Until the Church can both chastise the sodomite and heal the homosexual, and see the differences between the two, this problem will continue.I'm afraid that “the Church” has been totally inept in its ability to “chastise the sodomite” or “heal the homosexual.” We see this since “the Church” has failed miserably in its “pastoral” duty to repeatedly advise and warn homosexuals that it is incumbent upon the homosexual (read: they have a duty) to seek remedial therapy. There are organizations whose sole mission is to assist homosexuals in breaking their loathsome lifestyles and habits. “The Church” is not equipped nor qualified to “heal the homosexual.” Organizations like
Courage are.
Yet, how seldom are such remedies mentioned much less encouraged by “the Church” or by homosexual apologists like you? Instead , the laity continually hear how straights must be compassionate, hate the sin not the sinner, homosexuals are not responsible blah blah blah with little or no mention of the obligations of the homosexual to take remedial action for their very serious “disorder” and the real danger sodomites pose to innocent children. This has been and still is a significant failure of “the Church” in addition to not being very “pastoral.”
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Homosexual Alfred Kinsey, the USA's preeminent sexual researcher, found in 1948 that 37 percent of all male homosexuals admitted to having sex with children under 17 years old. [7]
A recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that "The best epidemiological evidence indicates that only 2 - 4% of men attracted to adults prefer men. In contrast, around 25 - 40% of men attracted to children prefer boys. Thus, the rate of homosexual attraction is 6-20 times higher among pedophiles." [8]
Another recent study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that "... all but 9 of the 48 homosexual men preferred the youngest two male age categories." These age categories were fifteen and twenty years old. [9]
A third study in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that "Pedophilia appears to have a greater than chance association with two other statistically infrequent phenomena. The first of these is homosexuality ... Recent surveys estimate the prevalence of homosexuality, among men attracted to adults, in the neighborhood of 2%. In contrast, the prevalence of homosexuality among pedophiles may be as high as 30 - 40%." [10]
A study in the Journal of Sex Research noted that "... the proportion of sex offenders against male children among homosexual men is substantially larger than the proportion of sex offenders against female children among heterosexual men ... the development of pedophilia is more closely linked with homosexuality than with heterosexuality." [11]
A study of 229 convicted child molesters published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior found that "eighty-six percent of [sexual] offenders against males described themselves as homosexual or bisexual." [12]
A study by The Institute for Sex Research, which was founded by Alfred Kinsey, determined that 25% of white homosexual men have had sex with boys sixteen years and younger. [13]
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