#I am trying to parse the differences between the Jewish and Christian interpretations of the Sodom and Gomorrah story

[sins-of-the-sea]

"The sins of Sodom and Gomorrah are stereotypically attributed to homosexuality, thus, the acts of sodomy--but if you actually read the Tanakh, they were guilty of so many other sins, sexual or not. I remember it when I was being taught by my chacham back home in Avignon. I believe there was this quote somewhere in the Book of Yechezkel, though the story itself is from Bereshit:

"'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. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.'

“The part where the angels who came for Lot were demanded to be 'known' by the people of of Sodom, only for Lot to offer his daughters in exchange.... horrified me. Why would anyone offer their own family to protect angels from a certain danger? I remember holding my sister Noelle so close to me when I was having nightmares when we were little. Never have I thought that even with promises of a better life, her fate while I was away still ended up in the hands of men who ended her.

"I am defined by my Lust. I bring upon fire and brimstone as the Lord has done for Sodom and Gomorrah. Fitting that I have embodied the sins those cities were guilty of as well being gifted of what destroyed them.

"If someone tried to redeem me and love me, but I look back... will I, too, become a pillar of salt? I'm bound to the sea. I may as well become a part of it. It probably won’t be that hard."