Ok, so people are rationalizing that Homosexuality is not banned by the bible. that Sodom and Gomorrah was not burned down because of the act of homosexuality. well, im going to show, the pure words straight from the book itself, here and now, thoroughly. observe, and argue if you possibly can.
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Many people carelessly proclaim that God destroyed the city of Sodom because of homosexuality. A careful look however, reveals that this is unlikely.
Two angels were sent to Sodom by God, where Lot, Abraham's nephew, persuades the divine travelers to stay in his home. It is important to note that travelers depended on the kindness of strangers. Ancient hospitality codes required people to offer food, shelter and protection to people who were traveling. Without these codes travel would have been difficult, if not impossible.
After the Angels ate and were preparing for bed, all of the people of Sodom converged on Lots home, demanding that the angels come out so that the towns people might know(rape) them. In an effort to protect his guests, Lot denies the angry mob access to the angels, but offers his two virgin daughters instead. This suggests Lot knew his neighbors to be heterosexual. The townspeople refuse, and charge at Lot in an attempt to gain access to the angels. At this point the angels pull Lot back inside the house, and render the angry crowd blind so they can not find the door. The angels then warn Lot to gather his family and leave the city because it will soon be destroyed.
starting with the quoted Passage, which (if you cant tell from the page i linked it to) is from a gay site, which rationalizes
for the mistranslation of the bible.
Beginning with, Lot awaited these two angels(and yes, he did know they were Angels.) at the city gates. He convinced them to stay in his home, rather than in the city square, because of the reasons stated about ancient hospitality in the above paragraph (which are true). he cooked them a meal, and gave them a place to sleep. as they prepared for sleep, the men of sodom came for the two strangers so that they could rape (yes rape - the angels were not willing to have sex with the men) them. now, let us observe a passage from the Bible of what happens next:
Genesis 19:6
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him 7 and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof."
So, lot offers his daughters up to the men in exchange they leave the Angels alone. This demonstrates
in what an exalted place he held his guests and gave them his protection under his roof as Messengers of God. though, im sure we all agree that angels could (and did) take care of these men of soddom on their own, the whole scenario is demonstrative of Lot's loyalty to god that he would offer up his most precious thingsn(whether emotionally or from a financial standpoint, no matter how you cut it two virgin daughters is precious) in order to protect these visitors.
i think it is obvious to say that this did not "prove that Lot knew his neighbors to be heterosexual" because that statement is flawed in two ways:
A.) the men could have been committing the sin of Homosexuality and still enjoy having sex with women, so it proves nothing really if they are bi-sexual. because they were STILL committing homosexual acts.
B.) The next thing the men of soddom did was reject the Virgins in favor of raping the men. which i dont think requires any explanation.
so after the Men refuse the virgins in favor of the Men (angels), they begin pressuring Lot until the men (angels) grab him back inside and shut the door against the pursuers. they then strike the mob blind so they cannot see the door. then, the men (angels) say this:
Genesis 19:12
12 The two men said to Lot, "Do you have anyone else here-sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy
this place. The outcry to the LORD against
its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it."
now, english will tell you that the aforemetion and boldened Place is the owner of that also boldened "its" meaning the people of Soddom were going to be destroyed because of their acts.
thus ensues Lot and his family's escape from Soddom and the destruction of Soddom. i will post the whole of God's Word in the matter without commentary for discussion purposes in a separate post.
* please not that this thread is not to discuss whether or not homosexuality is right or wrong - theres plenty of threads elsewhere about that. its not to discuss my Personal beliefs, either. it is simply to end people saying :WELL THE BIBLE DOESNT SAY SO ANYWAY YOU ******** CHRISTIAN BIGOT: because i hear that WAAY too often and i think its time we disspell that, because its not true and highly misrepresentitive.
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