Just so you know, the whole reason for this forum is to discuss Catholic doctrine, theology, and spirituality. If that upsets you, maybe you should examine why you are posting here.
Then I suppose that we should not even bring up anything that has to do with science or psychology since all of those things are outside the purview of Catholic doctrine, theology and spirituality. But for some reason you mentioned the DSM and Alfred Kinsey and Sigmund Frued and other things in your initial post that are not related to Catholic doctrine, theology and spirituality.
I don’t have a daughter. Where did I write I “want to reinstate criminal law against homosexual people”? This is not about me.**Galnextdoor **
Well , based on your first post in this topic your license should be immediately revoked.Especially considering your anti-scientific and anti-psychology views. You are a danger to children.
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I repeat my questions.
Does you daughter know you consider her a mentally ill person? Does you daughter know you want to reinstate criminal law against homosexual people? Does your daughter know you would want to remove her child(when she has one) from her and her partner because a family of two “sodomites” is a no place for a child to grow up? I’m just curious considering how brave you are here on this forum in your fierce opposition to the universal declaration of human rights , science, psychology and nature itself.
Okay - I thought so. I wasn’t sure if you were comparing me to St. Paul, which would be absurd for various reasons.
What poster “galnextdoor” said about my posts. I’m not sure what that reveals about me besides I have a passing interest in anime and I think cosmetic surgery is heartbreaking, with exceptions. Plus why do atheists think that Catholics (we don’t speak for other sects) look at homosexuality - the state of it - as “grubby”? It’s been explained and dealt before many times with much more grace and charitableness than I can articulate and generate. And my first post wasn’t about homosexuality since I remember clearly being active in the “Popular Media” section of CAF later getting into more Catholic doctrine and its place in the world.
Upsets me? Lord no. I’m here for the same thing. Well, doctrine in any case.
Actually, Catholic doctrine teaches that sodomy is evil. The posts I made were about how the culture came to turn against that teaching of the church.Then I suppose that we should not even bring up anything that has to do with science or psychology since all of those things are outside the purview of Catholic doctrine, theology and spirituality. But for some reason you mentioned the DSM and Alfred Kinsey and Sigmund Frued and other things in your initial post that are not related to Catholic doctrine, theology and spirituality.
Okay, I can tell you aren’t reading what I’m posting. You keep posting Midwest88’s 60th post even though I explained how to look at his/her first post.
if I select Midwest88’s name , select the option to see all post by him/her, go to the last page of those posts (they appeared to be ordered by timestamp, most recent first) then I see a post with the stamp Feb 21, '12, 6:10 pm on gay marriage. The only 60 I see is in the post I’d in the URI (p=8989760#post8989760). The 60th post I see counting order from oldest to more recent is on an electronic reader (forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=684013 ) with the date stamp Jun 10, '12, 8:46 pm. Not sure what might be different in how the first post is being determined.
Wow, just Wow. I understand that you are obviously the empress of all things that are rule driven from the Bible, but have failed to read the Gospels. There is no need, and you would be laughed out of the CPS meeting if you reported abuse because a teenager has gay tendencies such as being either very effeminate or somewhat masculine if female. Yes, It is a stereotype when we use those outward signs, and I am guilty of that. Many parents “know” from the time their child is very young that they might be LGBTQ and once again that is not reportable, just a fact of life. Your assertion that humans “become” gay because of outside influences is beyond comprehension and very similar to those who refuse to look at recent research and still think that autism is caused by a distant mother figure. When exactly did you decide to be a straight person? I certainly don’t have a memory of choosing to be straight. At least young adults, including my 30 year old daughter, have grown up with far less fear and loathing of those different than the norm. They are the HOPE for us a humans.Actually, I have a masters degree, too, have studied child development, had numerous psych classes, and attended conference seminars about child abuse and reporting it. I worked for years with very young children, and I was a mandated reporter for child abuse. One of the symptoms they taught us to look for was a very young child exhibiting sexual behavior toward another person.
Up to 80% of children age 11 and younger who exhibit sexual attraction and sexual behavior are victims of child abuse. If not physically abused, they have been exposed to pornography.
If you actually work in a school district, you are a mandated reporter and should know this. Perhaps you could use a refresher course? Or maybe you don’t work with very young children so you didn’t find this part of the training pertinent.
Also, you closed your post with a sentence fragment and a comma splice. If you do work in a school district, I hope you don’t teach English.
I don’t think reading is a subject you should teach either. It doesn’t seem that you can be bothered to actually read what the thread was originally about before posting your opinions using a quote that you have not bothered to read in its entirety.
This is really off topic, but…if I select Midwest88’s name , select the option to see all post by him/her, go to the last page of those posts (they appeared to be ordered by timestamp, most recent first) then I see a post with the stamp Feb 21, '12, 6:10 pm on gay marriage. The only 60 I see is in the post I’d in the URI (p=8989760#post8989760). The 60th post I see counting order from oldest to more recent is on an electronic reader (forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=684013 ) with the date stamp Jun 10, '12, 8:46 pm. Not sure what might be different in how the first post is being determined.
Pardon my mistakes. Sent from a mobile device.
Okay. I’ll ignore what I assume is your attempt at an insult towards me. I’m guessing your derogatory remark stems from the fact that I believe in Sodom and Gomorrah and follow what the Catholic Church teaches. This is, after all, a Catholic website, so I don’t understand why your upset about that. As for the Gospels, Jesus did not come to abolish the laws of old, but to fulfill what the prophets had said. (Matthew 5)
) Also, dresses are horrible on jungle gyms. (The other kids run under you and say "I see Spain, I see France, I see ----------'s underpants.) If you have to wear shorts under a skirt as a child, why not just wear the shorts?Why do you trust these tests devised by psychiatrists and psychologists to test for Autism but you don’t trust their opinion that homosexuality does not meet the criteria for being a mental illness?
I am certain that that the APA does not form opinions but conducts interviews and performs research regarding homosexuality. Their non-scientific vote under pressure by radical gay activists and closeted gays in the APA in 1973 does not qualify as the final word as to making a diagnosis.
If you think that the APA is only swayed sometimes by outside interests on an issue like homosexuality, you are mistaken. The same thing applies to other things as well, including Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder). They’ve changed the way that Autism is classified and how ADHD is diagnosed. More than anything else, psychiatry is beholden to the pharmaceutical industry (Big Pharma). They’ve make it easier, for example, to diagnose for ADHD, especially in adults, something Big Pharma has been pushing for years so that they can expand the market for stimulants like Adderall and Vyvanse and even Ritalin. This change is worth millions and millions of dollars to the pharmaceutical industry. I’m not saying that changes like this might not help some people with ADHD, for example, who need it, but it’s also not true that such decisions only get made based on science in most cases or that the decision to remove homosexuality from the DSM was an unusual exception.
Let’s move forward to 2013 and see similar results regarding Transgendered persons:
And of course it’s not only LGBT activists who lobby the APA for changes. You should check out all the slick lobbyists from big pharmaceutical companies who wine and dine psychiatrists at their annual convention or pay them to tout the newest wonder drug to get their colleagues to prescribe it even though it’s no better than the old wonder drug which has gone generic but is a lot more expensive.
Please don’t ignore the topic. I’m aware of what psychiatrists experience. All the drugs I’ve been prescribed are generic and are more symptom specific and effective than 10 years ago.And of course it’s not only LGBT activists who lobby the APA for changes. You should check out all the slick lobbyists from big pharmaceutical companies who wine and dine psychiatrists at their annual convention or pay them to tout the newest wonder drug to get their colleagues to prescribe it even though it’s no better than the old wonder drug which has gone generic but is a lot more expensive.