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To: cameraeye

“....and how bad were Sodom and Gomorrah?”

Probably not half as bad as some of the stuff we’re seeing today. I doubt they were trying to finagle their way into the armed forces under the guise of “equality”!


15 posted on 01/03/2011 7:46:49 PM PST by rissole
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To: rissole

There is another interesting point about Sodom and Gemorah... our (Jewish) commentaries say that their worst attribute was a disdain for kindness and charity. They were exacting to a fault... one would say to himself, “I earned it. That beggar didn’t. Such is life. Why should I give to him?” And this was the reason they were destroyed (the homosexual story with Lot’s visitors is adjunct.)
So perhaps this is telling of our times— the government is removing incentive towards charity (to become the sole arbiter or who deserves what...) which is an affront to how we are commanded to strive to conduct ourselves and treat our fellow.


16 posted on 01/03/2011 7:58:18 PM PST by jdlevy95
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