Wouldn't Planned Parenthood be in the mode of Ba'al. Those worshippers threw their babies into the maw of the idol which had a furnace at the base. Seems like Sodom would more appropriate as an example. Easy to determine that city's sins. But, what were the Gomorrahans guilty of?
I thought both cities were guilty of the same crimes.......
Both were said to be exceedingly sinful with specific statements which identify Homosexuality as being the chief selected sin of choice. Remember that when the Angels came to visit Lot and warn Lot of the impending Judgment of God due to the outcry against the cities for their level and acceptance of sin. Gomorrah is specifically mentioned by God as being one city that the outcry account of the level of sin was so great. Not only the level of sinfulness but the mention as the sin being so "grievous". God hates all sin and there are many other sins other than homosexuality but it is homosexuality that was specifically highlighted with respect to Sodom and Gomorrah. Also, my opinion mind you, I believe that it also wasn't the fact that there was excessive sin within the cities but that there was total acceptance of the sins. There was a general acceptance of the sin as being right and acceptable and they didn't care otherwise. They collectively had lost respect for God and His requirements.
Genesis 18:20-21 (NIV2011)
20 Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous
21 that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”
From the scripture passage in Genesis it is very apparent that not only was the sin homosexuality but also that Lot and others knew it to be so prevalent. Lot, knowing the condition of the city, knowing that the visitors were from God and were male, knew that the men of the city would be clambering for them which is why he insisted they stay with him.
Genesis 19:2-9 (NIV2011)
2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. You can wash your feet and spend the night and then go on your way early in the morning.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3 But he insisted so strongly that they did go with him and entered his house. He prepared a meal for them, baking bread without yeast, and they ate.
4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men from every part of the city of Sodom—both young and old—surrounded the house.
5 They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them.”
6 Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7 and said, “No, my friends. Don’t do this wicked thing.
8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9 “Get out of our way,” they replied. “This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge! We’ll treat you worse than them.” They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
The men of Sodom were burning with sexual desire and although the cities were surely very sinful in many other ways, including adultery and other sins, the sin of Homosexuality is specified. This is not in vogue today and many Homosexuals try and write away the fact that it was homosexuality that was the specified sin for Sodom and Gomorrah. The Homosexual community wants to say the cities were destroyed solely because of the level of their sin and not the specific sins however careful analysis of the above verses surely proves the specified grievous sin to be homosexuality. Certainly other cities around were also very sinful. In this case I believe that it was specifically the nature of the sin and the acceptance of it that led to God's immediate Judgment against these specific cities.
The statement at the end of that passage where it says "This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge!" reminds me of the society we live in today. Christians are constantly berated and called out as being judgmental of others. This is where Christians should always be on guard and careful when reacting with others and reacting to sin that we address the sin and not the people. If one goes specifically by the words recorded in the passage Lot isn't judging the people rather he even offers his virgin daughters to the men to gratify their sexual appetites but the men naturally assume he's judging them. Judgment will come one day and it will not be from a human judge but from the ultimate judge, from God Himself. All sins will be judged and not just certain ones. Today it's as if we want to eliminate calling anything as sin or bad. We (society) makes it taboo to refer to any man chosen activity as bad or wrong.
Other references to Homosexuality are: (I only mention homosexuality specifically because many say that the Scriptures do not mention homosexuality at all or that there is nothing wrong with it. Homosexuality is a sexual sin just as is adultery and both are listed as sins and destructive to our relationship with God (1 Corinthians 6:12-20))
Leviticus 18:22-23 (NLT)
22 “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
1 Corinthians 6:9 (TLB)
9 Don’t you know that those doing such things have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who live immoral lives, who are idol worshipers, adulterers or homosexuals—will have no share in his Kingdom.
1 Timothy 1:10 (TLB)
10 Yes, these laws are made to identify as sinners all who are immoral and impure: homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, and all others who do things that contradict
Romans 1:24-27 (TLB)
24 So God let them go ahead into every sort of sex sin, and do whatever they wanted to—yes, vile and sinful things with each other’s bodies.
25 Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God, they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they prayed to the things God made, but wouldn’t obey the blessed God who made these things.
26 That is why God let go of them and let them do all these evil things, so that even their women turned against God’s natural plan for them and indulged in sex sin with each other.
27 And the men, instead of having normal sex relationships with women, burned with lust for each other, men doing shameful things with other men and, as a result, getting paid within their own souls with the penalty they so richly deserved.
Homosexuality is but one sin among many others however as in Leviticus 18 it is listed as being specifically detestable unto God. God hates all sin and when it comes to mankind all sin is toxic and prevents us from meeting God's ultimate Will that we be sinless. We can only meet that state of being and appearing Sinless unto God, at Judgment, by having our Sins covered with the Blood of Christ Jesus which is why it was necessary for Him to be sacrificed. Also like with other sins God loves the Sinner but not the sin and we should be likewise.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 (TLB)
9 Don’t you know that those doing such things have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who live immoral lives, who are idol worshipers, adulterers or homosexuals—will have no share in his Kingdom.
10 Neither will thieves or greedy people, drunkards, slanderers, or robbers.
11 There was a time when some of you were just like that but now your sins are washed away, and you are set apart for God; and he has accepted you because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.
It isn't a specific sin that keeps mankind apart from God and prevents us from being right with God but sin in general, all sins, and as a result all mankind is in need of Salvation, in need of accepting the sacrifice that Christ Jesus made on the cross account of our sins.
John 3:17 (AMP)
17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
This was not the time that Christ would come to Judge the world, that time will come later, will be the next time He comes, but rather His first coming, some 2000 years ago, was to bring about the method for our (mankind's) Salvation and forgiveness for our sins and to overcome the slavery of sin and mankind's sinfulness. God's Judgment upon sin was placed from the beginning and that judgment rest upon every person that exist. Those who chose, though, to accept the sacrifice Christ Jesus made, faith in his blood sacrifice to cover and conceal our sins , find forgiveness in God's eyes and thus are forgiven of their sins and it's as if God doesn't see them at Judgment day. For those who choose not to place their faith in Christ, then they have made the choice to reject Christ sacrifice and thus the judgment of God, upon sin, remains upon them.
