Disagreements are natural. No two independent people can long live without differences of opinion, but these disputes need not degenerate into strife. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Every materialistic act begins with a desire. Modern commercial enterprises spend millions of dollars for the very purpose of creating just such desire.
Stores invest heavily in creating eye appeal.
Desiring an object in a store window does not mean that we must buy it. But Lot carried through with his desires and made a positive decision to make a choice based solely on materialistic considerations. To Lot's credit, he did not choose to live in Sodom, with all its iniquities. It is the little temptations, the small sins, which sear the conscience, opening the door for the greater sins to follow. True to this pattern, it is only a short while before we see Lot changing his residence to within the city.