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Where the hell do pedophiles come from?

FinalTrump's answer to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201108... made me wonder...

What makes an adult attracted to a child? That can't possibly be natural. (please excuse my presumption, or feel free to ignore it.)

y!a actually suggested this category... Not sure why.

Society & Culture > Religion & Spirituality

Not that their choice of categories tends to be sensible.. They also suggested this

Science & Mathematics > Geography

Update:

@Joe P

You didn't answer the question.

@God's Promise

You aren't putting homosexuality on level with child molestation, are you?

Update 2:

@Joe P

OK, so... Pedophilia exists because because people suck... I can understand that, but where does it come from beyond a general state of sinfulness? Is it a random punishment, and for whom?

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  • Eire7
    Lv 7
    10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    The devil has a hand in it, anything bad & evil is his doing.

    Good always triumphs over evil. Our lady said, "In the End My immaculate heart will Triumph" That is so comforting to us.

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Most people believe pedophiles are created through traumatic events such as childhood sexual abuse. When you are sexually abused as a child, by an adult, it is understandable that you would grow up thinking the same thing. Another theory is that children are innocent. Therefore, an adult who is vulnerable to getting hurt by other adults may like innocent children better.

    Howe-ever evidence does show that biology may play a apart. Pedophiles are 3x more likely to be left handed and commonly have an IQ less than 80 (which is low). These things suggest that pedophilia may be biological rather than environmental.

    Either way, pedophiles are usually delusional. While they know what they are doing is wrong, they think the children love them back. Its sad. Many pedophiles do not want to like children. Some go as far as to castrate themselves as a way to stop any sexual desires towards children. Chemical castration is a new form of treatment for pedophiles.

    Source(s): Did a lot of research on pedophilia.
  • ?
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    wow you opened up a can of worms.... Ok ppl Homosexuality is not a disease unless you are a severe bible thumper (which some ppl call that a disease as well, and yes ppl I love the lord, but judge not...) Homosexuality is actually turning out to look more genetic according to research and my best friend is gay, and tells me he always has been (I on the other hand am not). The low IQ thing could be a key for the ones that weren't abused themselves because they would relate more to a child.

    Just to be clear: I DO NOT condone child molester's in any way shape or form. I answered this as logically as i could whilst trying to keep a religious perspective out of it. I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    sad thing is if pedophilia is not caught it can create pedophiles, when children want to see it as natural and have a reason why it happened. Just like an abusive parent breeds criminals, if the child can be helped early enough it can be prevented but sometimes its just too late.

    not all pedophiles were victims though i am not sure what creates the pathology

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  • 10 years ago

    The bible gives us the answer...The whole world is lying in the power of the wicked one....When satan tempted Adam and Eve....he was allowed to carry out his mission......will mankind serve God only for the things he blesses them with or because they love him?

    So we can see how over the thousands of years as satan works out his plan the world crumbles and mankind becomes more evil.

    Jesus is setting up a kingdom that will make evil extinct

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    1) According to the gay and lesbian people, sexual deviancy is natural, and some even claim that it is genetic.

    2) According to those that prosecute the pedophiles, they each choose to be that way.

    3) According to those that are pedophiles, and those that defend them, it is a illness, a mental illness, just like homosexuality. They are that way, and can not change without medical/psychological help.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Romans 3:10-12 as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; (11) no one understands; no one seeks for God. (12) All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one."

    Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

    John 8:7 And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her."

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    The answer is most certainly in my response.

    Source(s): Bible
  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Pedophiles generally were abused as children themselves..... child abuse is a horrible cycle.... it really screws up people who go on to screw up their own children and to prey on other children....

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    The Republic of Pedophilia. It's just south of Westmark in the Dublin Isles.

    We try to weed them out when they come for citizenship. We ask them this question:

    True or false: you are sexually attracted to children.

    But they're too smart for us and most of them check 'false'. Sneaky bastards!

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    The same place homosexuals and people who rape animals come from, the place of bad past experiences and perverted sexual attraction.

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