Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom,
pride,
--fulness of bread,
--and abundance of idleness was in her
and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy....just as Sodom and Gomor'rah and the surrounding cities, which likewise
--acted immorally
--and indulged in unnatural lust....
Ezekiel 16:49/Jude 1:7
"The people of Sodom were not savages in the jungle; they were wealthy
and sophisticated. Naturally, they only wanted to live among “elites”
such as themselves. To prevent undesirables from spoiling their refined
ecosystem, the people of Sodom legalized persecuting them. Giving
charity to a poor person or shelter to a traveler were strictly
prohibited. This was for the greater good, of course, to protect the
wealth of the city.
pity
on a poor person and smuggled him bread. The people of Sodom were
dismayed that the poor person wasn’t dying of starvation. They conducted
an investigation and caught the girl. For the horrible crime of feeding
a hungry pauper they lathered her body with honey and placed her on the
wall of the city, where she was stung and eaten by bees until she died.
The Talmud (Sanhedrin 109B) relates that a girl from Sodom took
It is no coincidence that the greatest evils are once again being
perpetrated by those who are educated, intellectual, sophisticated, and
genteel.
They speak in highfalutin terms about saving the planet and all
those who roam it, though they will need to eliminate many of the
latter (themselves excluded) for the sake of the rest. You go first." Lifesite
