The legal definition of sodomy is “anal or oral intercourse between human beings” (read source here). Sure, this definition seems to zero in on homosexual males but read the definition again. Not only does this definition refer to anal sex but also to oral sex. So if you have ever received or given oral sex, you are guilty of sodomy. Some other definitions even include premarital sex. So with that wide definition, I would think that pretty much every one has committed the act of sodomy at some point in their life.
In case you didn’t know, the word sodomy comes from the name of the Biblical city of Sodom. The story, which I won’t go over here, is talked about in the first book of the Bible, Genesis. Now here is the thing. People use this story as a condemnation of homosexuality, particularly among men, because they believe that God was angry at the men of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah because they were engaging in anal sex. Many years after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, another important Biblical event occurred, the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and God giving Moses the 10 Commandments to give to his chosen people. In case you need a refresher of what the 10 Commandments were, here is another link. Go ahead and look them over, I’ll wait.
Many of the 10 Commandments are the basis for many of the laws in this world today. Obviously murdering and stealing are good things not to do, same thing with lying and honoring your father and mother. Even coveting is not favorable because it can lead to jealousy. There is one thing that I don’t see on this list of behaviors that God wants from his people. Do you know what it is? You can go back and look. Go ahead, I’ll wait again. That one thing that seem to missing is that homosexuality, and by extension sodomy, is not a part of the 10 Commandments. I know this may be a shock to your system so I want you to remember to breath.
To all of you who disagree with what I have said, I want you to ask yourself something. If God is so against homosexuality and their depraved ways, why didn’t he include it when he gave the Commandments to Moses? Maybe God doesn’t care if two people of the same sex love each other and want to spend the rest of their together, not hurting anyone else. If that is true, maybe God didn’t destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of all homosexual behavior but because of all the other evil behavior, like murdering, stealing, lying and cheating on their spouses. Just think about this stuff the next time you want to talk about the “evils of homosexuality”.
The 10 Commandments don't include many things. There are no restrictions on bestiality and arson. Two of the 7 deadly sins are gluttony and sloth.
ReplyDeleteThere is a difference between jealousy and coveting, and it has to do with ownership. A person is jealous of what he or she has and is covetous of what belongs to someone else.
The 9th Commandment does not deal with lying generally, but lying when giving testimony, or bearing false witness.
Since you seem to be OK with homosexuality, I wonder how you feel about bestiality. Are you OK with that? If not, why the difference? If you don't tolerate bestiality, then you are not much different from someone who doesn't tolerate homosexuality, says I.
Bestiality is completely different and you want to know why, because an animal can't give consent. My point was that if homosexuality was such an affront to God, he would have included that it is wrong in the 10 Commandments. I would also like to point out how cowardly you are being by posting this anonymously.
ReplyDeleteThe Animal may in fact be consenting, it/she/he may even initiate. We do far worse to animals than loving them. I'm not an advocate of having sex with animals, however i have witnessed a woman make several trips to our ER with her german sheppard "stuck" inside her, requiring a bit of medical attention. But no one is worse for the wear. We've come to accept her as a chronic patient, having reported all this to animal welfare and they cannot really do anything about it, so evebtually i wondered what do we want them to do? Put the animal in a good home? In reality, the animal seems well cared for. Clearly the animal chooses to participate so i don't know. I'll take you to some slaughter houses that will wreck your humanity. So god didn't say much about beastiality, nor the proper ways to kill an animal humanely (or for that matter raising and growing animals for human consumption ), so i thin you're off the hook if you're homo. There would be a lot more about it in the bible if it were really a concern. Also, it gets tricky because people who are against male homosexuality forget that they are up late at night madturbating to female lesbian porn or fantasizing about it, so if we ban the one, we lose the other.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, death to ISIS! But all the Muslim people i know are hella cool Ave love this country. I'm not gay, but i would die to defend our sexual freedoms. (OK maybe just fight, die is a lot...)