Which Homosexuals Are "Incurable"?

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Probably the ones that are happy being homosexuals, and aren’t put under any pressure by others to change. I’d imagine any kind of therapy would be much, much more ineffective against someone who didn’t actually want to change.
 
The definition of homosexuality is not a behavior, indeed the -ity suffix should tell you that

You just invented two things, a) that he must have been straight in the first place and b) that all people like that can become attracted to the opposite sex.

It is clear you were badly catechized from that post (or are very inarticulate), but not much else.

It isn’t impossible, but that doesn’t make it a non-negligible chance.

Are you chaste?

He isn’t being internally consistent; you are confusing non-identical things.

up to 80%≠80%

A major reason he only found two is because children born to a homosexual couple are negligible in number.

Perhaps it’s because hedonists when denied their usual avenue of pleasure seek alternative means.

Does your son still refuse to speak to you because you in his eyes denied him as a person?
No we are quite close,? I dont accept the sin, but the person, you judge wrongly he has been through a lot of his own struggles and he has disabilities of asperian nature from his trauma with his brain tumor at five and got help for his anger issues, have you got help for your anger issues?
God Bless
 
My oldest brother is gay. Everyone knows this. Though the family never speaks of it directly and tends to treat it as the proverbial “elephant in the room” whenever there are gatherings, it has led me to wonder about some of the things the Church teaches and how we should interpret these with regard to direct dealings with my brother.

While I totally understand and uphold the Church’s views that there is no moral justification for homosexual acts, that due to their being intrinsically disordered can in no way be approved of, the question I have is that the Church also mentions that there is a distinction to be drawn between most who engage in homosexual practices and those who are “incurable.” According to the Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics some homosexuals are such due to innate instinct or pathology as the governing factor.

While even in these situations the Church teaches that these can never be approved of or be morally justified, I wonder if such are considered equally condemned since they are the result of a pathology. And if it is due to a pathology how can it still be immoral? What other cases other than homosexuality can I use to show that a pathological basis can call for no moral justification for others? Any thoughts?

The other question is how can one decipher if a pathology is involved, how the Church has or determines such things, and how this can help us either excuse or accuse (so to speak) persons like my brother (or used by my brother himself in dealing with his own sexuality)? Some are bound to be very judgmental towards him in our family, but if no one speaks up about it how can we realize how far we can and should help, if at all?
CJ,

The entire premise of this thread has led to unusual dialogue.

I believe it would be better stated…

Which Homosexuals are Incorrigible?

It has been stated that to infer cure suggests a disease.

It is behavior. No one can aruge that what someone does is behavior.

Next, look at what causes any behavior…
**As you think and feel, so you believe, speak and act…this is fact…
You have in your mind thoughts that are imagined or experienced/retrieved through memory…these elements are what cause you to express to the world what it is you think and feel by your speech and actions…there is nothing else we can do…
In other words in our heads…Thinking/Feeling
In the World Speech/Behavior is an indication of the aforementioned…**
Your behavior is influenced directly by your thinking/feeling and believing and your behavior and speaking can influence and cause you to think/feel and believe differently.

So, any homosexual that continually behaves as a homosexual, thinks and believes and feels a certain way.

Any homosexual who thinks and believes and feels a certain way acts a certain way.

This is true for any behavior.

Which homosexuals are incorrigible?

The ones who choose that thinking/believing and feeling as they do is compatible with their behavior will never change.

The ones that choose to want other than the thinking/believing and feeling that leads to behavior that is not compatible for whatever reason will change and can change…

The impetus is motive and desire to change or no change occurs.
 
If I’ve understand your post, you are saying you have a homosexual child? Are you able to share any of his/her perspective or outlook on their circumstance? Do they view their orientation as a choice or innate? What is their perspective on the appropriateness or acting on their orientation?
My son 29 had cancer at five and this trauma perpetuated lack of friendships and his SSA. He is slowly realizing about the world, but for that one problem with his SSA, he thinks it’s not wrong. He also knows that he wasn’t born that way, he doesn’t push that anymore. He tried that course too because he thinks he always was attracted to males. which when he goes over it, it seems it was around nine and really no memory before that. After the trauma. The attractions that he calls, were not sexual in nature, which he confused in his memory.

My son didn’t have the common problem with SSA, loss of father figure, mother that was overbearing. Other than the cancer, he had a good childhood within our family. It brought us even closer. For a long time I was confused, what I found out from experience, medical traumas are of a different nature toward the symptom of SSA. But still the same affect. Rejection of peers. Biggest factor. He was more sensitive and could not be athletic. Kids were cruel and was left out, no friends. More added to the problems. SSA is the symptom of many problems with the end result. Rejection that lead to the longing of being accepted. They confused sexuality for the person. Thanks to the activists that are confusing more and more people.

My son also discovered he had anger issues too with some Asperger traits because of his inability to see things clearly and get along with people at work., stemming from his radiations from Chemo, which he knew he has some disability, but this was intensifying as he was getting older. It started to really bother him so he got some help for that specific issue. He has improved, but still has to deal with the other issues that brought this SSA. Unfortunately most therapists are liberal and will not discourage the homosexual life as part of the problem.

Fortunately for his Asperian problems he isn’t living the lifestyle, by acting out. He already knows from experience not to trust people who pretend to be friends just because they have SSA. He is realizing the truth that his family is the most important thing that has always been there for him and loves him. He does believe in God. Thats a moving in the right direction. Living of life for God has been working for us, he sees that working in our lives because we came back to our faith because of this crisis and I thank God for that. Still more work to do.

These are my experiences and knowlege that I have learned as a parent and as a member of a support group of many parents that are fighting for the souls and the lives of their loved ones with Same Sex Attraction and are trying to live a holy life.

.
Hope this helps I could write more, but it would be a novel.🙂
God bless
 
CJ,

The entire premise of this thread has led to unusual dialogue.

I believe it would be better stated…

Which Homosexuals are Incorrigible?

It has been stated that to infer cure suggests a disease.

It is behavior. No one can aruge that what someone does is behavior.

Next, look at what causes any behavior…

Your behavior is influenced directly by your thinking/feeling and believing and your behavior and speaking can influence and cause you to think/feel and believe differently.

So, any homosexual that continually behaves as a homosexual, thinks and believes and feels a certain way.

Any homosexual who thinks and believes and feels a certain way acts a certain way.

This is true for any behavior.

Which homosexuals are incorrigible?

The ones who choose that thinking/believing and feeling as they do is compatible with their behavior will never change.

The ones that choose to want other than the thinking/believing and feeling that leads to behavior that is not compatible for whatever reason will change and can change…

The impetus is motive and desire to change or no change occurs.
I agree:thumbsup:
 
My son 29 had cancer at five and this trauma perpetuated lack of friendships and his SSA. He is slowly realizing about the world, but for that one problem with his SSA, **he thinks it’s not wrong. ** He also knows that he wasn’t born that way, he doesn’t push that anymore. He tried that course too because he thinks he always was attracted to males. which when he goes over it, it seems it was around nine and really no memory before that. After the trauma. The attractions that he calls, were not sexual in nature, which he confused in his memory.

My son didn’t have the common problem with SSA, loss of father figure, mother that was overbearing. Other than the cancer, he had a good childhood within our family. It brought us even closer. For a long time I was confused, what I found out from experience, medical traumas are of a different nature toward the symptom of SSA. But still the same affect. Rejection of peers. Biggest factor. He was more sensitive and could not be athletic. Kids were cruel and was left out, no friends. More added to the problems. SSA is the symptom of many problems with the end result. Rejection that lead to the longing of being accepted. They confused sexuality for the person. Thanks to the activists that are confusing more and more people.

My son also discovered he **had anger issues **too with some Asperger traits because of his inability to see things clearly and get along with people at work., stemming from his radiations from Chemo, which he knew he has some disability, but this was intensifying as he was getting older. It started to really bother him so he got some help for that specific issue. He has improved, but still has to deal with the other issues that brought this SSA. Unfortunately most therapists are liberal and will not discourage the homosexual life as part of the problem.

Fortunately for his Asperian problems he isn’t living the lifestyle, by acting out. He already knows from experience not to** trust **people who pretend to be friends just because they have SSA. He is realizing the truth that his family is the most important thing that has always been there for him and loves him. He does believe in God. Thats a moving in the right direction. Living of life for God has been working for us, he sees that working in our lives because we came back to our faith because of this crisis and I thank God for that. Still more work to do.

These are my experiences and knowlege that I have learned as a parent and as a member of a support group of many parents that are fighting for the souls and the lives of their loved ones with Same Sex Attraction and are trying to live a holy life.

.
Hope this helps I could write more, but it would be a novel.🙂
God bless
Speak,

You point out the key. Thinking and believing.

Ask your son a few questions…

Ask him what the SSA does for him…what does he see in regards to this SSA…get a word…

Pleasure, Comfort, Unity, shared experience…who know what he will say…however acknowledge and accept what he says…

PM me if you would like to know more about what this process is about and how it may help you and him…🙂
 
No we are quite close,? I dont accept the sin, but the person, you judge wrongly he has been through a lot of his own struggles and he has disabilities of asperian nature from his trauma with his brain tumor at five and got help for his anger issues, have you got help for your anger issues?
God Bless
Interestingly the thread that I recalled you mentioning your son taking your advice to go to reparative therapy and him leaving with his boyfriend has been edited by the moderator because it no longer applies anymore.

Anger issues? I am prone to melancholia, not anger.
 
Interestingly the thread that I recalled you mentioning your son taking your advice to go to reparative therapy and him leaving with his boyfriend has been edited by the moderator because it no longer applies anymore.

Anger issues? I am prone to melancholia, not anger.
Dakota,

Anger is an emotion. Melancholia is an emotion. To say you are prone is to say it bothers you. Many people do not understand emotions and when they are understood they are nothing more than part of who we are and how we live. They are catalysts for change or signs along the highway saying dip ahead…but the journey continues.🙂
 
My oldest brother is gay. Everyone knows this. Though the family never speaks of it directly and tends to treat it as the proverbial “elephant in the room” whenever there are gatherings, it has led me to wonder about some of the things the Church teaches and how we should interpret these with regard to direct dealings with my brother.

While I totally understand and uphold the Church’s views that there is no moral justification for homosexual acts, that due to their being intrinsically disordered can in no way be approved of, the question I have is that the Church also mentions that there is a distinction to be drawn between most who engage in homosexual practices and those who are “incurable.” According to the Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics some homosexuals are such due to innate instinct or pathology as the governing factor.

While even in these situations the Church teaches that these can never be approved of or be morally justified, I wonder if such are considered equally condemned since they are the result of a pathology. And if it is due to a pathology how can it still be immoral? What other cases other than homosexuality can I use to show that a pathological basis can call for no moral justification for others? Any thoughts?

The other question is how can one decipher if a pathology is involved, how the Church has or determines such things, and how this can help us either excuse or accuse (so to speak) persons like my brother (or used by my brother himself in dealing with his own sexuality)? Some are bound to be very judgmental towards him in our family, but if no one speaks up about it how can we realize how far we can and should help, if at all?
Fact is that no one can say what causes homosexual activity. We just have to deal with it as it is. When I was in college many decades ago, when it was outlawed, mu psychology professor came up with an interesting comment: Every child is “homosexual” until he/she reaches puberty, but then they discover the other sex. most people do, and when they do they find that that other sex is very hard to figure out. Boys are rather simple. They “love” with their penises. They can often satisfy their sexual desires by themselves. If they feel the need to partner to form a sexual relationship, however, they discovered this is very hard to do with most girls. That’s in part because girls “love”with their whole bodies. Now a boy or a girl will often find someone of their own sex attractive.Maybe because they want to be that person’s friend, or because they simply see him or her as a kind of reflection of themselves as they are or wish they were. Most of the time, that goes only so far, because people do understand the basic biological facts. But suppose they cross the line and get involved. Once they have done it, then it is harder to get back across the line. And because it is easier to “get along with another girl or boy then with those of the opposite sex, then why make the effort? In short, inclination leads to habit, and habits are hard to break.
 
Dakota,

Anger is an emotion. Melancholia is an emotion. To say you are prone is to say it bothers you. Many people do not understand emotions and when they are understood they are nothing more than part of who we are and how we live. They are catalysts for change or signs along the highway saying dip ahead…but the journey continues.🙂
As opposed to what, melancholia making one feel absolutely chipper which would seem a contradiction in principle.
 
As opposed to what, melancholia making one feel absolutely chipper which would seem a contradiction in principle.
DR,

No, I am saying that you can learn to understand, experience, welcome, learn and allow Melancholia to be something you experience without distress. It is your choice. If you like it the way it is then that is you. If you want another perspective then that is your choice.
 
Interestingly the thread that I recalled you mentioning your son taking your advice to go to reparative therapy and him leaving with his boyfriend has been edited by the moderator because it no longer applies anymore.

Anger issues? I am prone to melancholia, not anger.
Your recall is incorrect… Please get some help with your anger. I will pray for you.

God Bless
 
Then what exactly was edited out by the moderators?
Are you talking about my one infraction over 2 years ago? A couple of words were deleted in the whole post, like it’s lie, referring to homosexuality be an inborn trait and I think I said go learn your faith at the end. I can’t remember exactly. I guess it was how I said it. I was a new member and obviously someone didn’t like it. I thought it was ridiculous, but I am more careful how I phrase things. My son was never mentioned. Other than that I don’t know what your talking about and why you need to know.

I continue to pray for you.
God bless
 
Same-sex attraction is not the sin here. While it is unnatural in the sense that it goes against the natural function for gender, it is not a sin. The sin of homosexuality rests in the actions of a homosexual nature.
That always seemed pretty Muslim to me. Doesn’t Islam teach intents and thoughts really aren’t important but the actions are?

I’m a crack addict. At what point do I begin to make error? Giving into the thoughts of smoking crack where I welcome the thoughts, or when I pick up and smoke crack?

Fortunately, I don’t have a problem with pedophilia. But at what point does the pedophile get himself in trouble?

If homosexuality is in fact wrong I would tell the Pope and all the Cardinals and “smart” people on earth that the sins actually begin once one starts giving into the thoughts (rather than a fleeting thought, of no control, that enters your mind and you immediately resist and toss aside or let go).

If homosexuality is not a sin then all the thoughts and actions in the world don’t matter.
 
Then what exactly was edited out by the moderators?
Dakota,

If something was edited, let it go, otherwise there may be some discomfort on the part of the other person and I would suggest you consider that. I don’t want to know.
 
If homosexuality is not a sin then all the thoughts and actions in the world don’t matter.
We may have some definitional issues here, as to exactly what do we mean by, or is the “scope” of, the word homsexuality.

However, attraction as between (single) men and women typically arises unconsciously - no choice is initially involved. Subsequently, one may choose to arrange circumstances to perpetuate the attraction, and ultimately act on it. Need not be any sin there.

Same sex attraction (I believe) also arises unconsciously, and therefore I cannot see scope for sin to this point. One can debate the point beyond this at which sin can arise. Is it sinful to form a close bond of affection? To be physically affectionate? Or at the point of sex acts?

Note that SSA is I think quite a different thing to the “attraction” between two heterosexual men (or women) - which we might just call a friendship. I don’t pretend to understand SSA - I agree it is in some sense a defect (though hard to express that thought without causing hurt or offence), but I don’t see it as contrived or a matter of free choice. Choice arises down the track of course (given the affected person may choose to act on the SSA), but I think it’s a choice made under the influence of a strong drive.
 
We may have some definitional issues here, as to exactly what do we mean by, or is the “scope” of, the word homsexuality.

However, attraction as between (single) men and women typically arises unconsciously - no choice is initially involved. Subsequently, one may choose to arrange circumstances to perpetuate the attraction, and ultimately act on it. Need not be any sin there.

Same sex attraction (I believe) also arises unconsciously, and therefore I cannot see scope for sin to this point. One can debate the point beyond this at which sin can arise. Is it sinful to form a close bond of affection? To be physically affectionate? Or at the point of sex acts?

Note that SSA is I think quite a different thing to the “attraction” between two heterosexual men (or women) - which we might just call a friendship. I don’t pretend to understand SSA - I agree it is in some sense a defect (though hard to express that thought without causing hurt or offence), but I don’t see it as contrived or a matter of free choice. Choice arises down the track of course (given the affected person may choose to act on the SSA), but I think it’s a choice made under the influence of a strong drive.
I don’t think SSA is a choice either. I don’t think heterosexual pedophilia is a choice either. I very much doubt either are genetically heritable too.

Alcoholism is not a choice either–once one becomes an alcoholic–but there is a choice in entertaining the thoughts.

I remember seeing something in a Catholic college once, that was about some Eastern Orthodox ethnic branch, and it stated that is this ethnic Orthodox tradition intelligence was believed to originate from the heart. Or said another way or heart gives form and substance to our greater thoughts.

I just find a lot of official Catholic responses from the Holy See and Catholics in general to be pretty phony much of the time.

A lot of Catholic responses resemble teenager’s and pop culture’s rolls with the trends.

Tomorrow it could be a trend in science that homosexuality while not genetically heritable is biologically deterministic anyways and finds it cause in the breast milk of certain mothers. The Catholic response from the Holy See will roll with this trend. And the response to “loving” homosexuals will be rather patronizing from the Holy See if you ask me.

But hey! to each his own. 🤷
 
That always seemed pretty Muslim to me. Doesn’t Islam teach intents and thoughts really aren’t important but the actions are?

I’m a crack addict. At what point do I begin to make error? Giving into the thoughts of smoking crack where I welcome the thoughts, or when I pick up and smoke crack?

Fortunately, I don’t have a problem with pedophilia. But at what point does the pedophile get himself in trouble?

If homosexuality is in fact wrong I would tell the Pope and all the Cardinals and “smart” people on earth that the sins actually begin once one starts giving into the thoughts (rather than a fleeting thought, of no control, that enters your mind and you immediately resist and toss aside or let go).

If homosexuality is not a sin then all the thoughts and actions in the world don’t matter.
Why is the distinction so hard to grasp? Everyone has inclinations not ordered correctly. Those disordered inclinations are not sins. Acting on them is a sin. Taking pleasure in immoral thoughts are a sin. How is that different from any other temptations?
 
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