You make some good points. I would recommend starting Abraham\'s story back in chapter 17, when we can see that he was circumcised. Yet on (what is generally accepted as) the third day after this, considered the most painful time for an adult who is circumcised, we see in Chapter 18:1-8 the great hospitality that Abraham had. Had he decided \"I\'m hurting, I\'ll rest and tomorrow I will prepare to show hospitality to the stranger.\" things might have gone much differently. As to the homosexuality issue, I know some gay people who aren\'t just trying to piss G-d off. I tried to find it, my flesh wants them to be like anyone else, and in flesh, they are. But I can find no support for any sex outside of marriage, and biblically speaking, marriage is clearly between a man and a woman.