Posted on 09/16/2007 10:13:37 AM PDT by wagglebee
In the first longitudinal, peer-reviewed, scientific study of its kind, researchers have concluded some homosexuals can change their "orientation" through religiously mediated guidance.
Researchers Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse released the results Thursday of a three-year study during an address at the American Association of Christian Counselors World Conference.
Their conclusions contradict the claims of the American Psychological Association and the American Psychiatric Association, which contend such change in sexual orientation is impossible and attempting to pursue it likely will cause depression, anxiety or self-destructive behavior.
The new study concluded such changes do not cause psychological harm to the patient.
Nicholas A. Cummings, former American Psychological Association president, praised the research.
"This study has broken new ground in its adherence to objectivity and a scientific precision that can be replicated and expanded, and it opens new horizons for investigation," he said.
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"This study has broken new ground in its adherence to objectivity and a scientific precision that can be replicated and expanded, and it opens new horizons for investigation," he said.
That is very encouraging news.
Engaging in homosexual acts is a type of behavior. If one doesn't engage in homosexual acts, it makes little sense to call them a "homosexual".
People who insist that homosexuals "can't change" seem to be calling homosexuals animals, who are not capable of changing their behavior.
OK,gays can change.But why would you WANT to change,honey?
Seriously,it seems to me that most gays are pretty happy with their situation,incredible as it is to me that one would want to wake up in the morning staring at a pair of hairy testacles!
Even with all this pushing of the gay agenda in the schools,very few kids are going to bend over for Billy unless they were going to do it anyway.The whole thought is just too plain disgusting to contemplate.
What difference does it make how a homosexual compulsion originates? The basis for antipathy to homosexual behavior is that it is clearly and explicitly forbidden by scripture and tradition.
For that source of authority, how the behavior comes about is of no importance.
I am "oriented" towards adultery. That I do not act on my orientation is a choice, one which is usually easy but, as all men know, is not always easy.
Because God made me to desire beautiful women, and because eradicating that desire with some type of "therapy" seems Orwellian and bizarre, I suppose I just have to live with it.
Why is this different from what homosexuals must do?
There is no need to fear the so-called homosexual agenda. Homosexuals are not a danger to us.
What about RINO’s?
I’m with you. This whole thing is a waste of time.
I’m just glad to see that both sides can make s—t up. It’s not fair when only one group does it.
If you want your data taken seriously you shouldn’t announce it in the World Nut Daily.
Is it posted in the chemtrails section?
I World Net Daily credible now? I can’t keep up.
That's another good point. WingNutDaily and NewsHacks are questionable news sources to say the least.
People don’t choose to be gay.
I don’t have children and am unfamiliar with what is being taught.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20070913/pl_usnw/truth_wins_out_urges_skepticism_of_new__ex_gay__sham_study_released_today_by_right_wing_therapists
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20070915/29318_Ex-Gay_Study:_’Conversion’_is_Possible.htm
http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/BPnews.asp?ID=26429
http://www.christiantoday.com/article/controversial.study.is.change.possible.for.homosexuals/13089.htm
Let me know when the change occurs. If it can be proven that a change, did indeed occur, perhaps we can talk.
“Homosexuals are not a danger to us.”
They certainly are, when they use their sexual orientation as a basis for political change. They certainly are, when they break down the barriers of appropriate sexual behavior and encourage an “if it feels good, do it” mentality. They certainly are, when they spread serious and fatal illnesses. They certainly are, when they try to infiltrate churches, schools, and society at large with a “homosexual is fine” attitude. They certainly are when they post pornography, or behave pornographically, in public. I used to live in SF. I had to sit with my kids in bus shelters with ridiculous “ads” ten feet tall in our faces.
I remember gays in school and nobody had to flaunt it as the teens seem to do now. I have children from 29 yrs old to 7 yrs old & it seems each year I get more amazed at what I see. I feel bad for the ones who are teased but I also wonder why all this has to be brought into the schools.
My youngest son was harassed in his senior year by a gay guy who kept commenting about how nice his rear end was. My son didn't like it at all and he shouldn't have had to be harassed. The school did nothing about it. The gay kid knew darn well my son had a steady girlfriend and is not in the least gay but he just kept it up. When he patted his rear that was it for my son. He punched him & got suspended. My point is that if these gays don't want to get hurt they need to keep their gay-ness to themselves or people like themselves and out of the schools.
Thanks for explaining it so well. ~P~
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