--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 2/25/06 8:12:07 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Let me ask it this way: Do you think they wanted to > > rape Lot's visitors because they were horny? In > > other words, was the point sexual gratification? > > > > Would it matter? Would the act be justified if it were just a > > power trip? Or justified if it were for shear pleasure? > > Was anybody trying to *justify* it?? Certainly not I. > > Can you answer the question, please? > > The men and boys of Sodom wanted Lot to bring out his guests so > they could "know" them. Sounds like horniness to me. But that would > be a guess on my part.
It's important to guess right if you're going to claim the Bible considers homosexuality a sin based on what happened to the men of Sodom, isn't it? (Which you did, several posts back, and as many religionists do.) In fact, there's a great deal of cultural, historical, and even textual evidence (from the story itself) that strongly suggests otherwise--i.e., that the men of Sodom weren't homosexual or even bisexual, and that the threatened rape was not a function of sexual desire on their part, but rather an attempt to intimidate Lot's visitors into leaving forthwith. Anal rape of men by men was a common means of intimidation and humiliation in biblical times, and still is in some areas today (including in prisons). The real sin of Sodom was that it was *inhospitable to people in need*. Again, historically and culturally, in a hostile desert environment, not to take in and care for strangers was considered a terrible breach, because it could put their lives at risk. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
