St. Anselm of Canterbury once tried to show, through an ontological argument, the existence of god from reason alone. He said, "Thus even the fool is compelled to grant that something greater than which cannot be thought exists in thought, because he understands what he hears, and whatever is understood exists in thought. And certainly that greater than which cannot be understood cannot exist only in thought, for if it exists only in thought it could also be thought of as existing in reality as well, which is greater. If, therefore, that than which greater cannot be thought exists in thought alone, then that than which greater cannot be thought turns out to be that than which something greater actually can be thought, but that is obviously impossible. Therefore something than which greater cannot be thought undoubtedly exists both in thought and in reality.... And you, Lord God, are this being." His argument can be reformulated, in English, as:

Those who think the Bible condemns homosexuality as sinful often point to Gen. 18-19 and saying, "God destroyed Sodom for homosexuality." Through my study, I've decided that Gen. 18-19 says God destroyed Sodom for a different reason. Below, I gave my reasons for thinking that.

In Gen. 13, Lot and Abraham go separate ways, each choosing a land for himself. Abraham settled in Canaan, Lot in Sodom. With some diligence, you can walk from one place to another in less than a day. Now, consider Genesis 18-19 with this information in mind.

In Gen. 18, around noon, Abraham has a vision of God, then three men approach his tent. He hurried toward them and bowed, offering food for their stomach and water for their feet. Sarah, Abraham's menopausal wife, made leavened bread for them. Abraham's concern for their welfare pleased God, so one of the men told Sarah she would have a child. Sarah giggled, thinking he jested. (After God destroys Sodom, we learn her error when she had Isaac.) When ready to leave, Abraham walked them a short while to point them to Sodom.