In his Letter to Timothy he also condemns the following, using the seventh word "Pornoi" (Greek) meaning male prostitute and the eighth word "Andrapodistai" (Greek) meaning "the one who reduces a free born man to slavery with a view to making a male prostitute of him"

It is of extreme importance to note that Paul never cited, quoted or referred to Sodom in his condemnation of homosexuality, and being the chief architect and original spin doctor for the Christian Church would most certainly have used Sodom to attack homosexuality if it were at all relevant. The fact that neither Paul nor Jesus ever cited Sodom makes it absolutely clear that the sin of Sodom was never homosexuality.

The justification for Gay Men's AIDS Forum (GMAF) in addressing the above became clear in the course of our research into biblical homophobia, when we could not find a single clergyman amongst the 96 we interviewed who had knowledge of any of the data above or who had examined the root texts. When we pointed out the disputed meanings of the eight words which were the foundation stones for biblical homophobia and the lethal impact of Christian psuedoteachings on homosexuality on gay men today, they could not have exhibited less interest and referred only to accepted Christian orthodoxy. They refused to do their own researches as they felt this matter was of no importance as it had long been decided by the Church Fathers. GMAF, however, in representing several hundred gay men from a Christian background, feel that they need to be aware that the scriptural basis which condemns them to "Eternal Hellfire and Damnation" is based on mistranslation of root texts, and faulty biblical scholarship.

Countless thousands of gay men have needlessly been executed by the Christian Church because the eight simple words above were mistranslated, misunderstood and misrepresented. Even today.