Yesterday, I did a post on retired Anglican archbishop Desmond Tutu declaring that, if God is a “homophobe” and homosexuality is a sin, then Tutu would rather go to Hell.
How fitting it is that the First Reading of Mass today is on precisely this subject.
Genesis 18:20-32
In those days, the LORD said: “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave, that I must go down to see whether or not their actions are as bad as the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out.”
While Abraham’s visitors walked on farther toward Sodom, the Lord remained standing before Abraham. Then Abraham drew nearer and said: “Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty? Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die with the guilty, so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world act with justice?”
The LORD replied: “If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
Abraham spoke up again: “See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and ashes! What if there are five less than fifty innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?” He answered, “I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.”
But Abraham persisted, saying, “What if only forty are found there?” He replied: “I will refrain from doing it for the sake of the forty.”
Then Abraham said, “Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?” He replied: “I will forbear doing it if I can find but thirty there.”
Abraham went on, “Since I have thus dared to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?” The LORD answered, “I will not destroy it, for the sake of the twenty.
But he still persisted: “Please, do not let my LORD be angry if I speak up this last time. What if ten are found there?”
He replied, “For the sake of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
See also:
- “Archeologists find evidence of the obliteration of Sodom-Gomorrah,” July 29, 2012.
- “The Homosexual Manifesto of 1987,” Dec. 31, 2012.
- “Medical consequences of homosexual sexual behaviors,” July3 , 2013.
- “Gay Inc. indifferent to 22% rise in HIV/AIDS among young sodomites,” July 9, 2013.
- “Obama’s DOJ demands outspoken approval of homosexuality,” May 22, 2013.
~Eowyn
