Topic: Leviticus

Christianity and Homosexuality Part 3 of 8: Burn, Baby, Burn! Sodom & Gomorrah

By David W. Shelton | September 16, 2006 |

No discussion about Christianity and homosexuality can be complete without a reference to Sodom and Gomorrah. Usually, the cities best known for God’s wrath are invoked to suggest that if America doesn’t change her ways, then God owes Sodom an apology. At the very least, Sodom is shown by our conservative and fundamentalist friends as a perfect example of what happens “when a society embraces aberration” or something of that sort. For the third part of this series, we’ll explore these oft-quoted passages in the light of Scripture. To better understand this passage, I recommend that you take a few moments and read Genesis chapter 19 in its entirety.

Like most of the “clobber” passages in Scripture, Genesis chapter 19 is often used as a pretext to show just how bad homosexuals are. The reference has even crept into our English language to commonly define “sodomy” as a form of sex between two men. I’ve even heard such wild ideas that all the men of Sodom were homosexual. If that were true, then God wouldn’t have to have done anything since the cities would have died out all by themselves. «Read the rest of this article»

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