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by elycefeliz

Question by Tommy Thompson: What about these people? Is there any hope?
I feel very strongly about about a biased view that people have that certain things cannot change. Please hear me out on this. I may cause a little stir but I cannot stand hearing things like this.

EXAMPLE: A man is sexually abused and beaten as a young boy for many years by family members. Lives in poverty. He has to cook his own meals, do his own laundry, and basically care for himself. He is sexually abused by other family members as he gets older. His father is an alcoholic. He starts to think the only way to get attention is through sexual contact with others. So he grows up thinking that he must have sex with other boys. This continues into adulthood and he ends up molesting and abusing boys just as he was.

Many people are quick to say this person must be locked up and thrown away forever. I have a sensitive place in my heart for people such as this and want to provide help for them to rehabilitate their lives. What they did as an adult is wrong but I believe they can chan
rabble rouser

being gay and this is totally different. I’m bisexual and have no desire to molest children. Homosexuality and sexual abuse of children are not the same thing.
The therapy that is used for treatment, does this include any religious or faith based therapy? If not, could that be part of why it is not successful?
Chantal – thanks.
I Speak Truth – thanks
Thank you so much for your answer God is Love….this story in Matthew is a great example of what I’m talking about.
repent – I didn’t say that no gays abuse children, just don’t associate homosexuality with child abuse. There are many heterosexuals that abuse children sexually also. This isn’t about adult sexual preference, it is about a condition and problem of emotional and psychological trauma to both adults and children. It isn’t about heterosexuality vs. homosexuality.
rebel rouser-good question. I quess I made it that way because when I was a kid I was abused by a male so that was the first thing that came to my mind. In the media I hear mostly about men abusing boys more than anything else. I guess that is what sells. I know there is a lot more than that going on but that is just what I hear the most.

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Answer by ♫ Denii ♫
I’d feel sorry and pity for them, but even so, I think they should get help. Not being locked up and thrown away into non-existance. Thats cruel and inhumane.

Be thankful you exist!

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by lhall

Question by Tommy Thompson: What about these people? Is there any hope?
feel very strongly about about a biased view that people have that certain things cannot change. Please hear me out on this. I may cause a little stir but I cannot stand hearing things like this.

EXAMPLE: A man is sexually abused and beaten as a young boy for many years by family members. Lives in poverty. He has to cook his own meals, do his own laundry, and basically care for himself. He is sexually abused by other family members as he gets older. His father is an alcoholic. He starts to think the only way to get attention is through sexual contact with others. So he grows up thinking that he must have sex with other boys. This continues into adulthood and he ends up molesting and abusing boys just as he was.

Many people are quick to say this person must be locked up and thrown away forever. I have a sensitive place in my heart for people such as this and want to provide help for them to rehabilitate their lives. What they did as an adult is wrong but I believe they can change with therapy, treatment and love.

What do you think?
mediahoney – point well taken
I’ve seen the statistics and read many, many articles but something in just seems to think that there has just got to be some hope! Is there really no way for a new life? Can people really not change or is it just such a horrible thing that was done that we can’t imagine that they could change?

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Answer by Atomic New Theory
Because of his reasons for being this way, i think he should get some treatment. then if conditions continue….

Jail…

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Question by Tommy Thompson: What about these people? Is there any hope?
I feel very strongly about about a biased view that people have that certain things cannot change. Please hear me out on this. I may cause a little stir but I cannot stand hearing things like this.

EXAMPLE: A man is sexually abused and beaten as a young boy for many years by family members. Lives in poverty. He has to cook his own meals, do his own laundry, and basically care for himself. He is sexually abused by other family members as he gets older. His father is an alcoholic. He starts to think the only way to get attention is through sexual contact with others. So he grows up thinking that he must have sex with other boys. This continues into adulthood and he ends up molesting and abusing boys just as he was.

Many people are quick to say this person must be locked up and thrown away forever. I have a sensitive place in my heart for people such as this and want to provide help for them to rehabilitate their lives. What they did as an adult is wrong but I believe they can chan

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Answer by Jaq
I agree with you and the healthiest way to a healthy society is to stop the cycle of abuse.

Thank you for raising this very valid point. I hope in doing so that you help to raise the awareness that we all need to participate in either action or attitude to help heal our society of sexual abuse.

And it doesn’t stop at sexual abuse. It could be changing our ‘victim’ status that stops us from loving our children because we weren’t loved etc… Or hitting our children because we were hit etc…

When I was going through a rough patch some years back and I was being horrible to everyone because I was hurting, a Pastor told me that it’s OK to be angry but it’s not OK to hurt others because I have been hurt. Those simple words put me on the right path.

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