Can We Be Inclusive of All Views?

I’m proud to stand with and celebrate our LGBTQ+ neighbors. From being the first Kentucky governor to proclaim Pride Month to standing against hateful legislation, I’m going to keep fighting for what’s right—a more equal and inclusive future for all.

In the response post I made about this, I stated,

I want to know what Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear means by “more equal and inclusive.” . . . The Ark Encounter and the Creation Museum are the two leading Christian themed attractions in the world, and they have had billions of dollars of positive economic impact on the state of Kentucky. And yet when Gov. Beshear is giving talks on tourism and listing tourist facilities, he never mentions the Ark (or Creation Museum).

When I looked up the definition of inclusive, I found this from Oxford Languages:

1. including or covering all the services, facilities, or items normally expected or required.
2. not excluding any of the parties or groups involved in something.

Everyone has a worldview, and the worldview you have will always exclude some things.

But can we really be truly inclusive of everything? Well, actually, we can’t. The way people like Gov. Beshear use that word implies that we can be neutral. But as you can see, Gov. Beshear is not neutral when it comes to promoting tourist attractions in Kentucky—he basically excludes the Ark, which is the biggest themed attraction in the state. My point in bringing this up is that there is no such position as a neutral one. Everyone has a worldview, and the worldview you have will always exclude some things.

The Bible makes it clear that a person is either for or against Christ (Matthew 12:30), walks in light or darkness (John 8:12), and builds a house on the rock or the sand (Matthew 7:24–27). There is no neutral position.

I have had LGBTQ people argue with me about the topic of marriage, stating that I was being intolerant because I hold that there is only one valid view of marriage—one man for one woman as founded on God’s Word in Genesis. They claimed they were the tolerant ones because they allowed all views about marriage.

However, I explained to them that they actually do not allow all views about marriage, as they do not allow my view based on God’s Word, which states there is only one legitimate view. They then countered that I was not allowing their view, but I reiterated that they also weren’t allowing my view that there is only one true definition of marriage.

We had this clash of worldviews because none of us can be all-inclusive—in this case, our positions are antithetical to each other. The LGBTQ group won’t include God’s view that there is only one definition of marriage because it contradicts their preferred view. And because my worldview is based on the Bible, I can’t condone their view, which allows for different definitions of marriage in contradiction to God’s Word. Obviously, LGBTQ people can’t be all-inclusive, and neither can Christians.

It’s important to recognize that disagreement doesn’t equal hatred.

Now, all this doesn’t mean I hate them, even though they often claim such a clash of worldviews is just that. It’s important to recognize that disagreement doesn’t equal hatred. However, we do indeed have different worldviews because we have different foundations. I build my worldview on God’s Word, beginning with a literal interpretation of Genesis 1–11. They build theirs on man’s word, which results in a shifting morality.

Let me give another example showing how we can’t always be inclusive.

Some Christians have tried to claim that we should make allowances for all views on the age of the earth and not speak against those Christians who believe in millions of years. But the idea of millions of years clearly contradicts God’s Word; thus, I cannot believe in it, nor can I agree to disagree on this issue. I must state that those who believe in millions of years are wrong and are undermining biblical authority. And if I were to say there can be many valid views, I would then be saying that those who are adamant about a young earth (as described in Scripture) are wrong!

The next time someone challenges you to be inclusive when it comes to LGBTQ or other anti-biblical ideologies, show them that it really isn’t possible. A Christian with a truly biblical worldview can’t “inclusively” accept all views, but neither can the self-proclaimed “tolerant” activists.