[kj] Wormwood star / "Asteroooiiddd!"

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

Yes, of all the stories of 
random-men-wanting-to-gang-rape-male-angels-but-instead-being-encouraged-by-the-father-to-mass-rape-his-family 
- a veritable archteypal tale in a variety of world spiritual traditions 
- that one in the Bible is my favorite one.

What about that wacky passage where if a man is caught fucking a farm 
animal, the ANIMAL is put to death? I think that's in Leviticus, which 
for any sane person ought to be the deal breaker book of the Bible.

-Oliver

Brendan wrote:

> The Pillar of Salt story, in a nutshell:

>

> So God decides to destroy Sodom (& Gemorrah), but chooses to spare Lot,

> Abraham's nephew. Two male angels are sent to Sodom to warn Lot to leave the

> city before the brimstone arrives. Lot welcomes the angels into the house,

> the male residents of Sodom gather around and yell out for Lot to send the

> angels out so they can sodomise them (Genesis 19:5), Lot refuses and tells

> them to have their way with his virgin daughters instead. (Genesis 19 7-8).

> The angels strike all the would-be gang rapist sodomisers blind, Lot & Co

> escape, with the exception of Lot's unfortunate wife, who is turned into a

> pillar of salt because she commits the offence of looking over her shoulder

> at the fireworks display.

>

> Barking mad. And tells you something about how women were viewed two aeons

> ago.

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