Ok, being a pedophile is wrong. But, what about the cases when men rape little boys, and women little girls? Is that worse then normal pedophilia? Or is it all the same?
Worse for who?
I'm sure the child doesn't care about the sexual orientation of his or her rapist - and btw, women can't rape. And paedophilia is sin in God's eyes, just as much as anger, pride, bitterness etc. I don't think God had degrees of sin - it's all falling short of his glory, it all means we need a Saviour.
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I am failing to see the connection between pedophiles and homosexuals.
Thank you - yes, forget I said that. It may be true, but it may derail the thread into all kinds of unsavoury areas.
Rape is bad, no matter who does it.
This is really splitting hairs. The rape of the child, the harm is the sin, regardless of the sexuality of the adult. Both homo's and hetero's do this to children.
Some debate genetic code causing one to become a pedophile, which would state they can't help it. That's debatable, but possible. However, many emotional illnesses have genetic leanings. Problems arise because these genetics often play a terrible emotional role connecting the two for an even worse case scenario. Take a child that may have a ped parent with genetic coding. The child may have no code, but on emotional pattern and abuse, grow up and do the same. Each have to be treated, why at the same time protected....
BUT, it has nothing to do with the S.O. of the adult....and really just silly to bring it up as a comparison.
I am failing to see the connection between pedophiles and homosexuals.
I suspect that the point of the OP question is to hammer home the fact that heterosexual rape is not "better" than homosexual rape. Something a lot of conservatives seem all too often to forget.
Except that research has consistently shown that pedophiles are almost exclusively heterosexuals.I probably shouldn't presume to answer for the OP, but it sounds like they're saying that being gay is a sin, and being a peodophile is a sin, so is being a gay peopdophile doubly sinful?
I may have got that wrong, but in any case, I can't see where this discussion is going or what more I can say - so I'm unsubscribing.
You are probably right, and I apologize.Quite a broad brush there Ollie. Nice veiled insult of conservatives.
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Clearly that wasn't the OPs intention for this thread, otherwise why start a topic asking if homosexual pedophiles are worse? Especially considering his demonstrated position on homosexuality in the other thread.Quite a broad brush there Ollie. Nice veiled insult of conservatives.
The "point" is not who "raped" but that any 'rape", specially when the victim is a child, is heinous.
Quite a broad brush there Ollie. Nice veiled insult of conservatives.
The "point" is not who "raped" but that any 'rape", specially when the victim is a child, is heinous.
Um... no it isn't. Minus the fact that attractions (temptations some would call it) are not wrong, the Bible never says sex with a child is wrong or an abomination, and in fact it is covered by the general rule of sex, wrong if not married, ok with married.Ok, being a pedophile is wrong.
But, what about the cases when men rape little boys, and women little girls? Is that worse then normal pedophilia? Or is it all the same?
Worse for who?
I'm sure the child doesn't care about the sexual orientation of his or her rapist - and btw, women can't rape. And paedophilia is sin in God's eyes, just as much as anger, pride, bitterness etc. I don't think God had degrees of sin - it's all falling short of his glory, it all means we need a Saviour.
I am failing to see the connection between pedophiles and homosexuals.
I probably shouldn't presume to answer for the OP, but it sounds like they're saying that being gay is a sin, and being a peodophile is a sin, so is being a gay peopdophile doubly sinful?
I may have got that wrong, but in any case, I can't see where this discussion is going or what more I can say - so I'm unsubscribing.