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WHAT CAUSED THE FLOOD IN NEW ORLEANS?

 

A Christian contends:  "The Lord says: "Thou shall not lie with mankind as you lie with womankind".  If you are gay, you are an abomination in the eyes of the Lord and he will seek you and destroy you."

 

I answered:

 

Our sages have taught that all of the sexual sins of S'dom (Sodom in English) an Ammorah (Gemorrah) were tolerated by God until widespread injustice and cruelty became the rule of the day in those cities. It was at that point that God said: "Enough!" and wiped them out both for their perversions but more for their injustice and cruelty.

That is what happened in New Orleans and that is the reason why part of the "Bible belt" was hit with the flooding too, as someone rightfully pointed out. The "Bible belters" do nothing to ameliorate the suffering of those who are downtrodden by the capitalist system. That is a worse sin than sexual sins.

Did you note that six-foot muddy waves washed over antebellum mansions that people still continued to enjoy living in? People still enjoyed the riches that were made on the backs of slaves. Their homes were made into muddy wrecks, which they always were on a moral/spiritual level. Now it shows on the physical level too.

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel

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