Why is Gomorrah less famous than Sodom?
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Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook
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« on: March 14, 2014, 02:09:10 AM »
Everyone talks about "Sin of Sodom" or "Sodomy" but no one talks about Gomorrah. We never hear about "Gomorrahdy" or whatever.

What's the deal?
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« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2014, 02:40:13 AM »
According to the account in Genesis, Lot lived in Sodom and the angels who went there to warn him to leave were accosted by Sodomites in the literal sense of residents of Sodom, which led to homosexuals similarly being labelled sodomites.  Since all the action takes place in Sodom, the real quest is why does Gomorrah sometimes get equal billing with Sodom but never the other two cities of the plain that were also destroyed according to the tale?  Why not Sodom and Admah or Sodom and Zeboim?
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2014, 08:55:09 AM »
Um, because of the "sodomites"?
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2014, 01:16:10 PM »
Yes but why "sodomites" and not "gomorrites"?
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2014, 01:43:33 PM »
Like Ernest said, Sodom is where the relevant part of the Biblical narrative actually takes place.
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2014, 10:45:00 PM »
"Gomorrahy" sounds cooler, though.
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2014, 01:28:00 AM »
Quote from: asexual trans victimologist on March 14, 2014, 01:43:33 PM
Like Ernest said, Sodom is where the relevant part of the Biblical narrative actually takes place.

This, plus I suspect that because it had a shorter name and came first in the phrase "Sodom and Gommarah", it was easier for everyone to remember.
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2014, 05:11:48 AM »
Well, it depends.
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2014, 10:48:08 PM »

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slouching_Toward_Gomorrah
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« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2014, 11:28:40 PM »
Because Gomorrah if you look at right, looks exactly like Gonorrhea?

Not to mention Sodom is so much easier to spell...
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2014, 07:23:01 AM »

Haha, Robert Bork. His failed confirmation and Ted Kennedy's speech on it was one of the most awesome moments in the Senate history.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2014, 04:48:48 PM »
Not only does the narrative take place there, the narrative is preceded by a different story about Sodom (the bit where the king of Sodom loses a war and he and Lot get kidnapped and Abraham raises an army to rescue them, then snubs the king when the king offers him riches in return), and both the OT and NT callbacks to the incident don't mention Gomorrah.
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« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2014, 11:54:00 AM »
Probably because Lot lived in Sodom, so most of the biblical account centers there (not to mention the term "sodomy").  Of course, Robert Bork titled his book Slouching Towards Gomorrah, so it's not entirely forgotten.
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« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2014, 06:37:38 PM »

Sounds like an std.
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« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2014, 09:15:21 AM »
I think it is because it is just not as catchy.
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« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2014, 12:14:37 PM »
Quote from: beaver2.0 on April 01, 2014, 09:15:21 AM
I think it is because it is just not as catchy.
Yeah, "Sodom" just has a nice ring to it.
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« Reply #16 on: April 15, 2014, 04:53:50 PM »
The simplest explanation is likely the correct one. Sodom is simply an easier word to remember.
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