Nathan

Swansea born. Birmingham educated. London living.

[Blackish Press @blackishpress]

Pastor Kristian A. Smith spoke about the people who say that homosexuality is a sin

“You can't really get through to Christians when talking about sexuality if you don't deal with what they believe about sin. It doesn't matter what you say. You can say, ‘You know, Q+ people—they're the entire music ministry. We wouldn't have a church without them,’ and so on and so forth —all of these valid points. But at the end of the day, it always comes back to ‘but it's sinful.’

So in my theology, I deal with that directly. If the greatest commandment is the core of Jesus's message—because when he was asked, ‘What's the greatest?’ He said, ‘This is it. Everything hinges on this’ —then if love is the greatest commandment (love for God, neighbor, and self), the first rule of love is ‘do no harm.’ If I love you, I'm going to at least commit to not harming you. I can't help everybody—I’m a finite human being—but I can make a commitment to not harm anybody. So if the first commitment of love is ‘do no harm,’ then sin is anything that causes harm. That’s why I barely even use the term "sin" anymore. I talk about harm. Because sin is harm, and harm is sin. If something is not harming anybody, then it’s not a sin.

And if you can reorient your understanding of sin, maybe you can start to think differently about same-gender-loving people and trans people who are just living their lives, not harming anybody. They’re simply trying to live their truth. So then the question becomes: if they’re just trying to live their lives without harming anyone, and you, as a Christian, are condemning them and pushing them down, then you are the one causing harm. Right? So you are the one living in sin.”

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[Michael Gold @migold]

its LGBTQIA not LGBTQ-AI

[yammi @sighyam]

It’s literally a franchise about leaving your hometown, building a chosen family, and evolving into your final form

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@ansamenow So she can sell it somewhere else probably!

[horse @horsetwting]

i look kinda tuff peeking through the W

[Meh @Spilling_The_T]

Gays running back out of the smoking area when they hear “I’m so into you I can barely breathe” from the dancefloor

[Today In History @historigins]

24 years ago, American Idol found America's best vocalist on their very first try

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@EastLondonKing Send me some dates!

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@stefanbertin Yuuuup!

https://t.co/9o3JYyCiQW

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@stefanbertin Billboard number one apparently! His tenth

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@SebastianGeorg_ It’s a reminder that you’re safe to slay another day 😅

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@EastLondonKing We exercised and watched tv! #moneymoves

[vini ミ☆ @sabrinautista]

normal widows: “i miss my husband”

Erika Kirk:

[Nathan @NathGriff]

I saw the first episode a little while back and it’s GREAT

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

First trailer for Ryan Murphy’s THE BEAUTY, starring Evan Peters & Rebecca Hall

The series follows detectives who discover a sexually transmitted virus transforming people into physical perfection, but with terrifying results

Releasing January 21 on Hulu

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@ansamenow Omg and I’d get the magazine so I could collect that talismans!!

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@EastLondonKing The cliffhanger of this tweet

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@EastLondonKing You’ve been inside and boo’d up!

[Nathan @NathGriff]

@EastLondonKing Omg me

[vini ミ☆ @sabrinautista]

a career defining performance and they weren’t even 30 yet…. let that sink in