You are jumping to a lot of wild conclusions and making some bold assumptions in your argument. I don’t really wanna take a stance on this one way or the other as I have no idea what is the mindset of these people, but just reading thru this, your comment sticks out as you have all the answers and everything is either black or white. I dislike your conjecturing attitude.

Replace “pedophile” with “rapist” in your arguments and ask yourself whether what you’re saying is convincing.

Welp, I’d much rather live in a world where people that have thoughts of rape are encouraged to go to therapy and work through it than one where they all just keep themselves in check.

I’m not saying pedophiles don’t have agency in the matter or something. I’m saying we should try to cure them before they hurt people.

I wish you the best in overcoming the hurt and anger in your life that is showing here.

Could you explain how they’re not ill?