The Sin of Sodom and Gomorrah is not about “Hospitality”

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | December 4, 2012 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[King Moonracer]

Self loathing seeks solace. Pelosi the baby-killer is also an example of this.

[Ripliancum]

“Gaydar”, as defined by the bible.

Isaiah 3:9
The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

[tiki]

We were at a mission last night and the priest said, “If you went to Lowes and bought an extension cord and got home and saw that it had two male ends you would take it back! It is defective. It won’t work!”

[NYer]

Wow! Simple yet excellent analogy, in the style of Pope Benedict XVI. I recall how, shortly after he was elevated, the pope met with a group of young children preparing to make their First Communion. These children had submitted questions including one from a young boy named Andrea. Here is the exchange:

3. Andrea

In preparing me for my First Communion day, my catechist told me that Jesus is present in the Eucharist. But how? I can't see him!

No, we cannot see him, but there are many things that we do not see but they exist and are essential. For example: we do not see our reason, yet we have reason. We do not see our intelligence and we have it. In a word: we do not see our soul and yet it exists and we see its effects, because we can speak, think and make decisions, etc. Nor do we see an electric current, for example, yet we see that it exists; we see this microphone, that it is working, and we see lights. Therefore, we do not see the very deepest things, those that really sustain life and the world, but we can see and feel their effects. This is also true for electricity; we do not see the electric current but we see the light.

So it is with the Risen Lord: we do not see him with our eyes but we see that wherever Jesus is, people change, they improve. A greater capacity for peace, for reconciliation, etc., is created. Therefore, we do not see the Lord himself but we see the effects of the Lord: so we can understand that Jesus is present. And as I said, it is precisely the invisible things that are the most profound, the most important. So let us go to meet this invisible but powerful Lord who helps us to live well.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Actually, it was about hospitality (and the treatment of strangers, as homosexual rape). But homosexuality is still a capital offense (from Leviticus 18 and the Noachide Laws).

Genesis 19 is not the source of the prohibition of homosexuality. Homosexuality was already a captial offense, and it remains one today.

[onedoug]

I’ve long thought that the reason the Tanakh did not explicitly condemn lesbianism was that it would have interfered with certain practices within polygamous marriage, which was then widespread. In error, I believe. But nonetheless widespread.