SODOM AND GOMORRAH Definition & Meaning

Sodom and Gomorrah

In the Book of Genesis , the two evil cities that God destroyed with a rain of fire and brimstone (sulfur). Before the destruction, God sent two angels in the form of men to advise all good men to leave the evil towns. God's messengers found only one good man, Lot, whom they transported from Sodom to the countryside with his wife and daughters, warning them not to look back. When Lot's wife , not heeding the warning, looked back, she became a pillar of salt.

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Notes

sodomy was supposedly practiced in the wicked city of Sodom.

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If a poll were all it took to change God’s mind, Sodom and Gomorrah would have been fine, Noah wouldn’t have needed a boat and Jesus wouldn’t have had to ask God to “forgive them, for they know not what they do.”

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Where one conservative commentator sees Sodom and Gomorrah, data and trends paint a different picture.

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"Like Sodom and Gomorrah, God destroyed people practising homosexuality. God will forgive them if they accept what they do is wrong and denounce it."

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In between the sections, there are extracts from Name the Day, many of them posts from OneCorn, a frequent user who often writes about Genesis — especially the stories of Sodom and Gomorrah, Abraham and Lot.

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Just ask Noah’s neighbors or the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.

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