Sodom and Gomorrah

PHOTOS: Finding Sodom In Madaba, Jordan's Historic City

Bob Schulman | Posted 04.08.2012

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Bob Schulman

To put it mildly, the ancient Jordanian city of Madaba has a bit of history: Moses may have first looked at The Promised Land from atop nearby Mount Nebo.

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Who Are The Real Sodomites?

Jay Michaelson | Posted 06.15.2011

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Jay Michaelson

In Genesis, rape is the means, not the essence, of Sodom's wickedness. Reading the story Sodom as being about homosexuality is like reading the story of an axe-murderer and saying it's about an axe.

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Were Sodom and Gomorrah Really Torched for Homosexuality?

John R. Coats | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Coats

What if the authors of this fable intended the mob's behavior to be understood as symptomatic of something far more ominous -- that is, a breach in the social contract that could threaten the fabric of desert culture?

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What Was the Real Sin of Sodom?

Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Patrick S. Cheng, Ph.D.

The true sin of the Sodomites as described in the Bible has nothing to do with same-sex acts per se. Rather, the ancient Sodomites were punished by God for a far greater sins: radical inhospitality.

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