tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post4625624310665672063..comments2023-09-22T03:40:27.196-07:00Comments on Lesbiatopia: Lesbian Apologetics: Lesson 2 - The Sin of SodomReneeGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12868834978136618763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-11199318814513401362008-10-25T18:07:00.000-07:002008-10-25T18:07:00.000-07:00I do like that you are posting these lessons. As a...I do like that you are posting these lessons. As a lesbian with a fundie family I have had to be armed with my ammo on many occasions. to piggyback on your post, the reason for the rape is very important and it fits into todays world as well.... I'm no scholar but here goes...<BR/> Back in those days they didn't have restaurants and hotels so if you were in a strange town you would have to depend on the hospitality of the towns people to feed you as well as put you up for the night. Sodom was a very wealthy town so the leaders of the town got together and decided that if people saw the wealth of the town, they would try to overtake Sodom and steal their wealth. The leaders decided to prevent that, they would make it Sodom's law not to be hospitable to strangers. That is what angered God. So God decided that Sodom would be destroyed. God suspected that Lot would in fact be hospitable so he sent the 2 strangers (angles) to test Lot to see if he would feed them etc.. and he did. The men of the town wanted to rape the strangers to send a message that outsiders are not welcome in Sodom.<BR/> So in some ways the fundies are right to compare Sodom to homosexuality. But they are on the wrong side of things. It is their greed and lack of hospitality towards LGBT that is displayed by withholding rights and privileges from us.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04097980857216236361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-19481816278802895252008-10-23T21:47:00.000-07:002008-10-23T21:47:00.000-07:00I agree with the same sex marriage. I am an lesbi...I agree with the same sex marriage. I am an lesbianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-53860594710506941522008-10-23T16:29:00.000-07:002008-10-23T16:29:00.000-07:00Excellent.... Thanks for sharing your knowledge, a...Excellent.... Thanks for sharing your knowledge, and for clearing a few misconceptions up.Fiesty Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11133349260870751895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-50106321719748398602008-10-23T14:02:00.000-07:002008-10-23T14:02:00.000-07:00I'll admit, I don't know much about the bible from...I'll admit, I don't know much about the bible from a religious or historical perspective. I don't practice any one particular religion, but try to keep myself on a path of spirituality and betterment. It's like New Age meets Buddism meets Christianity for labels sake. I have to say, though, I'm learning a lot from these articles about Christianity and the Bible and find it to be very interesting. I wish people of all religions could be more open-minded about the history of different religions and spirituality, in general.ReneeGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868834978136618763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-55347289339145178252008-10-23T09:28:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:28:00.000-07:00I never knew there were stories like this in the B...I never knew there were stories like this in the Bible.<BR/><BR/>I wouldn't say that I was too lazy to look things up for myself. I would say that I was always scared of what I might find.<BR/><BR/>Now I have a better understanding of the scriptures & solid ground to stand on to defend myself.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Sweet Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03300710423092034568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553107808744980875.post-78510319315963213782008-10-23T09:23:00.000-07:002008-10-23T09:23:00.000-07:00Excellent reversal of the accepted reading!Excellent reversal of the accepted reading!Margo Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719304170358499117noreply@blogger.com