The story of Sodom had absolutely nothing to do with homosexuality. That is quite obvious for anyone who takes the time to read the passages, and the other references to Sodom and the sin of Sodom scattered through the Bible.
But this distortion *is* one of those that has been heavily pushed by people pushing the idea that homosexuality is a sin.
The false connection between Sodom and homosexuality didn't exist until the late 12th Century when it was proposed in a work by Albertus Magnus titled "Summa Theologia". (Magnus was the teacher of Thomas Aquinas who also wrote a book with the same title.)
So as far as the Bible is concerned, this particular misinterpretation is relatively recent. It was made *ages* after the activities mentioned in the Bible. Every prophet who has ever talked about Sodom or the sins of Sodom pointed out Sodom's sins, but homosexuality and homosexual acts were never mentioned. Rather strange if that was *the* sin, as these false prophets have told you. For example:
Ezekiel 16:49
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
OK. Let's think about this for a minute. Let's assume they are right, and that Lot knows what these people really want (that is quite reasonable. As a resident he should.). Let's assume, as
they say, that these men are homosexuals. In other words, they want sex only with men, not with women.
So tell me, how is Lot going to turn these people aside from raping the men? Send out his daughters? What are these guys going to do? Fix their makeup and hair?
The very fact that Lot offers his daughters is absolute proof that these people were *not* homosexual. Otherwise the offer had no chance of working, and Lot knew it had no chance of
working. He would be better off offering himself, or else offering money, food or wine. And even if they *were* talking about homosexual rape (though that clearly is not the case) it would
be the *rape* that would be the sin, not the homosexuality.
I am sorry, but it is obvious to anyone who takes the time to read the story that homosexuality is not an issue, and never was.
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