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Rabbi says eating soy makes you gay?
Daniel Koren
Published: 30.10.13, 13:43
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1. Scientific rabbi
Diet   (10.30.13)
The rabby speaks from expirience. After becoming a gay he swithced to pork and like gals again.
2. here's the REAL proof: that50% of Rabbi's are below average.
JEWSUS ,   AMERICA THE BEAUTIUL   (10.30.13)
and some are Half nuts! From the mouths of half the below average Rabbi's AGAIN comes "beyond" stupid, bigoted comments.
3. What a load of total crap
Alon ,   Hertaliya   (10.30.13)
Just goes to show how mentally retired these people are. Guess ma ma must have gave me soya milk as a baby. There we have it, soya milk defines a persons sexulaity. Im sure the so called rabbi will win a nobel prize for his breakthrough in medical science , either that or idiot of the year.
4. ignoring the Torah?
tom ,   toronto, canada   (10.30.13)
"And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food." Gen 1:29
5. The lunatic fringe is at it again
Orthodox religious I   (10.30.13)
Tora and halahot are sound and rational. The extreme and ignorant declarations which we hear from some fringe groups have very weak connection to Torat Moshe, and everything to do with a weak community trying to increase its power and control over its members. Reminds me of the Imam in Saudi who just informed his public that women who drive will damage their ovaries and cause birth defects in their children. Same kind of twisted thinking from over the fence......................
7. Black hats & coats cause mental retardation, and sometimes
Kool-Aid Lover ,   Zombie Nation   (10.30.13)
pedophilia
8. Mr. Koren, ask Rabbi Silberberg
Nora Tel Aviv   (10.30.13)
What did he say exactly and what are the names of those hormones. Then confront his information with those of medical experts`. Finally, let us know about it.
9. Just like catching VD from a toilet seat
Yerach ,   Jerusalem   (10.30.13)
What bunk
10. #6 Yoni R
A Jerusalemite ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (10.30.13)
Thanks for the info and the link.
11. soy makes you gay
Secular   (10.30.13)
...but still not goy, means it's not THAT dangerous!
12. reading BS like this makes one stupid
Larry ,   LA   (10.30.13)
It is not true that reading BS like this makes one stupid, one has to be stupid to read this stuff first. Give me a break, Gur is not that stupid!
13. Yes Tom, "god" gave us every plant to have food from
(10.30.13)
So why do we have so many poisonous plants on this earth??
14. The Rabbi is right
Dianak ,   Germany   (10.30.13)
Maybe the Rabbi is right , I know a lot of vegetarians and vegans and either they are gays or fascists sometimes both things. Some health problems are related to a high-soy diet include thyroid problems, brain damage, cancer, and reproductive disorders
15. soy makes you gay?
Gene Graczyk ,   Santa Rosa, CA   (10.30.13)
Obviously, the good rabbi is in close counsel with his American evangelical brethren. They have variously claimed that gays wear secret spiked rings to cut and infect others with HIV (Pat Robertson) and that wearing hair longer than your collar will make you gay. Just another sad example of ignorance hiding under the mask of piety. Since this means we can all feel free to make things up, I now declare that the rabbi is a closeted old fool spreading harmful lies that will result in senseless attacks on innocent gays. I got that in a divine revelation through my electric razor just this morning...Oh! my dog heard it too and so it must be true...
16. they're not exactly manly men to begin with...
steve   (10.30.13)
i guess the slightest thing could push them over the edge...
17. to #6: you're kidding
tom ,   toronto, canada   (10.31.13)
the "rebuttal" is, literally, a friend of a friend of a relative, and you consider that to be a more "reliable" source of information? the original story, even if it's wrong, at least had some reference to real, named sources.
18. Rolling Eyes Over This One
World Citizen ,   the world   (10.31.13)
This is so over-the-top one doesn't know what to say. I kind of like this rabbi. He's definitely on the cutting edge of religious thinking.
19. thanks for clearing that up
Twice blessed   (10.31.13)
20. Soy baby formula contains an equivalent amount of estrogen
Rivkah   (10.31.13)
to five oral contraceptive tablets a day. Babies fed a soy based diet start menses at the age of seven (girls) and the boys have permanently diminished in size genitalia. So is estrogenic and is harmful to babies and children. Soy is also toxic in many other ways and should be avoided in the diet. It causes malaise and 80% of the soy and corn crops in the USA is GMO, another toxic hazard associated with tumors. Soy should be banned in baby food and children's food.
21. #6 a friend called a friend with family?
avi ,   jerusalem, israel   (10.31.13)
you're seriously trying to debunk by with "research" that says "a friend of mine called a friend with family in Gur in Israel and asked them about this story"
22. right up there
elke ,   USA   (10.31.13)
with the Saudi mullahs claiming that driving cars harms women's ovaries. #14, you need help.
23. What a gay day!
Tim ,   Brighton   (10.31.13)
Think Ive been overdoing the Soy Sauce again!
24. Eating soy
DB ,   Israel   (10.31.13)
That man is an idiot- Rabbis may also be idiots
25. Rabbi Silberberg
Mr Bean   (10.31.13)
If handshakes are out , can I still drink milkshakes? [ no soy milk of course]
26. #17 & #22
Yoni R. ,   Modiin, Israel   (10.31.13)
I re-read the articles, and I couldn't find any sources within Gur quoted. The only "source" I found was a doctor debunking the dangers of soy, but no one saying that Gur restricted its use. Maybe I missed something - please enlighten me.
27. to #20 soy products in Israel
iselin ,   Oslo, Norway   (10.31.13)
My daughter and I do not eat meat and are gluten, dairy and soy intolerant. A large number of non-dairy opaque liquids (fake milk and cream, in other words) in Israel are based on soy, while elsewhere those products are made mostly of pure oats, rice and almonds, seldom soy. There wasn't much left that we could eat. Considering just how much soy is sold and consumed by those who keep kosher and use fake milk products in Israel, I would think that there would be a greater proportion of gays and children with precocious puberty among the religious population, and among vegetarians, for that matter. That does not seem to be the case. Tell me Rivkah, where did you get your information?
28. Redemption is near.
Ben David Saenz ,   Zion, Zion   (10.31.13)
They also believe in no fornication, no sodomy, no adultery, no beastiality, not profaning (neglecting or abusing) daughters ( or sons), no homosexuality, no prostitution and no pornography. When the Lord said "my people", these are the kind of people He was making reference to. Measures are also taken by rabbis/ teachers to help their students/ congregation for a smooth transition. See, there are also other less contentious issues where they are totally in the right. How many people could learn from them? Any people. This is of the most humane and honorable in human nature and of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob/ the Hebrew God.
29.  PET bottles too
Dianak ,   Germany   (10.31.13)
Drinking from Plastic Bottles Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemicals.Harvard School of Public Health Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that polycarbonate containers release the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) into liquid stored in them.
30. soy goy gay guy... gaa gaa
ky   (10.31.13)
He should keep off the nut cutlet
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