When religious people talks about free sex, and homosexuality, they almost for sure will point to Sodom case. When God considered sin of Sodom so griveous that He swept the whole city with fury.
Yes indeed, that's the story. God's angels went down to the city and found Lot and his family. Because of Lot's righteousness, the angels led them out to safety, while God rained down His wrath upon Sodom and Gomora.
Religious people considers the story as forewarning against free sex and homosexuality. They condemns these acts and the people who commit it.
But that's not the only Sodom's story. Let me take you to one chapter before the destruction of Sodom. When God conversed with Abraham.
God told Abraham about his plan to eradicate Sodom. And Abraham complained whether God would swept away the righteous people too if there were 50 righteous people in the city, which indicated that God would treat the righteous and the wicked alike.
God told Abraham, if He found 50 righteous people in the city, He would spare the city.
And Abraham pleaded for 45.
And God agreed with 45.
And Abraham pleaded for 30.
And God agreed with 30.
And Abraham pleaded for 20.
And God agreed with 20.
And Abraham pleaded for 10.
And God agreed with 10.
Abraham had a good point here. So wicked the city was, there must be some righteousness that priceless to fight for. Even for Abraham, 10 righteous people could save the whole city. Abraham didn't fight for rage against evil. It was easy for him to despise the city's crime and told God "Just send them to hell as they deserve it", but instead of cursing and hating, Abraham pleaded for Sodom and Gomora. The whole city! Not only for righteous one.
And what Abraham sowed? When God overturned Sodom and Gomora, He remembered Abraham and He brought Lot to safety.
Sodom and Gomora is not only story about God's hatred for sins. It's also about the man's capacity to forgive and give mercy. The destruction and vengeance upon sin is upon God's hand. But instead Abraham did what a man can do. He pleaded to God to put away His anger for the sake of some good. He pleaded in the name of 10 righteous people for the sake of two cities.
If Abraham didn't do that, would God remember him and save Lot?
It's common now that religious men often play god. They curse, hate and despise hooker, gay, lesbian, transexual, and many more. They forget that perhaps the only way God remember them is through mercy and love. They forgot the destruction of Sodom and Gomora was on God's hand, but plea for mercy came from Abraham, our kin, a man.
