Sodom and Gomorrah-Cassie Adams

God set out to destroy the city of Sodom because it was filled with wickedness and sin. However, Abraham pleaded with God, who agreed not to destroy Sodom if there were 10 righteous people in the city. He sent two angels to search for these people, and when they arrived they found Lot with whom they stayed. Later, a group of men came to Lot's door demanding the two angels so they could have sex with them. Insead Lot offered his two virgin daughters. This angered the men and they came after Lot, but the angels protected him. They advise him to gather his daughters and wife and flee the city as God was set to destroy the city. A rain of sulfur came down on Sodom and Gomorrah, but Lot’s wife looked back and therefore was turned into a pillar of salt. The next morning, Lot and his daughters arrived at the city of Zoar. 

I think that unfair punishment definitely exists in our society. In theory, when someone commits a crime, justice is served and they are punished according to the serverity of the crime. For example,  a driver speeding on the highway might get a ticket and have to pay a fine while a murderer might be sentenced to life in prison. However, we do not live in a fair world. Certainly, every action has it's consequences, but sometimes crimes go unnoticed, the guilty are free, and innocent people are punished for the actions of others. For example, in this story the entire city is destroyed as a result of the actions of a few. A simpler example of this is when one student misbehaves in a class, by using their phones at inappropriate times for example, and the entire class is punished and phones are banned in all circumstances, even when they could be used for educational purposes.