Dept. of Faith Like a Mustard Seed
Tuesday, 10 September 2013 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Putting Their Mouths Where Their Hearts Are
I was once a Christian believer. I haven't been for decades. But I still have family, friends and acquaintances who are strong believers. Perhaps coincidentally, perhaps not, they all seem to be pretty honorable types.
They may already know of The NALT Christian Project, as many of y'all out there might already know. In case you don't, however, the Not All Like That project is worth taking a look at.
It's a project in which Christians who don't believe their God thinks homosexuality or non-heterosexuality are sins post videos testifying to that belief. It's their way of standing up against the publicly held perception — one nurtured by too many people — that all Christians do think non-hetersosexuality is a sin. It's done by people who, as Dan Savage says in his introductory video, believe they have to do more than whisper to their LBGTQ friends that "We're not all like that" in the face of religiously-branded bigotry and hatred.
It's a damned good idea and well worth the effort, at least I think so. If you fit the bill as a NALT Christian, and if you want to help boost the signal, this may be for you.
I was once a Christian believer. I haven't been for decades. But I still have family, friends and acquaintances who are strong believers. Perhaps coincidentally, perhaps not, they all seem to be pretty honorable types.
They may already know of The NALT Christian Project, as many of y'all out there might already know. In case you don't, however, the Not All Like That project is worth taking a look at.
It's a project in which Christians who don't believe their God thinks homosexuality or non-heterosexuality are sins post videos testifying to that belief. It's their way of standing up against the publicly held perception — one nurtured by too many people — that all Christians do think non-hetersosexuality is a sin. It's done by people who, as Dan Savage says in his introductory video, believe they have to do more than whisper to their LBGTQ friends that "We're not all like that" in the face of religiously-branded bigotry and hatred.
It's a damned good idea and well worth the effort, at least I think so. If you fit the bill as a NALT Christian, and if you want to help boost the signal, this may be for you.
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Date: Tuesday, 10 September 2013 11:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 12:00 am (UTC)And I am, believer or not, very proud of the people who have taken or are taking part in the project. I am very hopeful about the idea of a sea change, too.
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Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 01:41 pm (UTC)*HUGS*
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Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 03:29 pm (UTC)Yup. And now it's time for the non-hateful people to be even louder. Go, them!
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Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2013 07:55 pm (UTC)Personally, I handle this with the simple hypothesis that just because people use the same words, they do not necessarily mean the same things. That eliminates a lot of potential confusion.
Has anyone else noticed that all over the world, the haters and nutters who blame it all on god are much more like each other than their respective local ideas of god? There are even Buddhist terrorists, in Sri Lanka and Burma.
(Incidentally, I am a fan of Dan Savage. It would not occur to me that he is for everyone, but I would like to point out that (1) he answers the letters he gets. He's not out there sticking his nose into other people's business, and he's very clear that he's giving advice, not orders (2) when he's wrong, he owns it and corrects it and (3) every so often, he really hits a nerve in a big, constructive way.)
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Date: Thursday, 12 September 2013 01:30 am (UTC)And yeah, the haters all look alike. Including the Buddhists.
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Date: Thursday, 12 September 2013 03:34 am (UTC)