God Hates Fags???

A Literal Reading of Genesis 19 Proves Otherwise.

 

The activist group God Hates Fags, like many Christian "family-values" organizations, promote the opinion that God abominates homosexuality. But does God really hate fags? Let's find out by reading the most taken-out-of-context, allegedly "antigay" chapter from the Old Testament of the Holy Bible (the Torah if you're Jewish): Genesis 19. Here's where we find the famous tale of Sodom and Gomorrah. While the conventional interpretation of this chapter supposedly affirms God's detestation of homosexuality, when read literally--that is, stripped of its dogmatic context--the chapter reveals quite the opposite: God, in fact, hates straights.

Don't believe me, read for yourself. Here's how the story unfolds, literally: Two angels come to the gate of Sodom, where they are met by Lot. Lot is favored by the Lord Yahweh because he is, unlike the rest of Sodom's population, virtuous. They have come to warn Lot that Yahweh intends to destroy Sodom and its sister city Gomorrah, but that He will allow Lot and his family to flee the city providing they don't look back while doing so.

Kindly old Lot invites the angels into his home for a repast. While they have gathered inside, the men of Sodom congregate outside, horny as hell. They shout for Lot to hand over the angels, so that the men may get to "know" (i.e., have intercourse with) them. They are adamant in their desire to gratify their craven appetites.

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At that moment, kindly old Lot comes out and addresses the men. He announces that he'll happily throw them his two young daughters--"which have not yet known man"--so long as they leave the two angels unmolested: "Let me, I pray you, bring my daughters unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes," he pleads. But the men rebuke Lot.

Let's stop here for a moment. For centuries, Church dogma has encouraged Christians to conveniently overlook Lot's astounding lack of paternal concern for or, for that matter, love of his own little girls. By pointing the finger ...

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