Sodom and Gomorrah

Back in the old days, the people of god were becoming a bit wicked again and so God sent three angels to the towns that were the most wicked Sodom and Gomorrah. The angels he met were greeted by the family of Abraham who showed them great hospitality, so God revealed his plan to Abraham. Abraham, a bit distraught at the thought of an entire city's destruction, asked God if he could find fifty righteous men would God spare the city. Abraham then "negotiated" down to ten and God never protested whenever Abraham lowered the price, because as Abraham would find out and as God knew, he could not find any righteous men in the city.

 Two of the angels went on to the city of Sodom where they were met by Abraham's nephew Lot. Lot was also a good man and invited them into his home, but a mob of Sodomites (please don't take that the wrong way) formed and demanded that Lot give the two men up to them. In one version of the bible they wanted to rape them, but in another it is much more vague. Lot refused and offered his two virgin daughters instead. A very weird proposition even weirder is that the mob refused and were intent on men for some reason. The angels revealed themselves and cast blindness onto the mob, to which Lot decided it was probably a good time for his family to flee.

 As Lot and his family fled, an angel said unto Lot not to look back upon the city, and Lot instructed his family to do the same. But Lot's wife, for reasons unexplained, looked back upon the sinful city and was turned to a pile of salt. Sodom and Gomorrah were then laid to wasted by God through fire and brimstone.

 Unfair punishment is something any sibling has to deal with. I can recall several times were Tom my younger brother was not reprimanded for his wrongdoings and I was because it was my responsibility to watch over him. As if that made sense. But it seemed unfair at the time, and since then Tom has grown and is now responsible for his own actions. Score!