Remember Lot's wife by Elder Holland

[Hemidakota]

Excerpt: So, if history is this important -- and it surely is -- what did Lot's wife do that was so wrong? As something of a student of history, I have thought about that and offer this as a partial answer. Apparently what was wrong with Lot's wife is that she wasn't just looking back, but that in her heart she wanted to go back. It would appear that even before they were past the city limits, she was already missing what Sodom and Gomorrah had offered her. As Elder Maxwell once said, such people know they should have their primary residence in Zion but they still hope to keep a summer cottage in Babylon. It is possible that Lot's wife looked back with resentment toward the Lord for what He was asking her to leave behind. We know that Laman and Lemuel did when Lehi and his family were commanded to leave Jerusalem. So it isn't just that she looked back; she looked back longingly. In short, her attachment to the past outweighed her confidence in the future. That, apparently, was at least part of her sin.

Article Link: LDS Church News - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: Remember Lot's wife

[Justice]

Kinda tells me how far I have yet to go.

[Snow]

As it turns out, there really are such things as pillars of salt in the area.

It's easy to see how a superstitious culture could create a relgious myth to teach some shared belief / principle.