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just where and what does it say about Sodom and Gomorra?
im asking cause all i hear is, im sinning im sinning!!
So break out your good book and tell me what it really says?
Then tell me what your book says about child molestation, adultry, polygamy(mormons)??

2007-05-10 11:41:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

PUGWASHJW
you as we speak are being misled, you and your false followers, maybe you need to repend, them you'll be accepted too.

2007-05-10 12:40:41 · update #1

10 answers

The bible says all those things are wrong and I would be against those as well as the lifestyle you have chosen. It is your destiny, you do not need my approval in any way. I however will not ever be responsible for the detestable sin (thats what God calls it) you commit.

Let's pretend just for a moment you are right and homosexuality is ok. What is the point of it? Pleasure? Why were men and women created? How are you going to reproduce? Why is it so complex to "come out of the closet" if this is in fact a normal occuring thing?

If everyone decided to become gay then the world as we know it would essentially become extinct, of humans that is.

2007-05-10 11:52:31 · answer #1 · answered by *Kimmie* 5 · 1 1

The Bible is inaccurate, in my opinion, and too many Christians throw it in your face like some kind of weapon. God created us all to be different. Gays have been around since the beginning of time. And for those of you who say "how will they reproduce?", I can answer this for you...a lot of Gays actually WANT children so sometimes they will adopt or let someone be a surragant mother. Also, the straight population is HIGH enough that we won't have this extinction problem. There's enough of us out there who prefer the opposite sex so it's not something to worry about.

And as far as WHY Gays are attracted to the same sex, it's simple. They're not attracted to the opposite sex, only the same sex. A lot of gays are born this way and it has been proven with science that the brain of a gay person and a brain of a straight person are completely different.

As far as child molestation, adultry...we all know that's immorally wrong to begin with. Dont need the Bible to tell us that.

Christians need to open their hearts and their minds. People are gonna do what they want to do. Turning your back to people who are different than you is not what God would want you to do. I know God has a place for me in Heaven because of my open mind and accepting of others who are different.

2007-05-14 13:36:52 · answer #2 · answered by Water Witch 2 · 0 0

Genesis chapter 19 records the two angels, disguised as human men, visiting Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot met the angels in the city square and urged them to stay at his house. The angels agreed. The Bible then informs us, "Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom — both young and old — surrounded the house. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them." The angels then proceeded to blind all the men of Sodom and Gomorrah and urge Lot and his family to flee from the cities to escape the wrath that God was about to deliver. Lot and his family flee the city, and then, "the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah — from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities — and also the vegetation in the land."



So, what was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah? It is abundantly clear the homosexuality was the primary evil. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah, thinking that the angels were men, wanted to have sex with them. Those who attempt to explain away the Biblical condemnations of homosexuality claim that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality. While the men of Sodom and Gomorrah were clearly being inhospitable...that clearly was not all. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah desired to perform homosexual gang rape on the angels. While Sodom and Gomorrah were surely guilty of many other horrendous sins, homosexuality was the reason God poured fiery sulfur on the cities, completely destroying them and all of their inhabitants. To this day, the area where Sodom and Gomorrah were located remains a desolate wasteland. Sodom and Gomorrah serve as a powerful example of how God feels about sin in general, and homosexuality specifically

2007-05-11 00:56:21 · answer #3 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1 0

Nothing much, actually.

The passages in Leviticus (18:22 and 20:13), understood IN THE CONTEXT of the time and place, are not an admonishment against loving sexual relationships between people of the same sex but instead against sex as a form of domination and control. Besides, these passages are part of the Holiness Code which is not binding to modern day Christians (or anyone else for that matter).

The story of Sodom and Gomorrah was a warning against rape, inhospitality and xenophobia. The reason for Sodom's destruction is made clear in Ezekiel 16:48-50. According to Ezekiel, the sins of Sodom were pride, laziness, being inhospitable, neglecting the needs of the poor, greed, and idolatry (the worshiping of idols). Nothing about homosexuality is mentioned. If Jude 1:7 describes anything about the sexual immorality and perversion in Sodom and Gomorrah, it's describing RAPE.

1 Corinthians 6:9 was a mistranslation of the word "malakee". It's used elsewhere in the Bible to mean someone who lacks discipline or one who is morally weak, and never is it used in reference to sexuality or gender.

1 Timothy 1:9-10? Also a mistranslation. 1 Timothy was an admonishment against male prostitution, not committed, loving same sex relationships.

The words "physin" and "paraphysin" in Romans 1:26-27 have also been mistranslated. Contrary to popular belief, the word "paraphysin" does not mean "to go against the laws of nature", but rather implies action which is uncharacteristic for that particular person. An example of the word "paraphysin" is used in Romans 11:24, where God acts in an uncharacteristic (paraphysin) way to accept the Gentiles. When the scripture is understood correctly, it implies that it would be unnatural for heterosexuals to live as homosexuals and for homosexuals to live as heterosexuals.

2007-05-10 18:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 4 3

The best source of explaining scriptures about homosexuality and other controversial subjects I have found is this book:
"The Sins of Scripture" by J. S. Spong.
Ex-archbishop Spong goes over biblical passages with a fine-toothed comb and identifies the history of how these passages were written.
He makes a case of these passages having been written in a historical context that had NOTHING to do with 'God's word' but rather political and social concerns of that time.
Lay your doubts to rest by reading this most interesting book.

2007-05-10 18:46:49 · answer #5 · answered by flywho 5 · 1 1

SODOM

(Sod′om).

A city situated along the SE boundary of Canaan. (Ge 10:19; 13:12) Often mentioned along with Gomorrah, Sodom seems to have been the most prominent of five cities, all of which were apparently located at the Low Plain of Siddim. (Ge 14:2, 3) Many scholars believe that the original sites of Sodom and the other “cities of the District” now lie submerged beneath the waters of the Dead Sea, though some others recently have claimed that the ruins of the cities may be identified with sites along wadis to the E and SE of the Dead Sea.—Ge 13:12; see SALT SEA.

When Abraham and Lot decided to move farther apart, to avoid disputes among their herdsmen, Lot went eastward into the well-watered District of the Jordan and pitched his tent near Sodom. There he found that “the men of Sodom were bad and were gross sinners against Jehovah,” much to Lot’s distress. (Ge 13:5-13; 2Pe 2:7, 8) Sometime later, after a 12-year subjection to Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, the inhabitants of Sodom and the other four cities rebelled. In the following year, Chedorlaomer and his allies defeated Bera, the king of Sodom, and his confederates. Besides seizing possessions and foodstuffs, the victors took Lot and others captive.—Ge 14:1-12.

Abraham’s forces overtook Chedorlaomer and recovered the captives and booty, including Lot and his household. The king of Sodom insisted that Abraham keep the recovered material goods, but Abraham refused, lest Bera should say, “It was I who made Abram rich.”—Ge 14:13-24.

Everlasting Destruction. Sodom, however, persisted in a course in defiance of Jehovah, becoming known for such immoral practices as homosexuality. “The cry of complaint about Sodom and Gomorrah,” Jehovah declared, “yes, it is loud, and their sin, yes, it is very heavy.” God therefore sent his angels to destroy Sodom, with the assurance to Abraham that if ten righteous persons could be found in the place, the whole city would be spared.—Ge 18:16, 20-33.

The city showed it deserved destruction, for a vile mob of residents of Sodom, including boys and old men, surrounded Lot’s house, attempting to rape his angelic guests. The next day, after Lot, along with his wife and two daughters, left the city, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed by sulfur and fire. (Ge 19:1-29; Lu 17:28, 29) Thereafter Sodom and Gomorrah became a proverbial figure of utter destruction from God Almighty (De 29:23; Isa 1:9; 13:19; Jer 49:18; 50:40; La 4:6; Am 4:11; Zep 2:9; Ro 9:29) and of extreme wickedness.—De 32:32; Isa 1:10; 3:9; Jer 23:14; Eze 16:46-56; see GOMORRAH.

Jude mentions that “Sodom and Gomorrah . . . are placed before us as a warning example by undergoing the judicial punishment of everlasting fire.” This would not conflict with Jesus’ statement about a Jewish city that would reject the good news: “It will be more endurable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on Judgment Day than for that city.” Sodom and Gomorrah were everlastingly destroyed as cities, but this would not preclude a resurrection for people of those cities.—Jude 7; Mt 10:15; compare Lu 11:32; 2Pe 2:6.

“In a Spiritual Sense.” Revelation 11:3, 8 says that the corpses of God’s “two witnesses” lay in the broad way of the great city ‘called in a spiritual sense Sodom and Egypt.’ Isaiah’s prophecy (1:8-10) likens Zion or Jerusalem to Sodom and calls her rulers “dictators of Sodom.” However, about 96 C.E. when John was given the Revelation vision of events to occur in the future, the typical city of Jerusalem had been destroyed long before, in 70 C.E. The reference therefore must be to a “great city” or organization, an antitypical Jerusalem, pictured by unfaithful Jerusalem of old.

Anmd what the Bible says about HOMOSEXUALITY...
NOT HOSPITALITY...

(1 Corinthians 6:9) What! Do YOU not know that unrighteous persons will not inherit God’s kingdom? Do not be misled. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men kept for unnatural purposes, nor men who lie with men,

(1 Timothy 1:10) fornicators, men who lie with males, kidnappers, liars, false swearers, and whatever other thing is in opposition to the healthful teaching

Very specific, would you not say?

2007-05-10 19:30:01 · answer #6 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 1 1

Truly an astonishing wresting of the word of God, above.

Please read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, it's in Genesis, around chapter 13.

In the new testament, Romans chapter 1 also mentions it as a sin.

2007-05-10 18:51:28 · answer #7 · answered by Esther 7 · 2 1

Romans 1:22-32
1Timothy 1:9-10
1Corinthians 6:9

Then tell me what your book says about child molestation, adultry, polygamy

It's all sin.

2007-05-10 19:27:43 · answer #8 · answered by NickofTyme 6 · 1 1

The Bible says nothing about homosexuality. The sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was a lack of hospitality, not "homosexuality."

2007-05-10 19:10:49 · answer #9 · answered by Kathy P-W 5 · 1 2

Your inference is correct. You will be condemned just like these people if you do not repent.

2007-05-10 18:49:44 · answer #10 · answered by Midge 7 · 2 2

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