There is this thing going on, this thing called NALT. It’s a
bunch of Christians pointing at Christians and calling them bigots for calling
homosexuality sin. Lead by fellas like Dan Savage and John Shore this thing
aims at proclaiming to LGBT’s that Not All Christians are Like That (NALT).
They stare down at their fellow “brothers and sisters”
saying that they are wrong, bigots, right-wing conservatives, and
fundamentalists for thinking and believing the Bible to condemn homosexuality. (In
fact Shore even goes so far as to call them unbelievers.)
And to a point I agree. Yea, we’re not all like that. Yea,
not all Christians want to, “Hate LGBT” people. But quite frankly I find this
little thing extremely offensive and divisive.
NALT does nothing more than give incentive to pit brother
against brother and sister against sister. (Which, I suppose, I should be glad
since, “I have come to, ‘set a man against his father, a daughter against her
mother…” Matt 10:34-39)
By essentially claiming that all Christians who are not
supporting LGBT ideals hate LGBT people is a universal claim that is majoritively
untrue.
I do not support LGBT. The Bible is clear this is sin. But
does this mean I hate them?
No, it means I want to love them and see them saved from
their sin. Yet still more I do not see my sin as anymore terrible, damnable, or
deplorable than their sin. But to say, “Turn from your sins with me and believe
in Jesus,” is in fact loving.
Are all LGBT unsaved nonbelievers? No. Is it possible to be
a Christian who struggles with homosexuality? Yes. However one’s identity would
not be in their homosexuality but rather in Jesus. “Gay Christians” by nature
identify themselves first by their sexual standing and not by their supposed
Savior.
But again, I identify myself by my sins or any other thing
than Jesus more often than not. Does this make me not a Christian? No, it makes
me a saved sinner who struggles – along with all the other saved sinners – to
see Jesus as completely satisfying in all areas of life including my
heterosexuality.
So what am I saying? I’m saying that NALT is a divisive,
manipulative and filled with false claims. I’m saying there is another option
to their two-optioned approach. You can be a Christian and believe
homosexuality is a sin and not hate the LGBT people – it’s called a “disagreement”
and contrary to NALT teaching, these “disagreements” happen quite a bit.
