TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.
TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages.
Similarly, In the divine comedy, predatory loan sharks are in the seventh circle of hell with the “sodomites” in the area designated as “sins of violence against god”. Interestingly, Dante the character seems rather chill about the “sodomites” when he talks with them.
Who doesn’t love a good sodomite
Sodome? No, sodomyou
I strike at thee, from hell's heart!
Is just fucking some chick in the ass
It's been my experience that the devout cherry-pick from the bible to find material that supports their personal world view. Since the bible is constantly contradicting itself, this is wholly possible.
It's been my experience they just decide what they believe then pretend it's in the bible.
That's the real power of faith. It makes you delusional
That of course is a perfectly valid possibility as well.
What was the crime of Sodom and Gomorrah? According to my rabbi (and supported by the writings and prophets), it was making charity illegal. The punishment for breaking said crime was gang raping the receiver of said charity. Only rich people were allowed in the cities, you see, with the idea that this would make the cities stronger. Drive out the weak and undesirable was the idea.
There is no such thing as "traditional Christian theology". This highly depends on denomination.
There is no such thing as “traditional Christian theology”
There IS however, biblical theology, repeating the same statement 3 times making a statement "fact" and such,
It really is quite interesting
Well, at least murder isn't at historic highs (unlike the rest)