NamVet:
Ezek 16:49-50
49 "Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food, and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. 50 "Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it.
NASYou can argue your prejudice until the cows come home or the Lord takes us from the world and it will not change the truth of the Bible. Roman Catholics have misused the Bible for millinnea and led many to destruction, and many fundie Christians are doing the same to unbelievers. I have never stated that the men of Sodom did not engage in homosexual activity, I stated homosexuality is not the Biblical reason for Sodom’s destruction and backed it up with Scripture. All you have done is maintain a traditional prejudice. IF you are really interested in reaching the lost in the gay community stop pushing prejudice and start teaching what the Bible really says.
Sodom is mentioned (39 times total) 19 times in the Old Testament after its destruction, it is mentioned 9 times in the New Testament. In all of these references Sodom is pictured as more righteous and of lesser guilt than the sins of the Jews and as an example of God’s wrath on an unrighteous society. Not once is sexual sin mentioned in these 28 references. To maintain your stance you plead prejudice based on only 1 reference Gen 19:5 is to avoid Biblical truth. Is this “rightly dividing the word of truth?”
You and I are of the same age; in my lifetime I have seen heterosexuals avoid Biblical morality and teach others to go to hell in a hand basket. Are you working in the ever-straight community as hard to clean up their act as you are with as much vehemence you use with the gay community? If not, isn’t this a bit hypocritical?