| − | An abomination is anything associated with the worship of false gods or any activity that perverts the way God intended human beings to live and behave. A list of such behaviors may be found in Leviticus 18. Such [[evil]] occurred in [[Sodom]] and [[Gomorrah]] so [[God]] sent the [[Great Flood]] as punishment. | + | An '''abomination''' is anything associated with the worship of false [[gods]] or any activity that perverts the way [[God]] intended [[human]] beings to live and behave. A list of such behaviors may be found in [[Leviticus]] 18. |
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