"Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."(Ezekiel 16:49, KJV)"Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy."NIV and other translations (LINK)
This is not to say sodomy (legally defined in many places, including historically in my state of TN, as "oral or anal copulation with a man, a woman or an animal") was not the most revolting abomination, but that all these other sins were there, mutually corrupting and tending toward the same end: serving one's own purposes , not God's.
I've read that it was a commonplace in Christian preaching in centuries past, to group the three sins of "Luxury, Usury and Sodomy" to characterize an appetite-driven, self-serving, ungodly life.
Hat tip to you, Some Guy. You are a perceptive reader.
Never thought it was about hospitality. Thought it was about raping angels even when I was a kid.
That passage was describing the sin of Samaria and judah rhetorically called Sodom. Sodoms sin was sexual immorality. Israel’s sin was spiritual immorality.
All this is True. They were destroyed because of their total and complete iniquity.
Paraphrasing, if there are 100 who are Godly will You spare them. God, yes. If there are 50 will you spare them? God, yes. etc...
However, this is not the point.
The current Pope is attempting to provide Cover for the Homo’s who now dominate the Catholic Church by emphasizing those issues you cite and de-emphasizing the rampant homosexuality which was prevalent.
The Pope and the Homo Mafia are working overtime to deflect.
Notice they never ever reference the Lord God’s CLEAR and UNAMBIGUOUS declaration that Man laying with Man and, Women laying with Women is an ABOMINATION in HIS eyes.
This CLEAR Declaration is never referenced. Indeed, it is COMPLETELY IGNORED.
What the current Pope is complicit in, is the attempt to NORMALIZE that which the Lord God has unambiguously condemned as an ABOMINATION in HIS eyes.
To not recognize this fact is to be WILLFULLY BLIND to reality.