This is a 2 part question
2007-10-15 11:18:22 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They were "Sodomites" who were engaged in "Sodomy". To put it quite simply: gay folks...
Lot (Lut in Arabic) had warned them of God's wrath if they did not stop what they were doing...
"When Our Decree issued, We turned (the cities) upside down, and rained down on them brimstones hard as baked clay, spread, layer on layer." - Qur'an [11:82]
2007-10-15 11:25:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
About Gomorrah, the Bible doesn't say, but concerning Sodoma, it looks like all men in the town liked to get into bed with other men, by force if they had to
2007-10-15 11:28:53 · answer #2 · answered by Der Schreckliche 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Sodom got its name from sodomy practices, Gomorrah was a near by city who practice the same type of sexual perversion.
Jehovah had heard Lot's prayers to keep his family safe from such perversions.
But because the wickedness was so intense and the perversion so deep, Jehovah's angles could not find 10 people who lived in these two cities who were not corrupted by it and that is why they were destroyed.
2007-10-15 11:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
"Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens" Genesis 19:24. "Turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, making them an example to those who afterward would live ungodly" II Peter 2:6
2007-10-15 11:29:29 · answer #4 · answered by color me blue 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jude 1:7 "In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire."
2007-10-15 12:44:44 · answer #5 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Here is a part of the Book of Yasher(Righteous)that described Sodom....
In those days all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah, and of the whole five cities, were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the Lord and they provoked the Lord with their abominations, and they strengthened in aging abominably and scornfully before the Lord, and their wickedness and crimes were in those days great before the Lord.
And they had in their land a very extensive valley, about half a day's walk, and in it there were fountains of water and a great deal of herbage surrounding the water.
And all the people of Sodom and Gomorrah went there four times in the year, with their wives and children and all belonging to them, and they rejoiced there with timbrels and dances.
And in the time of rejoicing they would all rise and lay hold of their neighbor's wives, and some, the virgin daughters of their neighbors, and they enjoyed them, and each man saw his wife and daughter in the hands of his neighbor and did not say a word.
And they did so from morning to night, and they afterward returned home each man to his house and each woman to her tent; so they always did four times in the year.
Also when a stranger came into their cities and brought goods which he had purchased with a view to dispose of there, the people of these cities would assemble, men, women and children, young and old, and go to the man and take his goods by force, giving a little to each man until there was an end to all the goods of the owner which he had brought into the land.
And if the owner of the goods quarreled with them, saying, What is this work which you have done to me, then they would approach to him one by one, and each would show him the little which he took and taunt him, saying, I only took that little which thou didst give me; and when he heard this from them all, he would arise and go from them in sorrow and bitterness of soul, when they would all arise and go after him, and drive him out of the city with great noise and tumult.
They did many other evils as well, which are also written about in the book of Yasher.
2007-10-15 11:33:47 · answer #6 · answered by witnessnbr1 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Gen 13:13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly
gen 18: 19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
20And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
they were vile sinners abuldantly before God.
Just as we all are sinners Rom 3:23 we all need to repent and turn to Jesus
2007-10-15 11:26:06 · answer #7 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Is there any other information about Sodom and Gomorrah than what is written in the bible? I would hate to believe something that is only written about in a book of fiction.
2007-10-15 15:30:44 · answer #8 · answered by Lionheart ® 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I wish God would strike down the sodomites once again. I won't hold my breath though, since the fable of Sodom and Gomorrah was told to make people fear having sex for pleasure.
2007-10-15 11:26:37 · answer #9 · answered by pistonclash 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Bible itself reveals the answer...
"In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire." (Jude)
2007-10-15 11:24:34 · answer #10 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The land was full of wickedness. God gave them a chance by letting Lot offer his virgin daughters to find seven righteous men in the city. CONCLUSION::::::: The cities were full of nasty faggots and perversions not one righteous man to be found all now burn in Hell for their evil deeds. Our society today is reaching the same proportions. Christ will return and redeem the righteous . The others.....................................
2007-10-15 11:34:44 · answer #11 · answered by Michael B 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋