Quote Originally Posted by Philipvs Vallindervs Calicvla View Post
Actually, peadophilia can only be committed by a homosexual male adult, according to the technical definition. Also, the Church defines both a deviency; so the position is internally consitant (which doesn't make it right).
While the original meaning of paedo- was indeed boy, when borrowed into English it has generally had the meaning 'child,' not restricted to masculine gender. For instance, a pediatrician treats girls as well as boys. I'm not sure what kind of source you're looking to for a technical definition. The OED online defines pedophilia and pedophile in terms of sexual attraction to children, not mentioning the word boy anywhere.
To be fair, Christ says in the Bible that (ideally) we should all be chaste and love God; then he goes on to say this is hard for most people, so get married.
I'd always thought it was just Paul that had made those claims. Does it come up in the gospels as well? Could you point me to a reference?

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