tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post4069603418966011515..comments2024-03-15T20:15:34.428+13:00Comments on ξενος: The story of LotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-77097786468342317002015-02-09T16:20:48.523+13:002015-02-09T16:20:48.523+13:00Thanks for that insight Tim, i missed that, althou...Thanks for that insight Tim, i missed that, although clearly being an elder didn't count for much when push came to shove he was an outside who had no right to speak against the townsfolk. Is the incident with the visitors the reason S&G are destroyed, an example of their iniquity, or just another incident of injustice in a long line? <br /><br />yes the town is under God's judgement but is it because of the debauched practices or are the debauched practises just evidence of their prior iniquity a la Romans 1? Jonathan Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295840754661890186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6689838439428844486.post-80970376464488029232015-01-29T15:58:33.782+13:002015-01-29T15:58:33.782+13:00I wonder about your first point, (a) Lot "sat...I wonder about your first point, (a) Lot "sat in the gate" suggesting he was an elder in the town, (b) city dwellers were by and large the elite vs. the rural workers (rich [semi?]nomadic people like Abraham were an exception to this general rule perhaps. <br /><br />Hadn't God's opinion (if not of homosexual rape at least of generalised oppression ) already been given in 13:13?<br /><br />Apart from these quibbles I think you present the horrid story well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com