Gay 'Conversion' Therapy

  • Thread starter Thread starter stupidisasstupiddoes
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
S

stupidisasstupiddoes

Guest
I wanted to share this three part video on gay conversion therapy. I think it’s good because it’s well balanced in the sense that it shows people with same sex attraction who dislike conversion therapy because it doesn’t work in the sense of changing sexuality. However, it also gives the side of people who do it because it helps them live a chaste lifestyle. I think as Catholics, it’s important to make people with same sex attraction welcome because this documentary shows how people will likely lose faith if they are pushed into the LGBT community:



 
Constantin said:
Sigh. It is time that the church starts to approach things from a different angle.

Here are some thoughts from a German bishop:
Click to expand...
I don’t know enough about theology to make an informed opinion on what needs to change. I think the sex scandal showed that something needs to change. However, my immediate priority is trying to keep people with same sex attraction in the faith and away from the clutches of the LGBT community.
 
Very well. It is a far stretch from trying to “cure” homosexuals to consider to bless homosexual relationships, as the German bishop brought up. There seems to be a wide range of opinions within the Catholic church.
 
Last edited:
How a Church bishop plans on blessing homosexuals living an unchaste lifestyle is quite a mystery indeed.
 
This is just a polite way of saying the bishop is talking nonsense.
 
What does this therapy do? I’m confused, does it change sexuality or not?
 
Last edited:
I am a layman and cannot and will not judge the bishop´s words.
 
If a bishop says abortion is allowed if a mother is poor and unable to take care of the child, you most certainly should be suspicious.
 
Constantin said:
I am a layman and cannot and will not judge the bishop´s words.
Click to expand...
We can’t judge his heart, but we certainly must exercise prudential judgment about the words and actions of anyone calling themselves “Catholic”, even if they are a clergy member. His office does not make it right to promote anti-Catholic agenda.
 
A lot of people miss the point…there is nothing sinful about Same Sex Attraction, just as there is nothing sinful about being attracted to the opposite sex.

Acting on attraction outside of marriage is the sin, whether hetrosexual or homosexual.

So as long as the person with SSA abstains from sexual activity, then there is no need for “conversion”.

I personally know of 3 members of religious orders (one priest, two brothers) with SSA who live celibate lifestyle, perhaps only as a result of their vows, but then again, they are not in need of “conversion”.

With the percentage of those with SSA compared to adulterers and fornicators who are hetrosexual, you would think as much outcry and call for action would be made against those actions.

But, it doesn’t shake out that way, because the main source of the outrage is against the person we see as different, and therefore must be “bad”, while giving those who are similar to us a pass for indiscretions.
 
Last edited:
The difference is no one is saying fornication and adultery are good.

Modern society wants to change a sinful lifestyle into good.
 
Sure, I am not for blind obedience. Did you read the article? The bishop is not demanding some kind of homosexual marriage, it is a blessing due to a pastoral necessity. The church is for everyone, not just heterosexuals.
 
There can definately be some healing. My same sex attractions have gone way down. And When I’m in the right mood I’ve had an inkling of opposite sex attraction. Also, When I’m in the right mood, I’ve had an inkling of disgust towards homosexual acts. It’s not gonna be a switch flip though. But this is all from doing just a small bit of catholic counseling which ended pretty quickly, and then following along the book I have, by myself, so I think there’s more healing that can keep happening, though its a lifelong process. And I need some friends for support and challenge me. Unfortunately I’m still pretty alone, without close friends, struggling to overcome some issues without any support, albeit online. So its slow going and difficult, And it can relapse sometimes, but the more you deal with it, the less easy it is to come back, its always gonna leave a mark.
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top