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Will Your Commitment Get You Committed?

By Rod Anderson, CP Cartoonist
Will Your Commitment Get You Committed?
Will Your Commitment Get You Committed?

 A new study purports to show that those who hold traditional views about marriage are psychotic. Will studies like this lead to more Christians being punished for their views?

The study by Giancomo Ciocca et. al., "Psychoticism, Immature Defense Mechanisms and a Fearful Attachment Style are Associated with a Higher Homophobic Attitude," was published in the September 2015 issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

It claims to find that "homophobia" is associated with psychosis and other forms of mental illness.

The study, however, operationalizes both the dependent and independent variables (what is being explained and what explains), homophobia and psychosis, such that anyone who holds a Christian worldview will be labeled both psychotic and homophobic. So, unsurprisingly, the authors found a correlation.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/will-committed-christians-be-committed-to-an-asylum-146016/

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