"The Word of God Doesn't Change" and Other Lies

I've seen one too many Christians say that "the Word of God doesn't change" to condemn any form of public acceptance for LGBTQ+ people. There are few arguments for this point that are lazier and more easily refuted with a minimum amount of effort, so I did. And in case anyone else needs to hear this, I've place my response here for you to read.

You can't be a Christian and believe that the Word doesn't change. The entire New Testament is evidence you must accept that the Word has changed. The fulfillment of the law of Moses was, in fact, the changing of the Word. If you wear mixed fibers, eat pork chops, do not openly stone adulterers in public, and do not ritually purify yourself every time you bleed or touch someone who bleeds, acknowledge that the Word has changed. Acknowledge that your actions speak louder than your words, and your actions speak to your hypocrisy, how much you don't even believe what you teach.

Stop listening to morally bankrupt pastors who consolidate power on your Biblical illiteracy. You are wrong about what the Bible says, and so are they. Unless you have read it in the original Hebrew and Greek, you are held captive to the interpretations and whims of others. Admit that to yourself. Admit that your own ignorance is a trap that has separated you from the God you worship. Admit that you have settled for the interpretations of men because it is more convenient than pursuing and knowing the truth for yourself.

Stop grinding the faces of the poor in opposition to the living Christ, who taught that there is no room in his kingdom for any kind of hatred whatsoever. You cannot love God and hate your brother. Deep down, you must know that.

Stop justifying yourself when it is brought to your attention that you hate your queer neighbors, over and over and over again. Acknowledge that every time you choose deliberately to place queer people in suffering, you would do it to Christ if he was standing in front of you. Suffering is not love. Ostracizing is not love. Condemnation is not love. Abandonment is not love. Manipulating others is not love. Harm is not love.

Stop believing people in your community when they teach you to offer cheap counterfeits of love to people you don't even know—and, worse, to people you do know. Stop manipulating the Bible to codify your moral failures. Acknowledge that in the test of this life, to love God and your neighbor, your choice has been "I don't have to if I don't want to."

Admit that this post has nothing to do with queer people. You don't care about them or what happens to them. That's why you don't care if they suffer or not. You care about yourself and what others think of you. That's why you're here. You just want others to see you preach and call you a Christian. It doesn't matter to you if you actually are one or not. Your offering to God is tainted by your own frailties and selfishness.

Take your vegetables off the altar and come back when you're ready to bring your firstborn, your dearest and most loved sins and weaknesses. Come back when your understanding of the kingdom of God expands to include all people, not just the ones who look and think like you.