Changes

#If it’s my nature, I can’t change.

#If it’s my nature, I can’t change.

#If I try to change I would be trying to go against my nature and that would be harmful.

#If I try to change I would be trying to go against my nature and that would be harmful.

#Accepting myself as gay feels so good—I feel like a thousand pound load has been lifted off of my back—so it must be okay.

#Accepting myself as gay feels so good—I feel like a thousand-pound load has been lifted off of my back—so it must be okay.

#If people can’t accept my being gay, then something is wrong with them.

#If people can’t accept my being gay, then something is wrong with them.

#If people can’t accept my being gay, then they don’t accept me because that’s who I am.<div style="padding-left:40px;">&mdash; Alan Medinger<ref name="Medinger2003">{{cite book |title= Same-Sex Attraction: A Parent’s Guide |author=Alan Medinger |editor1= John F. Harvey |editor2=Gerard V. Bradley |chapter=Calling Oneself ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ Clouds one’s Self-Perception |publisher= OSFS, St. Augustine’s Press  |place=South Bend |year=2003 |pages=173 |url=http://www.staugustine.net/our-books/books/same-sex-attraction/}}</ref><ref name="lifesitenews"/><ref name="Medinger">{{cite book |title=Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey |author= Alan Medinger |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |place=Colorado |year=2009 |isbn= 978-0-30756-901-1 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SpzKNziqdd4C}}</ref></div>

#If people can’t accept my being gay, then they don’t accept me because that’s who I am.<div style="padding-left:40px;">&mdash; Alan Medinger<ref name="Medinger2003">{{cite book |title= Same-Sex Attraction: A Parent’s Guide |author=Alan Medinger |editor1= John F. Harvey |editor2=Gerard V. Bradley |chapter=Calling Oneself ‘gay’ or ‘lesbian’ Clouds one’s Self-Perception |publisher= OSFS, St. Augustine’s Press  |place=South Bend |year=2003 |pages=173 |url=http://www.staugustine.net/our-books/books/same-sex-attraction/}}</ref><ref name="lifesitenews"/><ref name="Medinger">{{cite book |title=Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey |author= Alan Medinger |publisher=Crown Publishing Group |place=Colorado |year=2009 |isbn= 978-0-30756-901-1 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SpzKNziqdd4C}}</ref></div>

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'''David Prosen''' is a former victim of the [[ideomotor effect]] that had mislead him into misbelief that he was ''"born that way"'', i.e. that he was born as a so called "[[gay]]" alias sodomite. Later reflections led him to the discovery that he never truly believed he was a man, and yet he didn’t think he was a [[woman]]. His integral healing began as he searched out who he really was. After recognizing the erroneous opinion, he now believes that [[homosexuality]] was a false identity that he had embraced.<ref name="lifesitenews">{{cite web |title=I am not gay… I am David -- Are people born "gay" or do they choose to be gay? |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=12 Mar 2015 |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/i-am-not-gay-i-am-david |quote=Reprinted with permission from MRCTV |accessdate=26 Jun 2016}}</ref>

'''David Prosen''' is a former victim of the [[ideomotor effect]] that had mislead him into misbelief that he was ''"born that way"'', i.e. that he was born as a so-called "[[gay]]" alias sodomite. Later reflections led him to the discovery that he never truly believed he was a man, and yet he didn’t think he was a [[woman]]. His integral healing began as he searched out who he really was. After recognizing the erroneous opinion, he now believes that [[homosexuality]] was a false identity that he had embraced.<ref name="lifesitenews">{{cite web |title=I am not gay… I am David -- Are people born "gay" or do they choose to be gay? |publisher=LifeSiteNews.com |date=12 Mar 2015 |url=https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/i-am-not-gay-i-am-david |quote=Reprinted with permission from MRCTV |accessdate=26 Jun 2016}}</ref>

==Childish beliefs==

==Childish beliefs==