Why doesn't God heal homosexuals?

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Where did I say that it was? I never did. I stated that there was a genesis to its being considered so. Before the 18th century it was really only considered a grave sin in a monastic capacity. For the lay people it was merely a venial issue.
 
I have shown plenty. You’re just too monolithic in your thinking to understand that the church of today is not the same one it was 1,000 or even 2,000 years ago and much of what we know it to be now was not it at the beginning. It’s like screaming at a brick wall with you two. Not only do you not understand the historicity behind the church, but, you assume that history itself is a static thing when it couldn’t be further from the truth. You are being ignorant in the process of being self righteous.
 
It was when it became more a part of the public mindset to masturbate that it became a grave sin. It never was so until then.
 
tifischer said:
The key in understanding if behavior patterns, in this case attraction, is inheritable through genetics is to look at twin studies. If a trait is heritable and 100% genetic then you will see 100% correlation of that trait in identical twins.
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It’s a little more complicated than what you make it sound since “identical” twins are not really as identical as most people assume:
How do you explain identical twins that don’t look alike? The stereotype of identical twins is that they are exactly the same: they look alike, they dress in matching outfits, they share the same likes and dislikes. Parents of identical twins know differently, however. Despite their shared genetic component, identical multiples are unique individuals. Though they do share similarities, they also have many differences…

While identical twins form with the same set of genes, human development is not just genetic.

The environment also has an impact. So, beginning in the early environment of the womb, external influences can change the appearance of twins. For example, some monozygotic twins share a placenta. One twin may have a more advantageous connection to the placenta, receiving the first run of nutrients. This situation can cause a size discrepancy between the babies, a physical difference that continues as they grow up. Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) is another condition that affects twins in the womb and can impact their development…

Scientists have offered a new explanation for the differences between identical twins. Epigenome refers to natural chemical modifications within a person’s genome (genetic material). As an article in the New York Times explains, they “act on a gene like a gas pedal or a brake, marking it for higher or lower activity.”
A study conducted by a team of researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Center in Madrid concluded that, while identical twins are born with the same epigenome, their epigenetic profiles begin to diverge as they age…

A study published in the March 2008 issue of The American Journal of Human Genetics offers further explanation, even challenging the accepted notion that identical twins have identical genetic profiles. The research found changes in the DNA sequence between identical twins, reflected in Copy Number Variations (when a gene exists in multiple copies).
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https://www.verywell.com/why-are-identical-twins-different-2447125
 
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cookie-san said:
Apart from the suffering. I was just wondering why I haven’t come across a miraculous healing for homosexuality, such that it gives hope to people who have it. I’m not asking why God allows it.

Do you think its perhaps because its normal? Meaning just like a person has sexual temptations, and its illogical to want to stop them, maybe homosexuality is a temptation afterall? Maybe that’s why there’s no miraculous cure?

Sorry if the question wasn’t straightforward!
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Please forgive me for not taking the time to read through the entire thread.

I lived as a lesbian for about ten years. I dated women, got “married” to one, marched in the parades, sang at the rallies, wrote a one-woman show about it, and screamed it from the stage, “I’m a lesbian!”

After about ten years, something began to change in me. I left my female partner of eight years, married a childhood friend (a man), and had a child, and then got divorced (after only four years of marriage).

I never intended to try to change my feelings towards women. I was convinced I had been born that way. And at the time I had rejected the teachings of the Church and was doing whatever I wanted. So I didn’t feel the need to change.

Something happened shortly after we married – and it was not a great marriage, BTW – and I noticed one day that I no longer had any attraction to women. At all. Nothing. Nada. Zip.

Even more surprising was that the thought of being sexual with a woman was suddenly repulsive to me. I just couldn’t stand the thought of it – it seemed disgusting, gross, just ick.

Believe me, my relations with my ex during those four years of marriage had nothing to do with this change. The man was basically asexual. My son is a miracle in more ways than one!

That was fifteen years ago. There hasn’t been a hint of same-sex attraction within me in all that time.

For me, yes, there was a healing. It was not sought, but it was given. And when I returned to the Church some years later, I gave God tremendous thanks for His mercies.

To be honest, I think the change within me was due to inadvertently dealing with inner, personal things (i.e., deep wounds) on the path to motherhood.

From the perspective of faith, I view this healing as a gift from God. I leave it to others to determine whether or not it was any more miraculous than my son’s existence or this morning’s sunrise.
 
Actually, it sounds less like a healing and more as if you simply changed. Sexuality is often times fluid and it doesn’t always remain one way or another. It may be that your lesbianism was affected by time less faith and you were able to marry a man. This happens a lot more than people think: especially in women as female sexuality is viewed as being more flexible than male. Think of Anne Heche, she considers herself bisexual now and after leaving Ellen Degeneres married a man. But, does not consider herself straight. The University of Utah several years ago found that women seem to change per age and reproductive status. It may simply be your brain changed on its own.
 
Apparently. We no longer have the same reasons for marriage as they did two thousand years ago and marry for love, not status as was the case at the time. Then, you married per your tribal or social situation and economics were a great factor as well. Were one to do so today, they’d be accused of being of a third world State. Not a modern one.
 
That isn’t to say the church need change for that reason. But, that it now treats civil marriage and civil unions as being of status does mean that gays no longer need live in the shadows within it.
 
By the pope’s reasoning, it’s in the process of doing that on its own. Not per my opinion.
 
Andy_82 said:
It was when it became more a part of the public mindset to masturbate that it became a grave sin. It never was so until then.
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The article you quoted disagrees. Could you quote a Church reference to support the view that masturbation was not deemed grave matter till recent times?
 
A venial sin also includes being angry at your mom. It’s not a big deal and covers a very great area.
 
I did in the broader text of the whole paper. I didn’t quote an article. I quoted a paper, with a far greater depth than an article and even posted it.
 
It’s supposed to be. But, not at the high cost that’s been assigned to it in the last few centuries in response to the rise of the porn industry. Like I said, it was in the context of venality. Not graveness. A trivial matter.
 
Andy_82 said:
I did in the broader text of the whole paper. I didn’t quote an article. I quoted a paper, with a far greater depth than an article and even posted it.
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Please quote any catholic authority claiming the church viewed masturbation as not grave until quite recently. I did not see that in the paper you posted. In fact, that paper refers to the “traditional teaching” of the Church that it is grave matter. By “traditional”, we don’t mean a hundred years or so…
 
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By the pope’s reasoning, it’s in the process of doing that on its own. Not per my opinion.
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The Pope has said that marriage is between a man and a woman. End of story. Even if he did say something like the Church should accept Homosexual acts as not a sin(WHICH HE NEVER DID SAY IT WAS NOT A SIN), he could not teach that as doctrine. The doctrine of the Church regarding issues like these cannot change. The Pope cannot change revealed law aka divine law. Furthermore, are you saying that God somehow now condones such acts? He doesn’t change his mind unless there is some revelation that we know for certain, shows his change of mind. The Church must maintain that Homosexual acts are a sin because sin remains sin for eternity, what once was bad cannot be made into good and what is good cannot be made into something bad. Unless God says so and for good reason. If they accepted but one sin, then all sins would have to be accepted.

You must understand that the Church is not a democracy. It is not the will of the people that governs its morals, it is not society’s trend that dictates what is right and wrong. It is by the will of God, and his revealed teachings, do we make the verdict for this decision. The verdict should be that all sexual acts outside traditional marriage is sinful, and that sodomy is also a sin
 
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