About 90% of the US population identified as Christian 50 years ago. Today, that number is down to 64%. If the trend continues, Christians will be in the minority in a few decades.

Is this proof the world hates Christians?

No.

It’s what you get when Christians hate the world. Anti-gay, anti-trans, anti-feminism, anti-woke, anti-fill-in-the-blank. We are hating ourselves into oblivion.

It’s time to let go of these destructive crusades and learn to make peace instead.

I’m gay & celibate & spent the weekend with hundreds of gays who are celibate like me.

Many say, “Oh I know all about you SELF-HATING celibate gays.”

Don’t be like these people.

If you hate us, that’s your choice. But here’s a chance to get to know us instead. 1) Being celibate doesn’t mean I hate myself. Internalized homophobia is a problem for almost everyone in the gay community, PERIOD. The answer isn’t shaming gay ppl who are celibate. Instead, it’s highlighting what celibacy looks like when chosen out of freedom instead of shame.

Myth: any man could become a sexual abuser if he doesn’t remain “vigilant” over his sinful nature.

Fact: there is nothing normal about sexually predatory behavior. If you are tempted to rape, molest, or sexually abuse another person, you *need* intervention. Myth: sexual abuse is a result of sexual temptation

Fact: power and control is what turns abusers on. Sexual temptation has nothing to do with it. It’s the desire to dominate that drives the behavior.

Electroshock “therapy” is a torture method used in gay conversion therapy to make us straight.

Less known is that electroshock therapy is ALSO used against autistics to make them neurotypical.

https://twitter.com/autienelle/status/1414209646034817025

In gay conversion therapy, gays are shown suggestive pictures of the same-sex and then shocked with a bolt of electricity to punish them for their same-sex attraction.

If attraction outside the bounds of marriage is enough to disqualify gay men, why isn't it enough to disqualify straight men? If women are responsible for causing straight men to stumble, why aren't straight men responsible for causing gay men to stumble?

The PCA general assembly voted to pass Overture 23 with an overwhelming majority. The overture states, in part, that same-sex attraction is a sin & that calling yourself gay or same-sex attracted disqualifies you from office.

Behold, Christian “love.” A few additional notes:

Some are saying that this overture only disqualifies gay people from holding office if they deny that same-sex attraction is a sin, deny sanctification, or fail to pursue victory over their sinful desires. In other words, calling yourself gay is okay.

Attraction & desire are different things.

Attraction draws us to some people over others. It brings us into *relationship* with human beings.

Desire drives our motivation to *possess.* It brings our *wants* into reality.

Being attracted to someone doesn’t mean you desire them. It is possible to be attracted to another human being without desiring to do something sinful with them.

Failing to understand this very basic principle leads many to conclude that they have no control over their sinful nature and can’t help but engage in sexual sin.

When straight ppl get together to talk about their struggle against sexual sin, it’s normal, expected, part of healthy “accountability,” a way to fight against ongoing temptation.

When gay ppl do the same thing, it’s part of defining ourselves by sin. I can’t count the number of church community groups I’ve seen for straight men over the years to discuss their ongoing struggles against sexual temptation.

Did you know that according to traditional Christian teaching the vast majority of sexually active *straight* evangelicals are unrepentant sodomites?

In fact, sodomy is traditionally a sin that mostly heterosexual people do. It’s not by definition a gay thing. How so? Well, traditionally, sodomy is defined as any sexual intercourse that subverts the procreative purpose of sex. Meaning that intentionally preventing baby-making during sex was considered among the worst sins you could possibly do—right up until the 20th century.

People think it’s weird that I’m gay & celibate & don’t find celibacy toxic. They want to know how I “do it.”

To begin with, I don’t start with sin. Most Christians start their approach to sexual ethics with sin. Why? What good does this do? It creates a theology obsessed with all of the ways we might “fall to temptation” instead of how we might follow the witness of Jesus in our lives.

Did you know the word “lesbian” is falling out of practice in queer spaces?

The reason has everything to do w/ “lesbian” being the ONLY word in the LGBTQ lexicon that refers to women alone. That’s right. It’s not just the straights uncomfortable with the “L-word.” Even most QUEER WOMEN use the word “gay” to describe themselves before they EVER use “lesbian.”

Why?

LGBTQ people experience some of the highest rates of medical discrimination in the country. When we experience illness, many believe we deserve to be sick & die.

And now it’s legal in Arkansas to deny us ANY healthcare service on the grounds of “moral conscience.” The only qualifier in this bill is that doctors must provide care in the case of an “emergency.” This is laughable, as the vast majority of healthcare services—many if not most of which are lifesaving—do not fall under the category of “emergency.”

I’m gay & celibate & can honestly say that celibacy has been a life-giving experience for me. Gay celibacy is not inherently toxic.

But here’s the thing: When you tell gay ppl they *must* be celibate or else go to hell, you are not preaching the Gospel. You are preaching death. Celibacy is life-giving, for gay ppl as well straight, when discovered in the *midst* of relationship with Jesus Christ, not as a condition to be in relationship with Jesus in the first place.

1. White progressives going at Jesus for being “racist” toward the Syrophoenician woman is peak 2021.

News flash. “Racist” Jesus isn’t a thing. 2. The claim centers on the story of the Syrophoenician woman begging Jesus to cast a demon out of her daughter. Jesus responds, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs” (Mk 7:27).

What’s going on here? Is Jesus being a racist a**hole?

The idea that rape is a product of “sexual temptation” stems from a toxic relationship to sexuality. If you believe that sexual attraction is an overwhelming animal urge that requires a Herculean level of self-control granted only by prayer and spiritual maturity, then it’s easy to believe that ppl (in particular cisgender men) are constantly on the verge of raping other ppl.

“How can you be gay & celibate & not inherently self-hating?”

I get asked this question a LOT. People assume that the only reason a gay person would be celibate is internalized homophobia.

But they’re wrong. Gay people can be celibate for all kinds of reasons.

Maybe they just don’t like sex very much and don’t particularly want to have it. Yes, it’s possible to have a sex drive and experience sexual attraction but still not enjoy having sex.

I’m celibate. I follow historic Christian teaching on sexual ethics by default. Straight people who practice contraceptive sex don’t. A lot of ppl get angry when I make this observation. They feel like they’re being judged. Like I’m telling them that they’re living in sin just for having sex with someone they love. That’s interesting, because it reminds of how gay ppl feel.

“If you don’t vote in this election it’s because you’re a selfish, privileged elite who can’t understand the needs of the oppressed.”

This is a bald-faced lie fabricated (ironically) by political elites in order to bully other ppl into voting. [thread] First,

The older richer & whiter you are the more likely you are to vote. There’s a multitude of reasons for this but most pertinent is that ppl are more likely to feel represented by our two-party political system if they are older richer & whiter. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Have you wept over the death of someone killed by the police in your immediate circle?
I have. Have you stared into the haunted eyes of a child whose father/mother/family was arrested last night?
I have.

This is a huge problem I’ve noticed at BLM protests. White ppl expressing outsized rage (which really doesn’t make sense...their job is to be the allies not to be the angry ones) & POCs tasked with reigning them in.

https://twitter.com/drantbradley/status/1284243377316409344

At many protests I’ve attended, white people are the ones shouting things like “fuck the police” while POCs are the ones trying to get more positive messages out and gaining traction, eg: chanting “This is what community looks like”

“I was a druglord & gangbanger...”

“I was sleeping around w/ men just playing the whore....”

“I was a homosexual sex addict....”

“...UNTIL I FOUND JESUS.”

Few things do more to reinforce dominant cultural pathologies than the Christian Testimony™ The function of these types of testimonies is to reinforce things like racism, sexism, and homophobia while simultaneously exoticizing the “sinful lifestyle” to make the person’s present-day self-righteousness look “cool”