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Change Is Possible for Gays, Says PsychologistAPA Admits Homosexuality Also Due to Environmental Factors

By Genevieve Pollock

ENCINO, California, JUNE 15 ,  2009 (Zenit.org).- A  psychologist who specializes in reparative therapy with homosexuals says it’s possible for those with same-sex attractions to change, despite agenda-driven ideologies that state the opposite.

Joseph Nicolosi, founder and director of the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in Encino, spoke with ZENIT about his experience as a clinical psychologist and the former president of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).
NARTH, a “scientific, non-religious and non-political” organization, recently put out an article about the little known revision of the American Psychological Association’s (APA) statement on homosexuality, which was highlighted last month in a WorldNetDaily article titled “Gay Gene Claim Suddenly Vanishes.”
Nicolosi explained that NARTH has been actively working on a research project compiling scientific data to dispute the APA’s claim on homosexuality, targeting three unscientific assumptions that form the basis of their policy.
He stated that these erroneous assumptions are: “Psychotherapy does not change homosexuality, trying to change the homosexual person will harm him, and there is no greater pathology in homosexual persons than in heterosexual persons.”
The psychologist asserted that the “APA is not governed by scientists, but by political interests.”
“There has been no new data to justify their policies,” he added, “but they tend to give in to social and political pressure,” and thus “NARTH has been putting pressure on them to scientifically back up their stance on the biological nature of homosexuality.”
Now, Nicolosi reported, the APA has “diminished its position saying homosexuality is biologically determined.” They have dropped the specific reference to a hypothetical “gay gene,” he affirmed.
In other words, he said, they are beginning to recognize that homosexuality is also due to environmental factors, not just biological elements.
“In fact,” he stated, “I and many of my colleagues at NARTH believe it is more environmental than biological.”
Nicolosi noted that “the most important scientific information” gives “much more evidence for environmental causes of homosexuality than for biological.”

Possible

The most essential point however, the psychologist affirmed, “is that change is possible, that men and women can come out of homosexuality.”
“This idea of ‘once gay, always gay’ is a political position, not a scientific position,” he added.
The therapist affirmed that he has seen this in his own private practice, and that it is also substantiated in a body of scientific research.
Nicolosi, also the author of “Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy” and “A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality,” asserted that many people have already adopted the erroneous assumptions put forth by the APA.
There is a need to assist and minister to men and women “who are looking for help to come out of homosexuality,” he said, “because so many times they are just told ‘Well, you’re born this way,’ pointing to the APA and saying ‘because they said it.’”
He expressed the hope that as the APA recognizes the efficacy of therapy with homosexual persons, more psychologists will be encouraged to be involved in this type of treatment.
“Within our profession,” the psychologist explained, “we trump politics with science.” In other words, if we challenge the APA with scientific data, it “has to override any political or special interest forces.”
The therapist emphasized the need for all people to share this message with homosexual persons that “you don’t have to be gay.”

Encouragement

If you know a homosexual person, he said, “encourage that person, educate him, give that person information, take the opportunity to let him know that choice is possible.”
“They need to believe it,” he added.
Nicolosi explained: “It is a very hard therapy. First of all, it is hard in itself because you have to dig deep into emotional issues. Homosexuality is not about sexual issues, but emotional. There are the emotional underpinnings that have to be addressed.
“Then not only are you having to deal with those emotional underpinnings that are challenging on an individual level, but you have the other battle of a culture that is saying to you, ‘You’re homophobic; you’re naïve; you’re not facing reality; you’re just a guilt-ridden Christian, get with it.
“You’re fighting a culture that is not supporting you, plus you have your own individual battle. So it’s a two-front war.”
“With the AIDS epidemic, this could be about life and death here,” he asserted. “We’re not talking about something insignificant.”
The psychologist underlined the need to “inform and educate young people.”
He explained: “So when a 15-year-old boy goes to a priest and says, ‘Father I have these feelings, I have these temptations,’ that priest should say, ‘you have a choice; if you don’t want to be gay there are things that you can do.’”
“The boy should not to be told, ‘God made you this way,’” Nicolosi said.

Scientific data

He continued: “This is not about going after an oppressed minority. It’s not about pointing out pathology for the sake of pointing out pathology.
“This is telling young people, look, if you go down this road, you are likely to have a higher level of depression, anxiety, failed relationships, sexual promiscuity, drug and alcohol abuse than people who live their lives heterosexually. You will get involved in more, to be polite, esoteric exotic sexual practices. It goes on and on and on.
“And that’s just science, simply a comparison of two groups.”
The therapist added, “This notion that you are going to fall in love with a man and live happily ever after is Hollywood. The reality is that it’s a hard lifestyle.”
Nicolosi, also a national speaker on the topic, urged the development of more Catholic programs, noting that other faiths have already been putting forth a “vital ministry helping people coming out of homosexuality.”
“Our doctrine is clear,” he said, “and even if we have a weaker ministry, our doctrine on homosexuality is more brilliant than anything the Protestant denominations can come up with.”
The psychologist specifically referenced a 1986 document signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger before he became Pope, addressed to the Catholic bishops “On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons.”
In the letter, the cardinal, at that time prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, outlined the moral underpinnings and practical considerations of the pastoral care of “those whose suffering can only be intensified by error and lightened by truth.”
In this light, Nicolosi underlined the importance of helping homosexual persons who want to change, because “if you are Christian, you have to believe that you are intended for the opposite sex” and that “sexual complementarity is part of the natural law.”
This is something that “should be evident to everyone,” as “our Christian anthropology,” he stated, and yet “it is amazing” how many people are confused about this.
“They actually believe, or want to believe, either for personal reasons or political reasons, that God created two kinds of people: homosexuals and heterosexuals,” Nicolosi noted.
“It is seeping into the consciousness without critical evaluation,” he cautioned, the resignation that “God just made them that way.”

Courage

The psychologist appealed to priests to not be intimidated to teach about homosexuality from the pulpit, noting that he has met many Catholics who are “discouraged that there is no resource for them.”
“We have Courage as the only orthodox Catholic ministry, and it’s underfunded, underrepresented and essentially pushed to the side,” he stated.
He reported that “Courage is only represented in 10% of the parishes in this country” and thus many “men and women who want to come out of homosexuality” are left without resources on a local level, making it “very tough for them.”
Nicolosi suggested that if a priest is working with a homosexual person and is uncertain about how to help, to refer him to a reparative therapist, “who really knows about this particular kind of treatment.”
“Not to just any generic psychotherapist,” he added, “but to a therapist who has training in sexual re-orientation change.”
Referencing Cardinal Ratzinger’s letter, he warned against a “studied ambiguity” in the face of the real need homosexual persons have for outreach from the Church.

Marsikdaj se zgodi, da kristjani, ki občutijo homoseksualno nagnenje pridejo v razpotje med vprašanjema, kako Bog gleda na njihovo spolno usmerjenost in ali je ljubiti greh.

Ljubezen ni greh. Ljubezen je konec koncev bit Boga. Ljubezen je tisto, v čemer je trojica oseb v Bogu enega bistva. Ker je človek ustvarjen po Božji podobi in je poklican v občestvo z Bogom, v občestvo z ljubeznijo, kajti Bog je ljubezen, in naša vera je odgovor ljubezni, torej ljubezen ne more biti greh.

Vprašanje pa je, ali človek – kot oseba, ki je poklicana v občestvo z Bogom in je ustvarjena po Božji podobi – lahko znotraj aktivne in polne udejanjenosti svoje homoseksualne spolne usmerjenosti, v polnosti podarja naprej in živi enako ljubezen, kot jo nam naklanja Bog (“bodite sveti, kakor sem jaz svet”).

Vsekakor je vsak križ, ki ga nam nalaga Gospod, težak, a hkrati ne pretežak, da bi ga ne bili zmogli nositi. Nihče pa ne more nositi križa drugega, ampak ga mora vsak nositi sam, zato je vsakemu, ki “pade” v taka vprašanja, težko dajati kakršne koli nasvete, še manj pa je na nas, da bi tako osebo obsojali zaradi njene usmerjenosti.

O tem se mora vsaka oseba sama temeljito pregovoriti z Bogom in se predvsem v pogovoru z Njim odpreti za delovanje njegovega Duha, ki prerodi (“pošlji svojega Duha, in prerojeni bomo”).

Verjamem, da bo On vedno dal pravi odgovor in vsakemu vedno stal ob strani, če Mu bo tista oseba le dovolila.

O homoseksualnosti sem v preteklem obdobju že pisal, in sicer sem razglabljal o zgodovini homoseksualnosti in sedanjem stanju v Sloveniji, ko se zahteva določen zakon, s katerim bi omogočili istospolnim parom registracijo zakonske zveze. Ko sem bil še na Delovem blogu, sem tam s prispevkom sprožil ogromno polemiko. Označen sem bil za homofoba, kretena, katolibana, fanatika, katoliškega plačanca in še marsikaj. Tudi o Islamu sem že pisal, in sicer v povezavi z zloglasnimi protesti muslimanov v zvezi s karikaturami preroka Mohameda. Pisal pa sem tudi o ljubezni in o Bogu. Torej nič novega, pa vendar…

Zadnje čase se je v raziskavah o vzrokih za homoseksualnost pojavilo kar nekaj novih raziskav. Naj omenim samo dve teoriji. Prva govori o tem, da naj bi človek postal homoseksualec zato, ker mati že v prenatalnem obdobju zavrača plod in tako vpliva na razvoj in posledično tudi na spolno identiteto človeka. Druga pa pravi, da je homoseksualnost pogojena s prevelikim izločanjem določenega hormona med nosečnostjo, kar povzroči pri otroku homoseksualnost.

Torej obe teoriji potrjujeta tezo, ki jo slišimo iz ust homoseksualcev, da so se taki že rodili. Pa vendar je razlika med tema dvema teorijama, ki v znanstvenem proučevanju še ni bila nikoli premostljiva in najbrž še nekaj časa ne bo. Namreč prva teorija, ki govori o zavračanju ploda s strani matere je čisto sociološko-psihološka, kar pomeni, da po tej teoriji naj bi bila homoseksualnost stvar družbeno-psiholoških faktorjev, ki vplivajo na človeka, kar posledično pomeni, da se homoseksualnost da tudi zdraviti z ustrezno psihoterapijo. Druga teorija, ki govori pa o tem, da gre za preveliko izločanje določenega hormona med nosečnostjo, pa sporoča, da je homoseksualnost čisto biološkega porekla, a tudi iz tega sledi, da bi lahko z določenimi medicinskimi posegi med nosečnostjo lahko zmanjšali izločanje “spornega” hormona in tako svet, na žalost ali pa Bogu hvala, prikrajšali za kakšnega homoseksualca.

Naj na tem mestu opozorim, da moj današnji zapis ne želi biti žaljiv do kogar koli, ne želim zganjati nestrpnosti do drugačnih, ker sem na nek način tudi sam drugačen in je vsak človek kot subjekt edinstven in enkraten, torej drugačen. Ta drugačnost pa se v svetu srečuje med seboj in nekako mora najti ustrezno formulo sobivanja. Pa vendar bo mogoče na pravkaršnje opozorilo kak stavek znotraj tega zapisa za koga mogoče sporen in se bo mogoče celo kdo znašel in me tožil pri ombudsmanu Hanžku, za katerega vrjamem, da si bo vzel čas, da se bo ukvarjal z nekim “čudaškim” zapisom, zraven pa zanemarjal resnične probleme, ki mu ležijo pred nosom. No, kakorkoli, pregovor pravi:”Tudi slepa kura zrno najde.”

V drugi polovici dvajsetega stoletja se je zgodila t.i. seksualna revolucija. Zelo dobro jo uprizarja film o tajnem agentu Austinu Powersu, ki ga skoraj v mejah normale odigra znani igralec Mike Myers, ki ima tudi posrečeno ime, katerega je nosil zloglasni klavec v filmih Helloween. Prav tako se je prej kot psihična motnja, homoseksualnost umaknila iz zdravstvenih klinik. Homoseksualnost je postala nekaj normalnega, kot je recimo normalen sadomazohizem v spolnih nasladah dveh ljudi. Tako je tretirana tudi danes. Nobena raziskava še ni potrdila, da bi bila homoseksualnost motnja ali da bi bilo to stanje biološke determiniranosti – zgornje omembe zadnjih dveh teorij sta zelo zgovorni.

Če gledamo zadnje statistike o prebivalstvu v Evropi, bomo kaj hitro ugotovili, da nataliteta izjemno hitro upada. Sam sicer ne vem koliko se EU sploh trudi, da bi spodbudila k rasti prebivalcev, vem pa, da k temu zelo močno pripomore Katoliška Cerkev – vsaj vidno in javno se trudi. V Sloveniji imamo še vedno v ustavi člen, ki govori o tem, da je splav pri nas dovoljen. Roko na srce, s prepovedjo splava ne bi naredili ničesar. Ogrozili bi poleg otrokovega življenja tudi življenje matere, ker bi obiskovale razne mazače, ki bi opravljali to mesarsko delo kar po domače. Pa vendar je moteče, ko se govori o pravici do splava, ko pa je to vendarle svoboščina in ne pravica. Seveda odprava takih in drugačnih zakonov najbrž ne bo naredila veliko. Problem je v tem, da je treba spodbuditi mišljenje ljudi, ki bo naravnano na to, da bodo odprti za družino.

Pravkar berem knjigo Oriane Fallaci – Moč razuma, kjer svari pred islamizacijo, ne samo Evrope, ampak kar celotnega sveta. Mnogi jo obtožujejo, da pretirava. Je črna ovca za tiste, ki si želijo nekako mirno integracijo Islama v demokratični Zahod. Avtorica našteva cel kup stvari, ki so sporne pri “kolaboriranju” z Islamom, kot to imenuje. Ena od spornih zadev je tudi ta, da Islam ne pozna ločenosti verskih skupnosti od države, kar jasno pove tudi Ahmed Pašić v svoji knjigi Islam in muslimani v Sloveniji. Fallacijeva pove, da v Veliki Britaniji obstaja neko društvo za priseljene muslimane, ki imajo svoj parlament, ter da se zavzema za Islamsko Veliko Britanijo, ki bi bila podrejena šeriatskemu pravu. Fallacijeva tudi poudari, da v zgodovini širjenja Islama nikoli to ni bilo po mirni poti, ampak tako, da so muslimani, kamor koli so prišli pobijali neverne Jude in kristjane, ki so jih imenovali – psi. Zanjo so križarske vojne (vsaj sprva) logična poteza proti nasilni islamizaciji Evrope. Avtorica trdi, da tudi danes ni nič drugače in ob tem navaja teroristične napade in njih vodje, kot so Bin Laden, Arafat (ki pa je že pokojni), Hussein…

Avtorica pa tudi navaja, da je bila v Švici tožena zaradi tega, ker je v eni izmed kolumen izjavila, da se muslimani plodijo kot podgane. Evropa je pod pritiskom islamizacije, to je dejstvo. Vsi si prizadevamo, da bi se Islam nekako mirno integriral v Evropo. Nekateri intelektualci celo govorijo o nekem demokratičnem ali evropskem Islamu, ki naj bi spoštoval splošno deklaracijo o človekovih pravicah. Medtem pa mnogi islamski voditelji govorijo o tem, da je treba izkoristiti demokratični sistem, da bi po njem lahko prišlo do demokratične uvedbe šeriatskega prava.

Torej Islam ima dve možnosti. Preplavil nas bo nasilno, kot je to že storil. Utrujena in prebivalsko oslabljena Evropa bo klonila pred ogromnimi islamskimi narodi. Preplavila nas bo z rodnostjo in preko demokratičnega sistema prišla do popolnoma islamske Evrope. In ob stanju, kot je sedaj, nismo daleč od Nostradamusove napovedi, da bodo kamele pile vodo iz Rena.

Z vidika, da obstaja velika realna možnost, da Islam preplavi Evropo, je logično, da je boj za pravice homoseksualcev sporen, saj oni nič ne prispevajo k rodnosti v Evropi in so t.i. suha veja. Poleg tega, imam občutek, da hočejo homoseksualci izkoristiti tolerančnost liberalne Evrope, da bi iztržili zase tisti maksimum, ne zavedajo pa se, da se v prihodnjih letih lahko stvar bistveno spremeni, če Evropa postane Islamska. Takrat jih ne bo nihče spraševal, nihče se ne bo pripravljen pogovarjati, dialoga ne bo. Bodo samo kamenjanja, obglavljenja in mogoče celo natikanja na kole. In oni še udrihajo po Katoliški Cerkvi, ki jih v nobenem pogledu življenjsko ne ogroža in ima celo posebno pastoralo za istospolno usmerjene, ki jo pri nas vodi duhovnik Tomislav Roškarič.

In mi zna kdo sedaj citirati iz Svetega Pisma v 3Mz, kjer piše, da kdor leži z moškim kakor se leži z žensko, da naj bo usmrčen in mi tako primazati k zgornjemu odstavku miselno zaušnico. Po tem naj bi bil Bog, ki nas je ustvaril, ustvaril tudi homoseksualce, kasneje pa jih ukazal pobiti, v protislovju s samim seboj oz. z Jezusovim oznanilom, ki ga tako lepo povzame apostol Janez v svojem pismu: Bog je ljubezen.

Je torej potrebna v skladu s tem, kar danes pišem nasilna diskriminacija gejev, kot smo ji bili priča po letošnji Paradi ponosa, ki je bila v soboto, ko so v bližini Metelkove brutalno pretepli dva geja? Je potrebno, da se tako, kot v Mariboru dogajajo napadi na homoseksualce, in to celo z orožjem? Je potrebno, da se dogaja to, kar se je zgodilo v Beogradu in kar prikazuje video na podanem linku http://video.google.com/videop…..Y+BELGRADE

To bi bilo nesramno in nečloveško. Nevredno tega, da se imamo za civiliziran evropski narod. Pravim samo, da je potrebno dobro premisliti, če nismo mogoče preveč popustljivi, ker nas stvar utegne v bližnji prihodnosti močno udariti nazaj!

Kar se tiče obsodbe homoseksualcev in 3Mz ter protislovja z Jezusom, ki uči ljubezni, pa tole:

Ne smemo mešati Mojzesovo postavo (ustavo izraelskega naroda), ki zaradi takšnih in drugačnih socioloških in zgodovinskih razlogov zapoveduje smrt za homoseksualce z univerzalno formulo Bog je Ljubezen? Tudi Božja obsodba homoseksualnosti ni v nasprotju z Božjo ljubeznijo, ampak kvečjem sovpada z izvirnim grehom, ki je v stvarjenju povzročil nemalo napak. In to da nekdo sploh lahko biva in ima možnost to napako vsaj malce popraviti in slediti Božjemu načrtu po svoji svobodni volji dela Božjo ljubezen tako veliko! V tem vidim tudi poanto Jezusovega:”Pojdi in ne greši več!”

V tem duhu pa je potrebno tudi brati moj današnji zapis.

1. Pojmovanje homoseksualnosti v antičnih virih

Ta pomoč pa – kot je razvidno – ne prihaja po poti Zakona o istospolnih partnerskih zvezah, saj le-ta vodi v razvrednotenje heteroseksualne skupnosti oz. družine kot osnovne celice družbe in je kot tak nepotreben tudi z vidika preprečitve diskriminacije istospolnih oseb, saj jih – kot je razvidno – ustava Republike Slovenije že ščiti.