Dear Friends,
A new report from the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), a group of psychologists, psychotherapists and other health care professionals, is directly challenging the central claims of the pro-gay political movement.
The entire homosexual rights movement has been built upon the politically correct idea that homosexuality is unchangeable. In addition, homosexual activists say that efforts to change unwanted same-sex attraction are damaging.
However, after reviewing more than 100 years of literature, NARTH has found that the research clearly indicates homosexuals can overcome unwanted same-sex attraction, and it is not generally harmful to do so. This new research confirms what the thousands of men and women who have left homosexuality already know: Change is possible.
I encourage you to watch our special online video, in which one of our staff members, Melissa, shares how she overcame homosexuality. In fact, I'd like to highlight our Love Won Out® ministry, which reaches out to those struggling with homosexuality, as well as educates and equips the church and individuals about how to love gay-identified family and friends without compromising biblical truth. For more information about Love Won Out and the conferences we host, please visit their Web site.
Will you join us in prayer that this new report will bring hope to those who are dissatisfied with their same-sex attractions? Thank you for supporting Focus on the Family® as we seek to share a message of hope through the transforming power of Christ's love.
For the family,
Tom Minnery
Senior Vice President, Government & Public Policy
One thing I like to do whenever I see a study is do a little research on WHO conducted the study, and find out, if possible, who gives them money to do the study. Here is some background on NARTH:
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_Research_&_Therapy_of_Homosexuality
The only problem with using Wikipedia is because of it's own ridiculous biases. I think this is an amazing report and it's unfortunate that the "scientific community" will completely ignore it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think the Wikipedia article was that bad. Although I definitely do cringe whenever I hear people say that that homosexuality isn't genetic. My psychology professor at Grove City professed to be a Christian (I say it that way because I didn't know him personally), and he had actually written a letter to Dobson about the subject. I can't cite anything now, but he told us that there is something genetic about effeminince. That doesn't make it something that can't, or shouldn't, be overcome. I believe it's been shown that alcoholism is genetic...
ReplyDeleteI think that it's a moot point whether or not it's genetic. The problem isn't if a person is attracted to one sex or another, it's if the person commits a sin by engaging in homosexual behavior. Genetic-shmenetic, I say. I didn't say that particular article was bad, but it has been shown that in a general overview of Wikipedia articles shows them to lean in a leftward manner. That's the problem when you have a "supposedly" community-based encyclopedia website, but the folks who actually OWN it have the REAL control over it.
ReplyDeleteIn short, science is never an excuse.