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Publius's avatar

I find myself thinking more and more about Lot in Sodom; a man who tried to live as justly as he could in a society which was utterly depraved. He was saved from the destruction of the city, but he (obviously) should have fled the city years ago, and was not untouched by its depravity. While he survived, what was the result? His wife is destroyed, his children are poorly catechized and traumatized (I mean, while I get that he was trying to model hospitality to his guests, NOT cool that he offered his daughters up to be raped by the mob) and ultimately, they end up engaging in incest with him. I tell myself I should leave this country, and fly to the ends of the world, but where is there left to go, and how would I support my family there? And so I haven't left, even though I can sense judgment is coming, I have the same cope as Lot; I pray that more mercy is handed down to me than was to him. The mercy God handed down to Lot was a strange mercy indeed.

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Gail Finke's avatar

Yeah, but see, none of those people write mean tweets.

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