Celtjew, perhaps you can explain to me how Lot can be counted among the righteous? Is it righteous to offer up your daughters to a mob of rapists?
That one's easy. It's not how western society works, but the society that Lot was in, hospitality and protection of a guest was the higher and more sacred duty.
There is also a suggestion, I believe in the Talmud, that Lot's daughters, having seen the corruption in Sodom and Gomorrah and having been tempted by it were willing to offer themselves in the guests' places and, indeed, may have been the first to suggest making the offer.
Does it make sense that his wife was turned into salt? It's a very old story.