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Old 05-31-2006, 07:43 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jefferson


Yeah, the men of Sodom wanted bread & soup!

So when the men of Sodom said, in Hebrew, "We want some bread and soup" it was accidentally translated into English as, "We want to have homosexual sex with the men you have in your house!"

Gotcha! Easy slip-up and textual variance. Could happen to anyone.

The correct translation is "That we may rape them" actually. Why don't you actually read the article? Orthodox Jews are still opposed to homosexuality, but for a different reason: namely, Leviticus 20:13.