Sodom and Gomorrah

One of my themes lately has been to lament that I do not really believe in the God of Sodom and Gomorrah (since I am an agnostic, even though I proably agree with the "reiligious right" POLITICALLY more than most people who believe in God). 

I believe I first said that in connection with the Yale art student whose senior art project was to artificially inseminate herself as often as possible over six months or so, in combinatin with taking abortion inducing pills, in order to make a "statement".  Statement made:  "I am a monster."  I could have mentioned it before, but that Yale story (from the Yale campus newspaper) really made me regret that I did not believe in a God that might be preparing another Sodom and Gomorrah "intervention".

It has gotten worse since.  Yesterday's Sodom and Gomorrah story was about a Memphis high school dance, on school property (O'Reilly showed VIDEO last night, which is a Sodom and Gomorrah moment in itself, for ratings).   The video showed students at the dance exposing themselves and otherwise engaging in the kind of exhibitionism and sexual conduct you would expect from a "Girls Gone Wild" video about spring break sexual hijinks.  Plus, the video showed teachers and administrators fromt eh high school apparetnly ignoreing the blatant conduct.  On O'Reilly, the superintendant of schools lamented that a "teaching moment" had been missed.  In case you don't understand, the school officials and teachers at the dance did NOTHING to protest the blatant sexual exhibitionism. 

Question:  Was Sodom and Gomorrah one of God's "teaching moments"?   Of course it was..  Is it time for another such "teaching moment"?  If I were a God that hat thought it was worthwhile before, I would certainly think so.  It really is too bad I don't believe in that God.  The case for that kind of "teaching moment" is getting awfully compelling.  Remember the recent entry about the SECOND GRADER who wanted to go to a Colorado school as a GIRL (he is actually a boy), and the school has evidently accommodated him.  From politicians to students to women teachers invoved with students to schools, we seem to have lost all moral moorings.