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I have no clue who Job and Lot are. *L* I'm a Catholic, BTW. Please, no shots at my religion here...
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Lot and his family were the only survivors of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for the sins of pride and inhospitality. Lot's wife looked back, despite God's warning not to, and was transmuted into salt (or volcanic ash). Lot's daughters later committed incest with him to preserve the family line.
Job was just this guy who God and Satan had a contest over. To test his faith, God allowed Satan to do whatever he wanted to the guy, to see if he (satan) could get him (Job) to curse Him (God.) Naturally, since this is a Bible story, Job didn't waver - until near the end, when he asks God why he's doing this, and God responds with a long diatribe asking Job where Job was when God did all these great things, and never really does manage to answer the question. Eventually, though, God wins the bet and restores Job all the things that he lost, complete with a new set of children to replace the ones that were killed. And they all lived happily until the next test. The end.
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So the Lot story is kinda similar to the whole Orpheus thing?
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No, the Orpheus things is much more similar to "What Dreams May Come" but without the heaven bit and without the happy ending. Orpheus went into the underworld to rescue his beloved Eurydice. Hades/Pluto allowed Eurydice to accompany Orpheus back, on the condition that Orpheus take it on faith, and not look behind him to see if she followed. But at the very end, his doubt overcame him and he looked back, in time to see her disappear. The "Don't look behind you" elements are the only thing the stories have in common.
Yes, I'll be your phone-a-friend for the Mythology questions when you go on Regis's show.
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Actually, the part of the Lot story I had in mind was when the two guys (who were actually angels, but Lot didn't know it) came to Sodom and Lot let them stay in his house. The whole town came out and knocked on Lot's door, telling him to send out the two travellers so they (the townspeople) could "have their way" w/ them (the two guys). Lot said "Sorry, but they're guests here and I wouldn't want to be rude. Instead, you can have my virgin daughters to do whatever you want with." Fortunately for the young Misses Lot, the townspeople didn't like the idea, and kept going after the travellers.
And Lot was saved from destruction because ol' Yahweh thought he had all his morals in order. And, as mentioned, this was the same god who made a bet w/ Evil himself that he couldn't torture Job to the point of heresy. Think about that the next time you get ready to say your bedtime prayers...
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Well, First, there goes any interest I might have had in the Masons. Sheesh! Sounds like a lot of trouble to ensure you've got drinking buddies! Maybe you better talk to the Masonic heirarchy about that one. I'm sure it'd be quite a draw.
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