Book Claims Sex Abuse Not Harmful

Family News In Focus ^ | September 22, 2005 | Steve Jordahl

[End Times Sentinel]

Book Claims Sex Abuse Not Harmful
by Steve Jordahl

Once again an attempt is made to promote the shocking theory that pedophilia is good.

An old heresy is surfacing again. Sexual contact between adults and children is normal, even beneficial to children and can serve as a useful tool in the mentoring process. In a new book about the role of homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome, Temple University Professor Bruce Rind claims sex between adults and children can be beneficial. Therapist Joe Nicolosi has seen the "benefits" in dozens of victims.

"It lowers self-esteem, it lowers trust, it creates profound self-doubts about oneself, it creates future difficulties in terms of intimacy and trust."

The assertion that homosexuality and child sexual abuse were accepted norms of ancient cultures has no basis in fact.

"Absolutely not. That is a mythology promoted by gay activists to justify and to find legitimacy in their perversion."

But the fact that the view is published at all troubles Dr. Warren Throckmorton of Pennsylvania's Grove City College.

"With the publication of this book I am concerned that the effort here is to make this view mainstream."

Nicolosi claims homosexuality is at the root of most abuse of young boys, the focus of a great deal of the book, and points to the sex scandal in the Catholic Church as an example. Rind was published by the American Psychological Association several years ago, but public outcry was so severe the APA repudiated the paper. He did not return repeated calls for comment.

[Salamander]

Due to quite different but equally hurtful life experiences, he and I are both loyalty fanatics.

It's worked out real well...:)

[KC_Conspirator]

I understand. BTW - Gay marraige is NOT mainstream. Its is advocated by a few who apparently were let out of the insane asylums and let into editorial rooms, newsrooms, and democrat party. Look even California voted against it. In fact, there has not been a single, not a single state which has voted for it.

[fortunecookie]

It makes me want to spit. The whole idea that there are grown ups pushing the idea that child abuse (not any other catchy name they try to give it) is only, ONLY harmful because of the negative reaction of other adults or the child's parents making the child afraid of an 'adult-child' relationship (aka abuse) is nauseating and reprehensible. These folks used to be called 'sick' and locked up when found, now they have books and willing, attentive audiences. Sick.

[CatQuilt]

The odd thing is the homosexuals know what they are preaching is all a lie.

Yes they do. Why is that odd? If someone lies in order to make a point, that point is very important to them.

[Irish Owl]

Young males were put on this earth to do yardwork, not have sex, especially with creepy old dudes. I remember the good old days, when Temple professors were merely post-modernist neo-Trotskyites who tended to limit their same-sex contact to males over the age of consent.