Dear My Twin 13
Dear My Twin, This is going to be a hard one, because this is one of my beliefs that has changed that is most controversial. This is about LGBTQ+ people. I hadn't intended to write about this for a long while yet, partly because I'm afraid. I know that believing its okay for people to be LGBTQ+ is "wrong" in evangelical culture. It's one of The Unforgiveable Sins. Even though it is not mentioned in the creeds, or any of the verses we look to for "how to be saved." Those all affirm that it's Christ alone who saves, but there is absolutely an addendum in evangelicalism of "And also remember that being LGBTQ+ is a sin." Even if you aren't part of the LGBTQ+ community, simply believing that it's not a sin - or even that someone could be LGBTQ+ affirming, and still a Christian, is unthinkable. Because it's "wrong," it's "clearly a sin," etc. etc. You know the arguments. I know the arguments. We grew up he...