and judgment of Sodom.
If the main gist were the wickedness and judgement of Sodom and Gomorrah, then Gomorrah would have been more fully described, and the nature of the sins both populations were committing would have more details. Heck, we likely would see statements such as "even the children were filled with malice and unholy doings". But, only the men of Sodom are even depicted committing immoral acts.