Religion and children

[Jenny A]

I recall an (unusual) sermon about Sodom and Gomorrha and their actual failing was noted as inhospitality, not homosexuality. This was 1973 and I was a sophomore in High School. No idea what sparked the rev to go there, but over a long term basis, it was a very helpful thing for me to hear at the time, as a gay teen.

So my point, even teenagers have the ability of selective hearing/memory, so common among the cafeteria Christians I find everywhere these days, that even a fairly strict religious experience throughout childhood would still have those important moments that plant the seeds for a better adulthood than what might be expected.

Actually, the part of the story cited for the wrongness of homosexuality is really ugly. . . But yes, the problem was raping strangers (really angels come to warn Lot) not homosexuality per se. Lot, the good host, responded don't rape them because they they are guests and must be treated well; here, rape my daughters instead. Yes you read that right. See Genesis 19:1-6