Engimo
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No, there aren't. At least, none that I've seen. I'd like to see some statistics that say that religious people are less likely to have mental problems, be criminals, or something. Show a correlation, please.AlbqOwl said:There are studies also defending a case for a religious faith.
And you will find studies re damaging effects on attempts to change a person's sexual orientation are conducted mostly by people or groupswho are opposed to any such attempt on any basis at all, thus you will find a broad segment of society who view such studies as suspect.
Actually, no. A study published in the academic journal Professional Psychology showed the psychological harm and ineffectiveness of these treatments. If my university's website were loading properly, I'd paste the contents of the paper, but it's not.
I don't deny that there are harmful methods of dealing with just about any human condition you can name. I myself was a physically and psychologically abused child. I know exactly what it feels like and what it does to a person. My point is, don't let ideology or prejudices or experience of isolated cases get in the way of real, useful, positive, and beneficial research and new innovations.
I agree, ideology should not stand in the way of progress. The thing is, even if I supported the de-homosexualization of children, the current methods simply don't work. They have a 4% success rate in just helping to sway someone's sexual orientation - that's pretty bad.