(September 24, 2021 at 11:56 pm)Fake Messiah Wrote: Story of Sodom and Gomorrah is pretty much stolen from the Greek mythology of Baucis and Philemon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baucis_and_Philemon
That’s interesting. So Zeus is a protector of strangers and other people. He takes his son, Hermes, and his son is also a herald, with him.
This explains why there is Zeus and Hermes (2 dudes). In the Tanakh version, there is no explanation why there are 2 angels.
The good guys (humans) are only 2 while in the Tanakh version, the good guys are 4 (Lot, nameless wife, nameless 2 daughters).
Although, the wife turns back and looks so maybe she is considered bad. Also, the 2 daughters make their father drink wine and get pregnant by him, so maybe the 2 daughters are bad girls.
The population gets killed by a flood.
In the Bible, there is baptism and parts about washing yourself. So water is seen as a cleanser.
The jewish god chooses to destroy the people with fire and sulfur, which seems to be another type of cleanser.
Also, Baucis and Philemon get an ornate temple as a reward.
What does Lot get?
Does the Baucis and Philemon story continue?
