Posted by Ken Blades on March 15, 2007, at 15:42:06 [reposted on March 24, 2007, at 22:46:26 | original URL]
In reply to Re: Scientology, Homosexuality, and its tentacles » Ken Blades, posted by Quintal on March 15, 2007, at 12:24:15
Hi Q~
Since homosexuality has been[until recent times]
considered a disorder of psychosexual development,
an abnormality, of course there had to be some
explanation for it[psychiatry HATES a vacuum lol].
There have been different theories and different
modes of 'treatment' over time, none of which have
stood the test of time. The supposed inclusion of
prohibitions against homosexuality in the Old Testament is the genesis of the 'pathology'
classification, and continues to be used
by religious zealots like Dobson, Nicolosi, Socarides, Reisman as their bases for
'therapeutic' extermination of homosexual
behaviors. The people are self-righteous,
deluded, Biblical fundamentalist whackos.I understand how you might identify with
some of these supposed explanations found
in Hubbard, etc, but I hope this does not
last....it ain't good for your mental health!
A lot of the circumstances theorized as
organic to the development of homosexuality
are also experienced by those who are
heterosexually oriented as well. How
do they manage to 'escape'? Blows THAT
theory!No one really knows for sure why homosexuality
exists..whether it is genetic or partially
genetic and partially experiential, it makes no
difference. You're gay and it's ok. Gay people
can have the same psychiatric problems as the
rest of the population but they exist separately
from one's orientation. It is likely that the negative experiences that a gay person is likely
to have during childhood and adolescence would
tend to aggravate the emotional problems one
would be burdened with later on.You're ok Q....other than being a nut like the rest of us lol!
Ken
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