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Video: Sodom and Gomorrah: What Was Their Sin?
PatriotandLiberty ^ | 2018 | Greg Koukl Stand to Reason

Posted on 06/30/2023 1:28:37 AM PDT by spirited irish

It’s become popular to claim that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was something other than homosexuality. What does the Bible say? Greg Koukl of Stand to Reason responds.

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TOPICS: Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: pedophilia; sodomandgomorrah; sodomy
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To: spirited irish

Good video, by the way. 👍


21 posted on 06/30/2023 5:00:10 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Mark17

perhaps it refers to the homosexuals going after non-homosexuals - homosexual rape.


22 posted on 06/30/2023 5:23:33 AM PDT by elpadre (nd )
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To: elpadre

Could be that too.


23 posted on 06/30/2023 5:24:55 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: spirited irish

A huge earthquake came by God. California is due for one anytime.


24 posted on 06/30/2023 5:28:17 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy

[Strange] flesh because it is “different” from the God-ordained plan for sexuality.

https://www.gotquestions.org/strange-flesh.html


25 posted on 06/30/2023 5:31:21 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Mark17

“I am not totally sure what strange flesh is, but it certainly doesn’t sound good.”

There are 2 common interpretations for what that means. First, surely the more common, interprets that to mean they were pursuing “unnatural”, or homosexual relations.

The seconds, less commonly accepted interpretation, is that they were seeking to have intercourse with non-human beings, spirits, demons. Evidence for that being that the angel in the story is the one they are interested in copulating with, which might suggest they had had a history of or proclivity towards such relations, though with fallen angels instead of normal ones.


26 posted on 06/30/2023 5:53:04 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Mark17

“I think the “sons of God,” were able to shape shift, and appear as men, maybe even appear as their husbands.”

It would align well with the idea that the “sons of God” used their power to fool men into thinking of them as gods, and so the stories of pagan religions are echoes of their exploits. It’s a pretty much universal trope in pagan mythology that “the gods” do have intercourse with humans and produce “demigods”, and that gods can change their shape to deceive human women into such liasons.


27 posted on 06/30/2023 5:57:25 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: spirited irish

And today’s culture in the US is different in what way exactly?


28 posted on 06/30/2023 5:57:46 AM PDT by SkyDancer (My Talents Are So Hidden That Even I Can't Find Them ...)
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To: Mark17

I have read Michael Heiser’s book “The Unseen Realm”…… very interesting! In many ways it backs up what Jonathan Cahn Explained in “Return of the Gods”….. there is an unseen (invisable to us) realm of God’s created beings which are the angels (good and the fallen ones), as well as the demons which are the dead children of the nephilim. The angels act as messengers and helpers for God, often interceding in our lives, sometimes saving us against dangers. When people kicked God out of our government, our schools, many of our churches, and our lives, something had to come in to fill the void, and that was the evil side of this unseen realm of beings, sometimes influencing people, sometimes actually inhabiting/possessing people. Knowing this, it is easy to see how our world, even our country, has become so demented and insane and evil.

It also makes clear the only cure for this evilness …….. God’s Grace through Jesus Christ. We aren’t going to legislate it out, nor battle it out with police or wars or spending more money. And it has probably reached the point where the only thing to stop is for God to wipe it out with utter destruction like he did with the flood in Noah’s Day ….. but this time it will be like how he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.


29 posted on 06/30/2023 6:01:48 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: RoosterRedux

Indeed. The word “abomination” really would seem to limit the possible reasons that God passed judgement on them. Certainly in the New Testament era, we can say that every sin is an abomination before God, but in the Old Testament, the word is mostly used only to describe a few of the most grievous sins, like homosexuality, incest, and idolatry, and specifically when ostensibly faithful people debased themselves with idolatry, or sullied God’s sacred places with idols.


30 posted on 06/30/2023 6:04:41 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: spirited irish

Cutting the Tags off Upholstery? Jaywalking? Not thouroughly cleaning cans before putting them in the Recycling Bin? Staying up late on a School Night? Using incorrect pronouns?

Definitely worth a Fireball or two./s.


31 posted on 06/30/2023 6:40:36 AM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: Mark17

This video is for you and others curious about this subject.

LA Mazulli interviews “Starchild”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcH0jLd3_4c


32 posted on 06/30/2023 6:53:24 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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To: spirited irish
Sacred Scripture is absolutely clear on sexual acts outside of marriage. They are either sins or abominations. There is very little gray area.

Those addicted to sexual vices will never be happy until a new Diocletian arises who wishes to burn every last Bible on earth.
33 posted on 06/30/2023 6:55:53 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: napscoordinator

Better

https://freerepublic.com/focus/religion/4164404/posts?page=40#40

Of interest:

https://opentheword.org/2015/10/15/has-the-ancient-biblical-city-of-sodom-been-found/

https://opentheword.org/2020/08/25/archaeologist-find-evidence-that-sodom-and-gomorrah-were-destroyed-by-intense-fire/

https://earthsky.org/human-world/bible-story-of-sodom-meteor-strike/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97778-3


34 posted on 06/30/2023 6:55:56 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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