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Question: "What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?"

This is the answer to those who coinside with the conclusion that homosexuality is acceptable and normal:  The biblical account of Sodom and Gomorrah is recorded in Genesis chapters 18-19. Genesis chapter 18 records the Lord and two angels coming to speak with Abraham. The Lord informed Abraham that "the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous." Verses 22-33 record Abraham pleading with the Lord to have mercy on Sodom and Gomorrah because Abraham's nephew, Lot, and his family lived in Sodom.

Genesis chapter 19 records the two angels, disguised as human men, visiting Sodom and Gomorrah. Lot met the angels in the city square and urged them to stay at his house. The angels agreed. The Bible then informs us, "Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom — both young and old — surrounded the house. They called to Lot, 'Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.'" The angels then proceed to blind all the men of Sodom and Gomorrah and urge Lot and his family to flee from the cities to escape the wrath that God was about to deliver. Lot and his family flee the city, and then "the LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah — from the LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, including all those living in the cities..."

In light of the passage, the most common response to the question "What was the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah?" is that it was homosexuality. That is how the term "sodomy" came to be used to refer to anal sex between two men, whether consensual or forced. Clearly, homosexuality was part of why God destroyed the two cities. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah wanted to perform homosexual gang rape on the two angels (who were disguised as men). At the same time, it is not biblical to say that homosexuality was the exclusive reason why God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. The cities of Sodom and Gomorrah were definitely not exclusive in terms of the sins in which they indulged.

Ezekiel 16:49-50 declares, "Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me..." The Hebrew word translated "detestable" refers to something that is morally disgusting and is the exact same word used in Leviticus 18:22 that refers to homosexuality as an "abomination." Similarly, Jude 7 declares, "...Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion." So, again, while homosexuality was not the only sin in which the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah indulged, it does appear to be the primary reason for the destruction of the cities.

Those who attempt to explain away the biblical condemnations of homosexuality claim that the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah was inhospitality. The men of Sodom and Gomorrah were certainly being inhospitable. There is probably nothing more inhospitable than homosexual gang rape. But to say God completely destroyed two cities and all their inhabitants for being inhospitable clearly misses the point. While Sodom and Gomorrah were guilty of many other horrendous sins, homosexuality was the reason God poured fiery sulfur on the cities, completely destroying them and all of their inhabitants. To this day, the area where Sodom and Gomorrah were located remains a desolate wasteland. Sodom and Gomorrah serve as a powerful example of how God feels about sin in general, and homosexuality specifically.

Dear Seekers of The Truth

In this election I think all Christians should take a good look as to whom and what they are voting for.

In 2nd Chronicles verse 14 of chapter 7, it says, "If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

"My people" refers to Christians, not the unsaved, but followers of Christ.

President Obama believes in abortin, homosexuality, and is trying to remove God from our country in any way he can.

He can't be much clearer about his beliefs. We must let God back into our country. He has always kept a protecting hand upon us, but if the United States keeps turning our back on him, he will take his hand off.

He will heal our land if we do what he says and if we don't, I pray for mercy on our people.

A Believer in Christ & The Almighty

Here's a thought worth rememburing come election time folks; Bush II cut taxes on the super rich, increased government spending, got rid of a balanced budget and surplus, and believed the best policy was to go into big debt by borrowing money from China.

America needs to get back to the Clinton years of a surplus budget and paying down the National Debt. Stop taxing the middle class and poor and shift the tax to the super rich who won't even miss the money.

We better wake up as a nation, pull our heads out of our asses, and start figuring out how we are going to get out of this mess before it's too late for this nation to recover.

This is a re-post, (Dec. 2008), it still seem's very appropriate in this day and time...

Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. I hope you have a wonderful day, and enjoy some prime time with family & friends.

 

LottoVantage

We managed to capture
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A Cowboy Named Bud

A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in California when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him.

The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, RayBan sunglasses and a YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, 'If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?'

Bud looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, 'Sure , Why not?'

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular BLUETOOTH cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.

The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany .

Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.

Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, 'You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves.'

'That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves,' says Bud.

He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then Bud says to the young man, 'Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?'

The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, 'Okay, why not?'

'You're a Congressman for the U.S.Government', says Bud.

'Wow! That's correct,' says the yuppie, 'but how did you guess that?'

'No guessing required.' answered the cowboy. 'You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows...this is a herd of sheep. .

Now give me back my dog.

From a recent e-mail...

Entitlement my ass!!!!!

I paid cash (mandatory payroll reduction) over a 50 year period for social security insurance!!!! Just because the frick'n corrupt politicians borrowed the money, doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout !!

 

Congressional benefits, aka. free healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid, three weeks paid vacation , unlimited paid sick days; now that's welfare, and they have the nerve to call my retirement entitlements !!!!!!.....scroll down........




What the HELL's wrong???

WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!


Tuesday's Daily Bulletin paper, ran two articles on the front page side by side :


1- Calif 's 20 Billion Dollar Budget Deficit


2- The Calif Supreme Court ruling that ILLEGALS can attend college and get benefits.  REALLY NOW?


Why don't they just deport them when they arrive to register?


3- Last year they ran an article on the yearly costs to Calif Taxpayers from Illegals using Hospital Emergency Rooms for their general health care -

At just one hospital the cost to tax payers totaled over 25 million a year

Someone please tell me what the HELL's wrong with all the corrupt "elitist" politicians making legislation!!!

We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , Egypt, Turkey Croatia, Serbia, just to name a few of the MANY and most hate the USA . And now Pakistan .....home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries!


They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives and now when its time for us to collect, the government is running out of money. Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?

There has been a "FREEZE" on Social Security pay increase for the past 3 years while the Congressional members have voted FAT pay raises for themself each year.

We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.

AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, wounded vets and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.

YET........

They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.

Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries.

Sad isn't it?

  Last Tuesday President Obama got off the helicopter in front of 
 The White House - carrying a baby piglet under each arm.
 The squared-away Marine guard snapped to attention, saluted and said: 
 
 "Nice pigs, sir." The President replied: "These are not pigs.  These are 
 authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs.  I got one for Secretary of State 
 Hillary Clinton, and I got one for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi."
 
 The squared-away Marine again snapped to attention, salutes and said,
 "Excellent trade, sir."