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Believe whatever you want. Take it out of context and twist it however you want. Ignore biology, ignore history, ignore the cultures of that time, ignore what the Jews themselves say. All it shows to me is how prejudice and a complete lack of empathy for anyone different to themselves, makes a person blind.
Male rape (which we know has been used by heterosexual men for thousands of years to dominate and humiliate other men) was not the point of the story, and it's not what 'homosexuality' is anyway.
The Bible really doesn't address the idea of men raping men out of an alpha-dog mentality. It isn't about men being mean to each other. Homosexual acts are vile and evil. That's it. It's an abomination. Sodom was considered sinful and perverse long before the angels got there. Remember the conversation Abraham had where he bargained for Sodom's fate?
The Bible really doesn't address the idea of men raping men out of an alpha-dog mentality. It isn't about men being mean to each other. Homosexual acts are vile and evil. That's it. It's an abomination. Sodom was considered sinful and perverse long before the angels got there. Remember the conversation Abraham had where he bargained for Sodom's fate?
Actually nobody knows if Sodom actually even existed, and the story is pure fiction, fiction that has caused a lot of unwarranted hatred.
Actually, we've never discussed homosexuality. I preach verse by verse through the Bible and haven't gotten to a passage that addressed it yet. I've covered Ephesians, James, and now John. Next I'll do a series on the Lord's Prayer, and then Genesis. That means that I will eventually cover it...but I'll preach it as it's written.
I'm sorry that you guys have a problem with a basic teaching of Christianity. This is what Christianity has taught for 2000 years. Yes...homosexuality is a sin.
Have you READ the text? That's what it says. They wanted to have sex with the strangers. Lot offered them his virgin daughters...they refused, instead demanding the men.
Forgive me if I'm wrong, but to me it seems as if you have no problem with the virgin daughters being raped, whereas I find both concepts equally abominable. The point is that they wanted to rape somebody. Rape is abominable whether the victim is male or female, and even worse if a child is raped, irrespective of their gender or orientation.
Of course, this just my own point of view. I'm an agnostic female. I wonder where my moral compass came from.
The Bible really doesn't address the idea of men raping men out of an alpha-dog mentality. It isn't about men being mean to each other. Homosexual acts are vile and evil. That's it. It's an abomination. Sodom was considered sinful and perverse long before the angels got there. Remember the conversation Abraham had where he bargained for Sodom's fate?
Like I said, Believe whatever you want. Take it out of context and twist it however you want. Ignore what the scripture says, ignore biology, ignore history, ignore the cultures of that time, ignore what the Jews themselves say. All it shows to me is how prejudice and a complete lack of empathy for anyone different to themselves, makes a person blind.
Male rape (which we know has been used by heterosexual men for thousands of years to dominate and humiliate other men) was not the point of the story, and it's not what 'homosexuality' is anyway.
To me, blind prejudice and hatred is vile and 'evil'
Actually, we've never discussed homosexuality. I preach verse by verse through the Bible and haven't gotten to a passage that addressed it yet. I've covered Ephesians, James, and now John. Next I'll do a series on the Lord's Prayer, and then Genesis. That means that I will eventually cover it...but I'll preach it as it's written.
I'm sorry that you guys have a problem with a basic teaching of Christianity. This is what Christianity has taught for 2000 years. Yes...homosexuality is a sin.
I'm sorry there are people like you abusing the Bible and using it to 'preach' vilification and hatred of gay and lesbian people. Not everyone agrees with your ideas about Christianity or your interpretations of scripture.
But as usual, you seem to believe that your interpretations and beliefs are the only correct ones. The fact that you think straight men raping other men is actually 'homosexuality' shows that you have no idea what homosexuality even is.
yay. that stupid argument is so clever! I mean...every time one of you guys bring it up....gosh! I'm just dumbfounded. I have no clue how to respond!
So show me your evidence that Sodom was a real place, and keep the snark to yourself....What, you don't have any? Well that is because there is none...How anyone can believe things "because it's in the bible" is beyond me....It is bad enough that the bible lies about events, but also includes fictional cities.
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