[Unassuaged]

Would you agree that the problem was rape and inhospitality as much as homosexuality?

I have no doubt that homo-sex was going on and a sin.
In those times raping a woman was a property crime, raping a man was much worse.
My point is that the story says volumes about idolatry, greed, and lack of charity/hospitality.
My only point is that homosexuality is ONE of the reasons for G-d’s wrath, one of many.

[HarleyD]

Would you agree that the problem was rape and inhospitality as much as homosexuality?

Of the four sins, what do you think society and Christians are most likely to speak out against?

1) homosexuality
2) rape
3) inhospitality
4) dog fighting

All of these are sins in the eyes of God but I'm sure we would both agree that they vary in severity.

While rape and inhospitality certainly were sins of Sodom, I wouldn't compare homosexuality with inhospitality. There are degrees of sins and some infractions are worst than others. We are sinful people, Christians included, but Christian are here to show how God wants us to live and to simply excuse homosexuality as some sort of disorder is wrong.

Here is an interesting verse in the scriptures:

Isa 3:9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

The people of Sodom never even tried to conceal their lustful passions. How many "Gay Rights" parades are there these days? How many laws are enacted for people to be "tolerant"? How many Christians go down that slippy slope of appeasement?

[Antoninus]

Would you agree that the problem was rape and inhospitality as much as homosexuality?

Nice try. That's the standard homo-theology argument for that passage. Not buying, pal.