Di: Alo
I’ve always interpreted the verses in Sodom and Gomorrah as a story of the citizens exerting power and control by way of rape. And the reasons they refused Lot’s girls was because women were like...
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Yeah, I’ve always been flabbergasted at the way homosexuality becomes the hot topic when discussing Lot’s story and not gang rape… since one of those things is a violent sexual crime. Love this...
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Di: Colby Townsend
Thanks Leah! One of the most interesting things to me when discussing this issue is that I didn’t first learn this aspect of the story of Lot and Sodom and Gomorrah from reading commentaries and...
View ArticleDi: Lori Burkman
Loved it Colby. Great post! The narrative is definitely more powerful when it’s about hospitality. And how people are more upset by homosexuality than rape is rather too strange, I absolutely agree.
View ArticleDi: Mark
This is pretty much the prime example of why it’s easier to believe a dead prophet over a live one. Squint your eyes and turn the Bible sideways and you can make it say what you want it to. Those...
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