(February 19, 2013 at 1:28 pm)Esquilax Wrote:It's from a peer-reviewed journal. Atheists tend to tout such as the gold standard of scholarship, until they don't like a particular result.(February 19, 2013 at 1:16 pm)John V Wrote: Yes, research shows that it's possible to consciously change, though difficult: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1...011.607052
Oh no, shame for you! Does anyone have that sad trumpet sound to play? Are you being fucking serious, John?
A cursory glimpse at the research you just posted shows what's terribly wrong with it. First of all, there are numerous critiques as to its scientific accuracy: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/04...hallenged/
http://www.exgaywatch.com/wp/2007/11/a-c...ys-part-1/
http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/08/3750/
Of special note is that last one, indicating that the American Psychological Association found your study to be unreliable, John.
But we're just getting started: the study was funded by Exodus International, which is in itself a ministry specializing in converting gays. Do you think that maybe, just maybe, an organization like that would have a vested interest in producing studies like this one, John? Nice bit of bias right there, no?
Oh, and fun fact, just to round out this bodyslam of truth: in January of last year, the president of Exodus International, one Alan Chambers, stated that 99.9% of all participants in conversion therapy experience no change as to their attractions. He even went so far as to apologize for the previous slogan that Exodus used: "Change Is Possible."
But thanks for playing, John. It was real fun.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_...al_Therapy
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/7502387
Plus there's the other longitudinal study I presented, which shows change, but doesn't give reasons for the change.