Hate to burst your bubble of safety, and security, but I personally know a man that was definitely homosexual, but actually was brought out of it with the help of Christian counseling by an organization called Grace Fellowship, and started by a Dr. Charles Solomon.
No intervention was performed. This man was actually an active Christian fellow involved in a church as an associate minister. He kept this male sexual attraction to himself, as he was fearful of the consequences of it being revealed and losing his ministerial position, and also the embarrassment. He finally contacted Grace Fellowship and entered into voluntary biblical counseling regimen, and gradually was "healed" in mind, spirit and will of this type of condition.
He now lives happily, and heterosexually, and has several children. He actually gave a very moving talk at a Lay Counseling seminar that I attended that was sponsored by Grace Fellowship International.
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Dr. Solomon, as well as his licensed counseling staff have personally led many folks out of homosexual behaviour into fruitful, heterosexual lives.
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It is a spiritual conditon, as defined by Dr. Solomon, and the results of those who have come for his organization's help seem to prove that point as valid.
To this point in time Dr. Solomon see's no chemical, hormonal, or gene connection to homosexuality. He does however see and has written from his counseling experience, that the beginning homosexual traits started often in the early years of development as young children, when sexual orientation was most important in child development. The orientation derivation seemed to occur as a result of external effects of parenting, combined with a particular, varying, of the child's personality disposition, and respect to peer stimulus, both negative and positive in terms of encouraging or disparaging one's born sexual, physical, description(male child or female child).
Bottom-line: Parental influence was foremost. Yet unreported or undetected, molestation by adults or older peers of the same or opposite, sex also had some profound effects on sexual orientation decisions later on with these children, both male and female. Without immediate follow-up care and counseling for the molested, there seems to be concrete connections with abnormal sexual orientation-maturation.
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Anyway......these folks aren't talked-out (brain washed) of homosexuality or abbherent behaviour, but are "healed" through objective knowledge, and loving coordination with the counselor with the counselee, with scriptural, Christian, biblical support.
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Grace Fellowship does not see/define, homosexuality in any different light than adultery, divorce, robbery, alcoholism, lieing, or any sin, minor or major. It is a spiritual battle from the day-one.
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Of course those that do not adhere to a biblical view of humanity and are in the throws of sin of any type, will not be able to spiritually ascertain or understand the meaning or importance of this type of approach. Sadly they are missing out on something great, and wonderful. People are being released from besetting sin, and habits, to live lives of freedom, and growth as they were originally created.
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Betchya you could pretend!
