Can someone really pray the gay out?

Question

If so, has it been documented?

Answer 1

no they cant.

Answer 2

I don't know about documented. There is a video released by the American Family Association called "It's Not Gay". May be of use. Prayer can work miracles - it's up to the receiver & God to work out between them. I have seen people turn away from homosexual lifestyles. Some life celibate lifestyles like all other unmarried Christians are called to do. Others discover they were carrying a hatred or fear of the opposite sex around with them and once that is overcome are able to live fulfilled happy lives in married heterosexual relationships.

Answer 3

The way to overcome any human thing is through the power of God working in the Spirit. God camn overcome anything.
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anything.

Still, the “I-tried-to-change-but-I-couldn't” argument is quite popular among homosexuals who have accepted their orientation and insist others do the same.

Response #1: The 'unchangeable' argument is misleading. While many mental health authorities believe homosexuality is unchangeable, many others believe it can be changed.

In 1970, the Kinsey Institute reported that 84 percent of the homosexuals they studied had shifted their sexual orientation at least once; 32 percent of them reported a second shift, and 13 percent reported five changes, during their lifetime, in their sexual orientation!3

The Director of the New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training, no doubt aware such changes occur, remarked on the “misinformation spread by certain circles that homosexuality is untreatable,” saying it did “incalculable harm to thousands.”4

Dr. Irving Bieber concluded (after treating more than a hundred homosexuals) that “a heterosexual shift is a possibility for all homosexuals who are strongly motivated to change.”5

Sex researchers Masters and Johnson (hardly a pair of standard-bearers for the traditional view!) said the “homosexuality cannot be changed” concept was “certainly open to question.”6 Drs. Wood and Dietrich, writing about the effectiveness of treatment for homosexuality, confirmed “all studies which have attempted conversions from homosexuality to heterosexuality have had significant success.”7 And the New Report of the Kinsey Institute explains people do not “necessarily maintain the same sexual orientation throughout their lives,” then explained that “programs helping homosexuals change report varying degrees of success.”8

But no one says it better than Stanton Jones, Chair of Psychology at Wheaton College: “Anyone who says there is no hope (for change) is either ignorant or a liar. Every secular study of change has shown some success rate, and persons who testify to substantial healings by God are legion.” 9

Answer 4

Are you gay? If not then why do you worry about it? What if a homosexual tried to pray the 'straight' out of you? Would you like the idea? Do you think its possible? Ponder these questions the next time you contemplate 'fixing' something that has nothing to do with you.

Answer 5

Maybe sometimes, but I sorta doubt it. I suspect it's a burden they have to live with for a lifetime. But however that might be, the desire for same-sex relationships is not the same thing as actually having one. They may always have the desire, but they have a choice about whether to act on it or not. It may be a difficult and costly choice, but God never asks anything which isn't worth the price.

Answer 6

No more than you can pray the blue eyes out or the red hair out or anything else you were born with and, besides, why would anybody want to?

Answer 7

why would you want to... the easiest way to get through life is self acceptance... how ever if you truly want to change you have to nurture yourself in a new direction.. prayer isn't going to help... I've heard some say it did but it was those in the religion that bullied it out of the person. also a method of changing.

Answer 8

no its religous propaganda they are trying to spread to justify ruining someones life. if there is documented proof its that they brainwashed the person into not believing it and they still are deep down. it is sick,wrong and un justifiable to brainwash someone becauise you dont agree with who they are and feel some sick need to force someone to believe as you do. bible nazi's suck.

Answer 9

25 When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?”
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

Your question oversimplifies enormously, but God can do it if it is His will. It's been witnessed repeatedly. Jesus stands ready to forgive and heal anyone who comes to Him in repentance.

Answer 10

No. But you can pray out grape juice stains.

Answer 11

I'm pretty sure that, by powerful enough self-delusion, something similar can be accomplished, but probably only temporarily. I don't see why anyone would want to do that though....