
04-27-2007, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Chan
Well, no, Sodom and Gomorrah weren't destroyed for homosexuality, they were destroyed because of several different things that were symptomatic of those cities being "were wicked, great sinners against the LORD" ( Genesis 13:13, though that was specifically said about Sodom and not the other cities of the plain). Those several different things are listed in Ezekiel 16:48-50 and, while homosexuality may very well have been among the abominations the people committed, there is nothing in scripture that says God destroyed those cities simply because the people in them were homosexuals engaging in homosexual sin.
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Regardless, the point is that just because Jewish law mentioned sin doesn't mean it was exclusively for Jews. The Jewish law didn't even exist in the time of Sodom and Gomorrah, but something had to be said by God for those people to be judged for their sins.
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