Homosexuals Anonymous, Munich

Assembly of God

Counseling & Mental Health

Homosexuals Anonymous
Homosexuals Anonymous is an international organization dedicated to serving the recovery needs of men and women who struggle with unwanted same sex attraction. STATEMENT ON THE HEALING OF HOMOSEXUALITY The basic premise of H.A. is that the root causes of homosexuality are spiritual, intra-psychic and relational. There is no proven, conclusive evidence that homosexuality is biologically caused. H.A. philosophy maintains that the grace of God through Christ brings freedom and recovery from the spiritual, psychological and relational distortions of homosexuality. The following are ways in which the framework of recovery, as proposed by H.A., is different in comparison to the framework of much secular psychology and psychiatry. 1. Often, secular psychology and psychiatry tends to define the person’s sexuality in terms of physical and emotional responses (i.e., if you have homosexual desires, you are “a homosexual”). H.A. does not. Sexuality is determined by a much wider set of values, those of the person’s relation to God, self, and the world. 2. Much secular psychology and psychiatry sees homosexuality as a fixed condition (“once a homosexual, always a homosexual”). H.A. does not. Because of our wider definition of sexuality, we see homosexuality as a symptom of a confused identity in relation to God, self, and the world. 3. Cure, or recovery, to many secular psychologists and psychiatrists, means a shift on the Kinsey scale from 6 to 0 (i.e., you are cured if your desires change totally from those for the same sex to those for the opposite sex). H.A. sees that recovery involves a much wider set of values: for example, the ending of anger and resentment toward God and parents, , an acceptance of self in relation to God, and a feeling of safety in a world that, though seemingly alien, is nevertheless under God’s loving control. The changing of these perceptions both cognitively and affectively (by thinking and feeling) gradually modifies the person’s sexual identity and compulsive drives, bringing a healing repentance of destructive behavior and introducing more positive attitudes toward the opposite sex and the possibility of choice. Inclination-shift (change of sexual feelings) is, therefore, gradual and dependent on the above altered perceptions, many of which are ignored by secular psychology and psychiatry. 4. Secular psychology and psychiatry is often limited in its ability to motivate a client and therefore frequently encourages the person struggling with homosexuality to accept himself as “gay” and learn to live with it. The Christian therapist or counselor has more with which to inspire motivation: the love and acceptance of God, bringing with it freedom from guilt and the renewed will to emotional growth. 5. Secular psychology and psychiatry generally have failed to see the marvelous resources for emotional growth available within the Christian community, H.A. draws heavily upon those resources and the results leave no doubt that people can recover from homosexuality. Homosexuals Anonymous is the oldest and longest-running organization in the world helping individuals with unwanted same-sex attraction (SSA) leave homosexuality! Homosexuals Anonymous is not out to please anybody. We are not bragging with high numbers of followers or counting the media-appearances we had and where we spoke at. When we speak somewhere, we certainly do not tell people what they want to hear, but what they need to hear. Everything else would not be Christian love, but irresponsibility. Jesus wasn't "liked" by everyone either. In fact, they nailed Him on the Cross. We don't want people to buy our stuff, we want them to find freedom. NOTE: THISE FACEBOOK PAGE IS THE ONLY AUTHORIZED HOMOSEXUALS ANONYMOUS FACEBOOK PAGE!!!

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