[Theo]

“Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.”

The “sin of Sodom” appears to be something more than simply sodomy.

[Jan_Sobieski]

she and her daughters had pride, excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.” The “sin of Sodom” appears to be something more than simply sodomy.

God is talking about how Sodom devolved into Sodomy, not excusing it. Sodomy is definitely more common in prosperous nations

[circlecity]

“ The “sin of Sodom” appears to be something more than simply sodomy.”

people always leave off the last verse from that passage. The sin that caused the destruction of Sodom was doing an ‘abomination”.

[NorthMountain]

49“ ‘Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. 50They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.

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