I love how evangelicals always take the meaning they want from a text while declaring, per 2Tim 3:16, that it is literal.
I was literally in Palestine on one of those holy land trips (dad paid, mom dropped out) at a the ruins of a village, and the guide brings up the story of Sodom, and asks them what they think the story is about after hinting heavily. After they give all the usual answers about immorality and the fall of a father, I finally add hospitality.
So he talks about the tradition of hospitality in the Middle East and then asks them about how they think that translates to illegal immigrants in the US. And it was just a tirade of protecting ourselves and only letting the good ones in and setting limits on the numbers, etc.
I just face palmed and walked out.
tl;dr: The US is a biblical Sodom because of how we treat the strangers.
I love how evangelicals always take the meaning they want from a text while declaring, per 2Tim 3:16, that it is literal.
I was literally in Palestine on one of those holy land trips (dad paid, mom dropped out) at a the ruins of a village, and the guide brings up the story of Sodom, and asks them what they think the story is about after hinting heavily. After they give all the usual answers about immorality and the fall of a father, I finally add hospitality. So he talks about the tradition of hospitality in the Middle East and then asks them about how they think that translates to illegal immigrants in the US. And it was just a tirade of protecting ourselves and only letting the good ones in and setting limits on the numbers, etc.
I just face palmed and walked out.
tl;dr: The US is a biblical Sodom because of how we treat the strangers.