In Viral Video, “Ex-Lesbian” Claims the Bible Turned Her Straight

John Owens

There is not any real biological reason to be attracted to one's own gender, but there are plenty of biological factors to attract one to certain members of the opposite gender. Some of you think it is outlandish to think that a person's preference can change, but to realize that it can seems perfectly logical to me. Everyone's preferences change a little bit as they grow in age and experience. I think it is just a matter of degrees. I am 60 now, still hetero, but the little things between a man and woman that really float my boat are just not the same as they were when I was 20. People can and do change, sometimes just as a result of exposure to something they have not known. We, as people tend to like the same or similar things as our peers (whomever they may be). If we change peer groups, it stands to reason some of the things we desire or value will change as well.

Rev. Nancy Willingham

A wise man said, (sorry, forgot who, Shakespaere?) "The man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." A Course in Miracles says, "There can never be a universal theology, but there can and must be a universal experience." And this quote from Rumi, "There is a field out beyond differences, I will meet you there." I invite you all to meet on the field of service. As ministers, we are servants. Surely we can agree on that much? This issue has hit a nerve that has sparked a lot of emotional responses and theological bickering. Universal Life has no theology. It offers us a mutual support community and tools to be better servants. So let's concentrate on how to better serve our different groups. Save your breath (fingers?) trying to convert other ministers to your way of thinking. Save your heart from the strain of attacking those who disagree. Save your energy for those whom you have been called to serve.

Val jester

Pray GODS intervention in stopping, thwarting and exposing any civil unrest in America, please join me in these perilous times in prayer!! Heavenly Father, I come to You now in the Name of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father, I pray that You will keep America under Your wings and help her to continue to abide under the shadow of the Almighty God. Heavenly Father, I pray for the President of this nation, all of the Executive Branch of this nation and all members of Congress and the Senate of this nation, all of the leadership of all local, state, regional, and federal agencies, commissions and governments of this nation. I ask You to guide and direct the leadership of this nation in every way. (Romans 13:1-4) Lord, thank You for Your protective hand that has shielded our nation. Thank You Lord for hearing the prayers and requests of Your people on behalf of this nation. Heavenly Father, I pray in the Name of Your Son, Jesus, asking You to give us divine protection for Your people of this nation, according to John 16:23. I'm asking You, Lord God, to ensure the safety of Your people and to keep our nation from harm's way and provide protection from plans of destruction that have been plotted against us. I pray Father, that you would extend a hand of protection against all of the destructive forces of terrorism against Your people and this nation. I pray that You will protect this nation from evil attacks or acts of terrorism, and stop the aggressors or terrorists that attempt to bring destruction against our nation. I pray that You would give wisdom and discernment to those who provide protection for Your people and this nation. Help everyone in authority to be alert to signs of wrongdoing in this nation. I pray that You will provide insight to national, international and local authorities of this nation, to act swiftly, to avert all danger, protecting American lives and property. Guide the authorities of this nation in efforts to seek out and eradicate terrorists. Enable the military forces of this nation to become swift, powerful and accurate in any action of intelligence gathering and security. Heavenly Father, I ask You to loose Your mighty warring and guardian angels to expose and destroy any potential dangers being planned against America. I ask You Lord, to continue to bless and strengthen this nation. Heavenly Father, You are our Refuge and Stronghold in times of trouble. So Lord I pray, that You not take your hand off America and that Your people will dwell safely in this land, and prosper abundantly according to Your will. I submit this to Your Hand, Lord. I give You the Praise and I give You the Glory, FOR THE GLORY IS ALL YOURS that You hear my prayers and my supplications. In Jesus Name i pray. Amen

Dan Atatakai

Ralph - I see you have problems with reading. I said in nature - therefore, it is natural. You also do know that we are animal, right? We are mammalian animals. How are we any more or any less? There is no comparison. You are acting like Chocolate Ice Cream, for example, is not Ice Cream because you only believe in Vanilla Ice Cream.

I choose to live in an ethical manner, what benefits "the tribe". I did not choose my sexual orientation which was developed during prenatal development. This is why I am attracted to women and not men sexually. If you think it is a choice, then when did you choose to be heterosexual? Yes, I do love who I want to love, but my attraction is toward the opposite sex where homosexual people are attracted, naturally, toward the same gender.

rabbi jim

Greetings all! Wait a minute folks. Gay, Lesbian, Trans Gender, is a CHOICE that people make. It is not forced on us. God could not care less if we are gay. We are all God's people and He loves us truly. I think God says 'be the person you were meant to be, but be good to and loving of all' God is our Father and we are His children. Stop inflicting religion on gay people. I say, 'be proud to be Gay, Lesbian, or Trans Gender and except your CHOICE openly and respectfully. Shalom, and have a wonderful and joyous new year!

Jim

True Christians would understand that above all, Jesus died for all humans. He did not say it is OK to cast stones at people you do not understand or agree with, he let he who is without sin cast that first stone and if there is a perfect person walking among us then that person would more than likely be the second coming and we could just simply ask - why does God make gay people? If you are have judgmental attitudes and hateful thoughts of others in your heart and or mind, then you are fooling yourself by trying to cast light on someone else when you so desperately need the blessings of our lord and savior. I appreciate that this woman has found that she was never gay and that, like most people, at some point in their life has experimented with same sex activities - that is just a normal step in finding who we truly are, but make not mistake, being gay is not a choice and to think that someone would choose to be among the most hated group of people in the world is just sheer ignorance.

Check yourself and not your neighbor or fellow man and woman kind.

Dennis

This is a very personal story for Emily. I think she did it in a smart way, talking like an advocate and the changing her tone. That seems to really have caught people's attention. Videos and media are always setting a hook and surprise. That's why we have so many anti-phishing measures because people get fooled all the time. If she titled Love Is The Bible, it would have gotten not as many views.

Val jester

Either you believe the Bible or you don’t. If not, don’t play at Christianity. Also, you might want to look up your usage of the term myth and your misapplication to Romans 1. You may choose to disagree with the Bible...

Sandra Smith

She is bi. Get over yourselves about using man made religion. The Bible is a guide to happiness....so being with the same sex is happiness and exceptable by God. Think he would have done something about us by now...nooooo, cause loving who you love is pure happiness and fine by God.

Carl Elfstrom

I've known a lotcof people of every imaginable sexual orientation... and then some. I've studied and investigated such people for many years. And I've concluded that many people are of different sexual orientations for different reasons, and are affected by them in different ways. Regardless of the reasons why most people are afflicted by the heterosexual(straight) perversion and mental illness, by far most people seem content being whatever they happen to be. The question is not to be or not to be, but being comfortable with what you are. It seems more likely schizophrenic for ones sexual orientation to change than those who stay the same. Then too there are those who are on deep seated guilt trips over what authority figures brain washed them into believing as children, all because their god and religion was just as screwed up and perverted as your god and religion seem to be. You might not have known it but my God sodomizes your god every day. And it's not out of homosexual love (which is the truist and purist of all forms of love), but simply because my God wants to dominate and humiliate your perverted god. He makes your god cry like a baby, and beg for more. Furthermore, human beings aren't simply biological beings, fulfilling a need to procreate. That can be done with a test tube now, so men and women don't ever have to engage in perverted acts anymore.There are also those who belong to groups of people who are nothing like themselves, but they feel an overwhelming desire to be accepted by them anyway, so they convince themselves that they've changed(like a method actor(one who becomes the parts he plays. All too often though method actors lose sight of their true identities and get lost in living a fictitious role for years.

Chuck

I hear a lot of people quoting "science" as defense for their lazy opinions backed by nothing. So let me explain something to you......... science died a few decades ago. There is no longer such a thing as "science" based on actual hypothesis result by means of duplicated result. I come from a family of scientists in different areas, and they all say the same thing. It has been hijacked by popular opinion and mainly Left leaning ideals, because the real wealthy of this planet took over the industry, and geared it to their own twisted beliefs. These wealthy are also very much on the Left of politics, and are actually communists. One major example would be the Rockefellers taking over Western Medicine and all information involved. Google the "Flexner Report".

Being someone with a degree in "psychology", I can tell you it is absolute BULLSHIT. It is essentially an invented arm of medicine that runs off of nothing but speculation, and has no tracable result in repeated observance.

People who quote the DSM as the authority on mental illness are horribly mistaken and gullible. I am a mental health counselor and a credentialed substance abuse counselor, and I assure you, the DSM is bullshit.

The reality is that homosexuality is a form of schizophrenia, as well as a biological condition of the brain. It is not natural at all, and the fact that it is promoted and put on a pedestal is unbelievable. It is the equivelant of labeling schizophrenia as an alternative lifestyle. It is not. It is mental illness.

However, in this batshit crazy culture we are in it is now wrong to point out mental illness. Nobody hates the mentally ill, we love them, and want them to get better.

I find it amazing that people think it "normal" that someone identify as something other than what they biologically are. That is a smack in the face to mother nature and God. Period!

Arif Khan

Religions are man made, all religions destroy God, they make Him/Her/It look like an imbecil. Can't make up his mind, don't know what is right and what is wrong, is constantly having a hissy fit over what He/She/It created to begin with. Religions preach divisive ways, they distinguish between you and I, they separate they categorize and they create chaos. Love which is God has no divisions, has no distinction, does not condemn or ridicule. God created all, so how can one is superior to another? God will not condemn a gay any more than I would condemn a limb on my body.

Stop the insanity of religious dogma, Focus on Love which is the end all be all God.

drrgrivera

What do you think? Is it really possible to “pray the gay away”?

Answering the above quest-

OF COURSE, GOD CAN FIX ANYTHING.

HOWEVER....THE WOMEN IN QUESTION, [CHOSE] AGAIN AND AGAIN BASED ON MULTIPLE INFLUENCES WHAT SHE WILL CHOOSE TO DO..

GIVEN SUFFICIENT REASONS, PEOPLE CHOOSE TO EITHER..... CHANGE BEHAVIOR OR NOT CHANGE.

IT'S THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE FOR OR AGAINST EXISTING DESIGNS FOUND IN THE HUMAN CONDITION GOD HAS SUBJECTED US ALL UNDER.

WE MUST ALL REVEAL WHAT WE PREFER TO DO WITH WHATEVER WE'VE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH.

We reap what we sow.

Val jester

Bless you heart John. What a great intellectual and Biblical based reply. Start with the Bible. Not your own emotions.

tzakem

So God created all of us and God doesn’t make mistakes. Then who are we to say that what God has created is not good enough?? Love one another and blessed light of the creator shine on all.

Benoit

Bill Robinson, Your comment is the most sane. And if the Genetic makeup is gay, then God designed her as a Gay person, man wrote Bible and said Gay is sin, but if God created it Gay, then Gay is as perfect as God saw her when he created her. Asking her to "Pray it away" is the Sin. Living the hypocrisy that she is not gay is the sin.

Why do you people hate Gays anyways? I guess I will never understand because I believe all God's creations are Perfect and you believe God can be wrong sometimes and create imperfect beings. Who is blaspheming, Me or You?

Bill Robinson

If this woman was in fact Gay, then she is still Gay. You cannot "pray away" your genetic makeup!

Val jester

Yes I believe you may have missed that. Jesus Christ answered “I am the way, the Truth and the Life. No one come to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6. That means that access to God the Father is accomplished by accepting Jesus Christ (Christian) as your personal savior. God loves the sinner but the Christian is eternally secure. Unless you don’t believe this scripture.

Anita Ganser

We just take into account for the audience the writers of the Bible were talking to and what in what context they were soaking. We know this was not holy dictation.

Did Good not love the people who lived before Christ? They didn't know Jesus.

Is God so small to you that he can only fit in your tiny box? I don't recall anywhere it says in the Bible that God loves only Christians... Did I miss a chapter?

mike

God made men and He made women, each for the other. Jesus came to save us from ALL sin but the choice is ours to live like HE wants us to.

Right Reverend Desmond Morris

No one can help the way they are born, or the way they feel, the Lord loves all his children no matter what way they swing. I am a heterosexual but who am I to judge others, everybody that walks this earth is entitled to feel loved and not be Judged by their piers.

Fenix O'Dell

Honestly I am surprised at some comments on here from a group that is supposed to be open minded and accept-full of all religions, this group is based on mutual respect for one another and it is part of what you agree to when becoming a minister of whatever your chosen faith is as part of this organization. I am glad this woman was able to be happy with her chosen path, but this is what she feels is the right path for her it has no bearing on anyone elses, and should not be stated as "cured her being a lesbian" All faiths view this issue differently and even the ones that consider it a "sin" should mind their own business since unless they are without sin (which in those religions they are all sinners) then they have no right to judge someone elses perceived sin as it is between the person and the deity they worship. When commenting on things like this I would just like to remind all ministers to be respectful, it is bad enough we have to fight the rest of the world, this is supposed to be a safe space for everyone, being judgemental and closed minded is inappropriate behavior. And would ask those that are not ministers to think before they speak

Leslie Gray

I don't believe that it is possible to change the sexual orientation or the gender identity by any means once a child is born. Clinical evidence bears up my position on this debate, hence the spreading bans on reparative therapy and the consumer fraud conviction of the operators of the owners of JONAH just a few years ago.

Then there is the following:

The first time the term homosexual made an appearance in print is found in an 1869 German pamphlet by the Austrian-born novelist Karl-Maria Kertbeny, published anonymously, arguing against a Prussian anti-sodomy law.

The word homosexual didn’t exist when the Bible was written. (New Testament about 2000 years ago, and parts of the Old Testament from 1,400 to 400 BCE.) It wasn’t until 1869 that Dr. Karoly Benkert, a Hungarian physician created the term by combining the homo, the Greek word for same, with the Latin sexual.

In 1886, Richard von Krafft-Ebing used the terms homosexual and heterosexual in his book Psychopathia Sexualis. Krafft-Ebing's book was so popular among both laymen and doctors that the terms "heterosexual" and "homosexual" became the most widely accepted terms for sexual orientation.

Given the fact that the terms homosexual and homosexuality did not even come into existence until 1869 it would be impossible for those terms to even be in biblical text. Therefore, neither the terms homosexual and homosexuality have any place in any bible at all.

The word homosexual did not come into use in the United States until the 1880’s. The concept homosexual didn’t exist when the Bible was written If you see the word homosexual or homosexuality in the Bible, it is because translators chose those words to reflect their own homophobic feelings and ideas.

The Hebrew word kedah means temple prostitute and is sometimes inaccurately translated as sodomite or homosexual.

In 1 Corinthians, sodomite or homosexual are sometimes used, but they are incorrect translations of the Greek malakos which means something closer to effeminate or the Greek practice of pederasty, which is older men having sex with boys and is not consensual gay sex between peers.

1 Corinthians also refers in Greek to arsenokaitai, which appears nowhere else in the Bible or in Greek writings about homoerotic sexuality, but probably means male prostitute.

Jude 7 sometimes refers to homosexual flesh that the Sodomites pursued. This is an inaccurate translation of hetera sarx which means, literally, strange flesh to describe the flesh of the angels who were sent by God to evaluate Sodom and Gomorrah.

In Timothy 1:9-10, translators sometimes use homosexual for the original Greek words, pornoi, arsenokoitai, and andrapodistai, meaning male prostitutes, males who hire male prostitutes or the slave dealers who procure them.

Ezekiel 22:28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.

Your god takes great exception to having changes made to the bible. Lies are among the worst sins that anyone might commit. And, I would imagine that making changes to the bible would be a rather serious offense. What does the bible have to say about those that make changes to the holy scriptures? Let's examine a scripture that deals with that very topic.

Revelation 22:18 I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;

If I were you and I believed in Christianity, I'd be much more concerned about the accuracy of the teachings you accept and who you accept those teachings from.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers.

Proverbs 6:16-19 16 There are six things the Lord hates,seven that are detestable to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community.

There is no such thing as a white lie.

John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Yes, I repeated this last one for obvious reasons.

Ezekiel 22:28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says’—when the Lord has not spoken.

Kathleen Guilmette

As The Bible says"Judge not lest you be judged". Or as we say in AA "Live and let live". What is so frightening about gay people anyway?

Bs

Yes I believe it can work but it requires a lot of hard work resisting temptation and trusting God to help you.

Homosexuality is a sin, the bible makes it very clear. No homosexual will enter heaven. If they don't repent they will go to hell forever.

I am a non-practicing bisexual. The attractions don't go away, but that's my cross to bear, amen.

Christian

Free Will is Free Will. You can use your time & talent to build homes for the homeless, feed & shelter abandoned animals, run a business employing 500 people, or help clean up trash at your own community park.

Or you can use your time for sinful selfish self destructive harmful behavior.

God Believes in YOU. With so much Love, to give you Freedom and your own mind and own desires.

About the only thing you need to do is make the choice:

Love & Grow. or don't.

God is hoping you make the better choice.

Enjoy your gift of free will, and try to make choices that are healthy for you now so as to benefit all your grandchildren in the future.

David "Mitch" Sotelo

I am convinced that the Bible is no moral guide, nor is the Quran its Hadith, the Tripitaka of the Buddhists, or the Vedas and their commentaries, humanism and science are a far higher, more practical, and saner moral code. How many children have prayed pitifully for God to change them and yet nothing happened. Are children out of touch spiritually? Not according to Jesus they aren't, they are instead the stuff of heaven. Prayer is not the answer, nor is lying to ourselves, or suddenly realizing we are bisexual and choosing for the time being one gender or the other. The Bible endorses selling your daughter into slavery, stoning to death a child that curses their father and/or mother, and total genocide in war.. It is by the spirit we are connected and not by any law which only has the power to judge and punish. A punishing attitude is condemned by Jesus, so if I were a Christian I would be more worried about my chances if I were to operate with a punishing attitude or judgment, than the gender I were to express my love to in a sexual way. If gay was such a problem you wouldn't see it in the animal kingdom according the world view of middle eastern religions, and this is demonstrably not the case. Be more concerned with having empathy, objectivity, and creativity in your life and work against the bad effects of damaged faith in love. What about gay children? "If any were to offend one of these little ones who believe in me, it were better that a millstone were hung around their necks and they were tossed into the sea." "Suffer the little ones to come to me, for of such are the Kingdom of Heaven." This idea that gay is a "sin' is not just irrational but is a large cause of bullying gay children in school (and bisexual ones as well)....

Chuck

It is not a matter of "praying away gay". Praying is a vehicle toward certain enlightenments, and is certainly helpful. When we inhabit these bodies that we use down here to navigate the world, we unfortunately lose sight of who and what we really are.....that is, our soul and its connection to the creator. The entire point of "finding Christ" is finding your true self, and remembering who you are, because we are ALL Christ. The actual man Jesus (Yeshua) was one of us who found full enlightenment, and tried to spread the word. The word "Christ" isn't a name, its a level of enlightenment. We live on a prison planet hijacked by Satan, and have quite a bit of amnesia when we get recycled back to prison for another life.

However, if someone has a true experience of finding the light like Jesus did (their own soul), much of who they "thought" they were fades away, because it was never really true to begin with....it was just an ego created by experience in this life, mixed with biological/mental attachments.

There is no such thing as a soul that is schizophrenic, depressed, etc. These things are developed in this life with the assistance of genetic/chemical imbalances caused by other negative things such as stressors and pollution. These things can effect a mother who carries a child who is then born gay as well. And believe it or not, homosexuality is still catalogued as a mental illness....we wouldn't know that though, because culture, media, etc have normalized it.

This girl realized who she really was......nothing more.

Randy

Its an individual experience , that I see Gay Christians struggle with often. And she is correct , God clearly recognizes it as a sin , but no worse a sin than any other , and I commend her dedication. This does not mean its for everybody in that situation at all. Every individual has different situations and feelings. But she shouldnt be ridiculed for her thoughts or beliefs , that goes completly against ULC thinking , and some may reconsider reading your comments and ask why you belong?

Rick

I agree with so many of you, some very well spoken.. You cannot Pray away Gay, silly to waste time even talking about it

The Doctor

Christian extremists seem to be pervading these forums in mass of late. Or possibly just a few who use alt also known as sock accounts to post support for themselves. Something common with fanatics.

Homosexuality has been shown to be a common genetic sequence found in virtually all biological life. From plants to people, approximately 1 in 3 will have this trait. in humans 2 specific sections of the genome seem to be responsible though studies involving them in large numbers only used gay men so it does leave some further study needed with gay women.

These 2 sections are Xq28 and 8q12. While certainly as with all science room for debate exists its better to view this through science and have that debate rather then through faith and use that faith to judge, condemn, persecute, and belittle people for their life style.

Any form of faith basd zealotry and religious extremism needs to be challenged head on with logic and reason for those who let faith consume them have lost both and like any junkie are in dire need of rehab to be free of the programming that has made them mentally ill lunatics believing in things without sound reason.

The smarter you are, the less hold blind faith can have on you. Education, open minded study of the world and its people and their history are the foils to counter the thrusts of blind faith.

Keep in mind all the blind sheep out there, that moses did not have faith he had certainty. The moment god supposedly spoke to him and gave him hard evidence he stopped having faith. Jesus never had faith for if he truly knew himself to be a divine born entity he also had not faith but certainty. These simple facts within the biblical narrative outline the very hypocrisy of the blind faith mentality the church has pushed for nearly 20 centuries, and the jews that jesus himself challenged and was ostracized by perpetuated for centuries before.

Graze with the sheep.I will run with the wolves, walk with the lions, and crawl with the serpents before being as a mindless herbivore raised to be sheered and slaughtered.

Sundai Barahona Lawrence

Can we focus on hunger and poverty and hate, and stay out of other people's love lives? You can't pray away LOVE...its As simple as that, and those that try are on the wrong path. Let us pray for more love in our world.

Sundai Barahona Lawrence

God doesnt make imperfection. We see it in nature and we ooh and ahh over a flower shaped a bit different, or a tree growing crooked. We see that beauty, but somehow want people to look, think feel, and act as we do.. We do not see or resoect differences in each other. We were placed here to LOVE. I see that as our major problem We don't love ourselves, truly. We pick ourselves apart then we turn to each other and do the same. God is judge. Not us, and if you truly believe what you say and what you write, ins day you will. be in front of your God explaining, or trying to explain your intolerance and hate for His other children.

Mark Huppertz

Predisposition does not equal inevitability. Original sin has left its mark on all of us, and we need to love Jesus more than our own unfettered desires. Don't mean if a person is attracted to the same sex should force themselves to marry the opposite sex unless they are led to, the exact same way that a heterosexual shouldn't be promiscuous just because they have a strong sex drive. It is all about relationship with Jesus, he provides a way out of temptation. A personal relationship with Jesus is the answer.

Rev. Nancy Willingham

I enjoyed reading so many good comments. Fewer hateful posts than usual. For those who believe anything other than straight is a sin, I think you will agree that most people are "tempted" to do things outside their moral framework, like fornication, adultery, birth control, etc. So, folks in that camp also believe that, whatever their religion, God will give them the strength to overcome whatever they believe to be temptation. And for those of us who believe variations in sexuality are natural, there is no need to "pray away" anything. Perhaps there is a third group who believe that the DESIRE for forbidden fruit can be "prayed away," and maybe they can do it. To them I say, while you are at it, please "pray away" war, poverty and all forms of oppression!

Cate

I think this was/is her journey not anyone else's. Gay or Straight a person's relationship with Jesus, with God is theirs and not ours to judge. As Ministers we hold space with prayer, not will, so the person we are encountering can have a pure, honest,personal encounter with God.

April

I think that if people believe that God made All things then God made some people homosexual and who is man/woman to think he/she can change Gods creation?

Theresa

This young lady chose to change based on reading passages in the Bible. This is factual. Her sexual preferences are her choices. This is obvious. To turn her preferences into dictation towards others on how they should live life is dogmatic. After reading many of the comments, I find many opinions, misunderstandings, judging, and condemnation.
As ministers, this is an opportunity to enter into silent prayer for your own Divine Guidance and to increase compassion in your heart and the world. It is ludicrous for anyone to think a person can change another persons thinking and/or behaviour. The only person you can change is yourself. It is a persons responsibility to love and become more loving.

Patricia

Happiness is the hardest thing to accomplish in life. So stop judging and just let people be happy. Love is love and everyone has a right to It. Gay or straight just love each other. This is exactly what is wrong with this Country people need to quit shoving there beliefs down each other’s throats. Love conquers all! Have a beautiful day and love thy neighbor.

Dr. Diana - Lea Baranovich

One can psyche himself or herself up to believe anything. If she believes that she has "prayed the gay away" then that is her reality and she has.

Barbara Jean Pittman Mack

I don't think she said anything about gay or straight. I think she said she found a relationship that works for her and she understand more and to me she is seeking a better relationship with her God. Why is it others have to come against what is truth for her, I guess because it is not truth for them. I don't see anything wrong with making changes that you feel is good for you.

Reverand Steve

God doesn't "make" people straight or gay. She was born in the likeness of God. I'm pretty sure God is straight. Sin is what changed her into other than straight. The Bible and God was instrumental in helping her see the error of her ways. I know, sounds old fashioned but I believe that faith, God and the bible have changed a lot of people's hearts.

George D Jonte-Crane

You can't "fix" something that isn't broken. No amount of rhetoric will ever convince me of anything other than I was born gay. I denied it for years - even married and had a child but I could not stay away from the truth that I knew. I could write a book on the countless hours I spent praying that God would keep me from being gay. Yes God can help you change things like addictions, And why? Because at some point you made a conscious choice to indulge to the point that the addiction took over your life. I did not choose to be attracted to men rather than women. That is something that was inbred and that cannot be changed. I have never been happier since I came to the realization that it is what it is. I am in a loving, happy, stable relationship with another man and have been for 18 years. If Emily made the do-called change, she was not lesbian to begin with and she simply saw where her attractions and orientations belonged. God helped her see where the truth was in her life - God did not help her make a change. And no argument anyone can present, no scripture reference will ever convince me otherwise. Has my realization affected my ministry? You better believe it and in a most positive and beautiful way.

Gary

I guess all you heterosexuals know the date that you 'chose' to be straight? Trust me, from experience, no amount of praying prays away the gay. You can bury it for years, but it is always there because it is a part of who you are. I am sure that is what is happening with the young woman the article is about. See what happens in 10-20 years. Second, if homosexuality is such a 'hot button' with God, how come Jesus, in 3 years of intense ministry, never mentions it? Leviticus is concerned with Canaanite tribal religious rituals. Be more concerned with how you treat each other. If you want the roadmap to salvation, Jesus lays it out in Mathew 25: 31-46. "... for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me..."

Bob

The Bible doesn't "cure" homosexuality, but can help one who no longer wants to live that life style. Many alcoholics turn to religion to help give them strength to avoid the bottle - they are not cured. If one believes that homosexuality is somehow evil and they want to resist it's temptations - religion can be helpful for strength and encouragement. Personally, I believe those people are misguided, but to each his or her own.

Joy

I think if we all took more time to focus on our own messy lives and stop condemning others for their choices then maybe we really could all be a bit more happier. People change. If this is her new path in her life, so be it.

Sandra Lent

I believe that people can change anything, including addictions, lifestyle, religious affiliations, sexual orientation, politics and so on, if they choose to do so. They need motivation and opportunity. If prayer works (and in my life, it has) then go for it.

Rev William Dorsch

Good for you Emily. The Bible is not a buffet line that you can pick out what you want and leave the rest. It looks like Emily saw that and took it into her heart. It is not up to us to judge people for that duty is God's alone, we are called to follow his word. My brother is gay and although I don't agree with his lifestyle as he lives in sin I still love and pray for him.

Timothy Carlstead

This proves people can change and this woman who lived a sinful way of life has seen the light and the error of her ways. She read what had happened Sodom and Gomorrah for what they have done. I am very that a former lesbian had seen the error of her ways and changed to a straight human being. Minister Timothy Carlstead

Chuck

Three points of view.......

1) Scientific: Yes, people are in fact born gay. My brother is a molecular biologist and actually did work on this. It is either genetic brain mutation, or chemical imbalance. He also found that there has been a drastic increase in gay people the last 100 years, and it is due to the stressors of pollution. Chemical, and frequency pollution were the main culprits. Thats why they are finding "gay animals" near plants that have pollution runoff, and near high voltage/transmission sights.

So on one hand he made people happy coming to the conclusion people are in fact born gay, but made a lot of people angry for also finding it was an effect of un-natural environment.......in other words, it is completely inorganic. As inorganic as GMO food.

2) Religious: Does God hate gay people??? Obviously the answer to that is no.

However, being of the Christian Gnostic knowledge, I know that the masculine and femenin are meant to be separate for Universal balance, and the combining of the two means something went wrong. I also know through a decade of reading, that those against the Creator (Satanists) promote homosexuality, and have been using it to "conjure" going back to Babylon....and even still today in the Hasidic community and Catholic Church...(because neither religion have anything to do with the true Creator, and are worshipping the Demiurge/Satan)..... The Demiurge despises all things organic, and despises the natural world.

3) Political- In our current world, those who promote "alternative lifestyles" have severely ill intentions for society. Those in politics that promote it are part of creating Globalism as well (aka World Satanism), and know they have to destroy values, family, personal identity, sexual roles, and balance in order to achieve what they ultimately want. A society that doesnt know up from down, and is easier to control....order out of chaos. Also why Hollywood promotes it, as they are part of the "plan".

Can someone actually "stop being gay"? I would imagine they can. I could give you a laundry list of things people have turned away from by finding some of the truths of my Creator, the way I have. I can give one example.........I was BORN a genetically predisposed alcoholic. Alcoholism runs so badly in my family, it is portrayed on our medevil coat of arms. I was born an alcoholic. Having found recovery, I will always be an alcoholic, but no longer have the desire to drink, and have found a Nirvana of a better life for it.

So, there ya have it. Take that for what you will, but it is all true.

Wanda Houchin-Campbell

As a lesbian (%* YEARS) I DO NOT THINK SO!!! She wil fall back into her LOL SINFUL ways, there is no cure and you cannot pray away what Creator has created one to be.

Dan Atatakai

To claim that homosexuality is "unnatural" is showing ignorance of both the Bible and mammalian biology.

Of the many people I have had conversations with or have heard interviews, anyone who had the "gay prayed away" still had the homosexual drives, but they merely suppressed their nature.

The passages of the Bible which supposedly address homosexuality don't. For example:

Leviticus 18:22 - About the use of male temple prostitutes in Canaanite religious ceremonies - not about two people of the same gender who wish to dedicate their lives to each other.

Romans 1:26 - A misunderstanding of Saul/Paul's writings. One only need look at the historicity of the time when he supposedly wrote these words. One would see he is talking about an ancient fertility ritual to the Goddess Diana - for increased crops and more calvings/lambings.

1Cor 6:9 - In order for this to be about homosexuality is if one looks ONLY at the newest versions of the Bible. KJV1611 says NOTHING about the "homosexual not entering the kingdom of heaven." That is a recent addition.

How about in Genesis with the story of Sodom & Gomorrah? Again, attributed to homosexuality, when in reality, it was about inhospitality and rape, something that, according to the story, God warned them about prior to the so-called "event."

People, please do a bit of academic study of the historicity and culture of your own holy book, the Bible. It will help you to understand much more and maybe even help you be less judgmental and hostile toward your brethren.

on a Wing and a Prayer Ministry

Bi-Sexuality is as old as mankind, don't know why people act like it hasn't got a name when a person swings both ways and looks to me like a whole lot of people do, accept yourselves. May the Lord Bless and Keep You and Yours 24/7/365

Sam

sexuality is very fluid, which is why many people have a hard time understanding it, even for themselves. It seems to me by her own account she was not living a healthy life style. She was seeking help and I would say that she may still be living a lesbian life today if there was a support group for her that supported her as a lesbian. She wanted out of her spiral demise and she found a group that helped her do that. It doesn't mean that god made her straight. God made her her and loved her as a lesbian, but god helps those who helps themselves. If she had walked into a MCC church she may be with a loving woman, and this still may happen. To me its clear that she is bi and she has found comfort with a man this time. I don't think she was looking for god, but rather looking for comfort and some less drama. Let her be happy, even if it is distorted by the bible. And to all the homophobes on this site those who are so ignorant of sexuality and those who fear women straight or gay because you can't control them I say you need to get some help and stop all your hate and start loving yourself. God can help you too if you got some help, you too can be happy instead of spewing your hate.

John Owens

I don't think you need to believe in God at all to believe that people can change drastically, given motivation. As far as the scriptures go, there were members in the church congregation at Corinth whom the Apostle Paul said "had been" and then gave a list of practices and characteristics including effeminate. The point is, people CAN change if they want, and they can be influenced to change if they do NOT want to change. Take Maher, for instance: He doesn't WANT to stop acting like a moron, but if he DID, if he wanted to become a full-fledged human being, I believe he could.

James

Are lesbians really gay? I know plenty a so called gay women. They all use toys and fake male parts and switch playing the make role. So, even they admit it's more of a control or fear of men thing. Gay men on the other hand..... Only a few play the sissy stuff. So in my humble opinion they really go head first; no pune intended. Yet many of the females that can keep a man have turned back to the real man. The less fortunate, over weight, or homely ones stay on the "do what feels comfy" zone. Now this is a simple observation on my end. Why call it anything but young horny females being naughty instead of gay. Then again, how does a child know about sex, what they are sexually attracted to and do further. Sounds like a lack of proper teaching on a few fronts. Self control people. Want the candy but you know you're too fat, don't touch it. That simple. The Bible has a record of setting things in order for some people.

Ralph Miller

Good for her.Now her comes all the haters,saying she was just bi or this is just bullshit. When people choose to live there life the right way,there will always be those who try and bring them down.

Katelynne Victoria Shouse

LOL, OUT LOUD....what a complete and total load of bulls$%t!!!

Amanda

As a old lesbian... HAHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahHahahahahahaha.... She's just Bi! HA HA ha!