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.
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
I must say though, I am a bit befuddled as to the dykons and how converted to their original preference could make any man want to date them. Maybe a liberal man. EWWWWW. Is that too mean? I just die when I see many of these gay women that look like men and act like men. It creeps me out as a woman.
At least an effeminate male has taste in dress, manners, and interior design--which accounts for a lot. LOL. :-)
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We are talkin’ “look at me an how I do sex! See! See! You need to accept, condone and be like this. Watch! Watch! Pay for my sex change and hormones throughout my lifetime. Give me a job!" THAT is absolutely unacceptable.
Some gays are that way because they choose it. Sometimes they choose it out of hate for the opposite sex. I think it is good to try to understand the origins of homosexuality. I’ve always believed in trying to find the truth, no matter how painful.
I don’t know many gays but I think the few lesbians I have known were not very happy people. I never knew for sure the reason for their anger. The only gay man I know is my hair dresser and he is generally up beat but I know deep down he is not happy with his life.
I thought that being gay already did that.
No one doubts that humans can change their behavior... But, likewise, no one doubts that humans have a tendency to fall back into old habits. What would be more interesting than an article announcing a well-known fact (that behavior is a behavior) would be an article following these individuals and relaying levels of success or relapses. Blanket announcements like this are really unimpressive. Who cares if these people are now heterosexual, unless they REMAIN heterosexual? Isn’t that the true measure of success for these programs?
If recent political scandals have taught us anything, it should be that many active homosexuals have no problem pretending to be straight, even if it means suckering some poor woman into marriage in the process.
I totally agree. Tolerance of something you don’t necessarily agree with is one thing...advocating/promoting is another.
I was more tolerant until I went to a gay pride parade and now I just stay away. This just isn’t me.
Theo,I guess I can just speak for myself then.I have certainly had my drama with women to the extreme.Yet I NEVER considered going to Castro Street and trying to forget my troubles with a cute boy toy.No WAY!
Even as a hyper sexed teenager,NO ONE could suck me into the gay lifestyle.
So to speak.
Most straights aren’t happy with their lives either.
Lesbians seem to love fighting and drama.They get real physical.
Even with all this pushing of the gay drug agenda in the schools,very few kids are going to bend over for Billy use drugs unless they were going to do it anyway.The whole thought is just too plain disgusting to contemplate.
Even with all this pushing of the gay anything goes agenda in the schools,very few kids are going to bend over for Billy act irresponsible or immoral unless they were going to do it anyway.The whole thought is just too plain disgusting to contemplate.
Kids do what they are taught.
If I can find my ice skates, I'll be iceskating in Hell in mere moments.
Kids do what they are taught?
I certainly was NOT taught to use drugs,have sex before marriage,cheat on tests or engage in drunken mob scenes but as a youngster I was involved in those activities.It was my CHOICE to shun the way I was raised.
But I NEVER contemplated the gay life.Way too gross for me.Its against nature.
Yeah,sad,but a woman that scewed up probably would have been completely miserable as a heterosexual also.
“Why is this different from what homosexuals must do?”
Because normal sexual desire is of and from God, even though our spirituality is corrupted by Original Sin, whereas same-sex attraction disorder is of and from Satan.
You were indirectly taught that your actions were acceptable by your freinds. Their acceptance of your actions encourage (or taught) you that those actions were “good”.
One of the reasons I did not go hog crazy with drugs was because I had a girlfriend who “frowned” upon that activity and I was taught through her unacceptance that drugs were not “good”, hence I stopped.
You were taught to use drugs by your friends acceptance and your parents inability to instill their values in you. Kids do not grow up wanted to be drug addicts or teenage mothers or deadbeats or homosexuals. But they are “taught” to do these things by thier peers and families and often the schools because many schools refuse to condemn or shun these behaivors.
Do not assume by taught I mean someone goes to little Johnny in school and teaches him how to roll a joint. But the failure of the schools and his family/peers to teach him how unacceptable an action is, is the same as teaching him to do that action.
Kids do what they are taught to do.
Homosexuals have a very high rate of depression and substance abuse, compared to heterosexual populations. Homosexual lobbyists maintain this is due to being discriminated against but in reality it is a result of a dysfunctional lifestyle.
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