Bobby. wrote on Nov 19
th, 2024 at 11:48am:
Dnarever wrote on Nov 19
th, 2024 at 8:39am:
Did you know that the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah do not mention homosexuality. That is a modern day religious addition. It is an unknown.
https://www.britannica.com/place/Sodom-and-Gomorrah/Religious-views Traditionally, Sodom and Gomorrah have been associated with homosexual acts.
The mob of men that accosts the angels had demanded of Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, so that we may know them” (Genesis 19:5). This has long been interpreted as “carnal knowledge,” and many believe that it is the widespread homosexuality of the inhabitants that earns their obliteration. Other biblical references to Sodom and Gomorrah, including Jude 1:7, which mentions sexual immorality and “unnatural lust,” and the “abominable things” of Ezekiel 16:50, are seen as support for this view.
https://reformationproject.org/case/sodom-and-gomorrah/Sodom and Gomorrah addresses gang rape, not a loving relationship.
Quote:"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." -Ezekiel 16:49
Quote:A parallel story in Judges 19 shows that the men of Sodom’s actions were not connected to sexual orientation.
Quote:No Jewish literature until the writings of Philo in the first century connected the sin of Sodom to same-sex behavior specifically.
Even then, the same-sex reading of the story did not become the mainstream interpretation among Christians until the time of Augustine in the early fifth century.
The term "sodomy" was not coined until the 11th century, and even then, it was widely used to refer to all non-procreative sexual acts (including heterosexual acts), not same-sex relations specifically.
The earliest Christians read the Sodom story as a parable about inhospitality, arrogance, and violence, not same-sex behavior.
The story was never associated with homosexuality till about 2,000 years later. The term sodemy didn't exist before 1,000 - 1099. i.e. that isn't the connection to homosexuality 3,000 years earlier.