Posted on 06/23/2026 12:30:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
Just when you thought David French's favorite new theologian couldn't get any worse. 😂
I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity.
WHAT A QUOTE!
Here's the longer quote:
I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right? And I always get drawn back into it because nowhere else, in no other political philosophy, in no other economic theory, do I find anything as truly radical or revolutionary as the teachings of that barefoot Rabbi.
I'm sure Talarico, who is running against Republican Ken Paxton for the U.S. Senate seat in TEXAS, will try to explain the soundbite away with appeals to nuance.
No, really, the Nuance Bros are already out in full force:
This tactic is sure to work on some people.
After all, it has become very popular in recent years for people to say they love Christ but hate the Church, His bride.
All sorts of people have stopped following Scripture or going to church, falsely believing they can have a relationship with Christ apart from obeying His commands and the Law that He came to fulfill.
So we can satisfy the prerequisite of context, however, this quote comes from a 2021 interview with Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, a transgender "Latinx" theologian who is a woman pretending to be a man.
In that interview, the two discuss:
Reinterpreting Christianity through lenses of queer theory, critical race theory-influenced ideas, and what critics call Marxist or anarchist frameworks.
Talarico praises the host and her book Activist Theology (calling himself an "inner fan boy").
Talarico describes Jesus as a "socialist anarchist from Palestine."
Talarico acknowledges his own "whiteness and masculinity" as limiting his imagination about what's possible.
Talarico praises a minister (Jim Rigby) in the "Christian anarchist tradition" and discusses concepts like being a "true white traitor."
HOW‘S THAT FOR CONTEXT?
As is pretty obvious from Talarico by now, a Jesus of your own making always ends at you worshipping yourself and the devil.
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He’s Jim Jones without the Kool-Aid
Just wow
That dude is a lunatic.
A follower of God who hates God?????
The people I remember who called Christ “Rabbi” were those that were testing Him. If I have the correct event He called them “vipers” or words to that effect.
He also wore sandals, if John the Baptist was speaking literally.
“”I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity.””
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Uhh.... someone might want to clue him in that he has apparently picked up a demon somewhere along the way. And the demon’s having loads of fun at his expense... which is pretty common.
I doubt that he hates Lucifer, aka Satan, aka Allah.
Like any other liberal, he thinks himself above it all.
Except of course Christ Himself, for whom Talarico purports to speak.
Oh. He’s a shoo-in for Texas senator.
A rabi is an ordained spiritual leader, teacher, and scholar of Judaism. The word literally translates from Hebrew to “my teacher” or “my master”. Traditionally, becoming a rabbi requires intensive study of Jewish law and texts (like the Talmud and Torah) and receiving formal ordination from other rabbis. Rav is Mister or Sir in Hebrew, same as Adon. Adoni is a formal address to a person or God. Barukh Ata, Adonai, Eloheinu Melekh ha-Olam. So, what’s wrong with Rabi. Looks like I am missing something.
He will be a Senator who hates the Senate. Or a Democrat who hates democracy. This could be a party game.
He’s a shoe in now!
The same can be said about his church.
Actually a mama’s boy phony Christian like him was already described with the first words of the title:
“I always think of myself...”
Narcissist.
I think we're just beginning to hear the inanities from this little gay boy.
Yyyeahhh. We know.
He’s Jim Jones without the Kool-Aid
Don’t be so sure. They want us all dead.
BTW, Jim Jones was a cheap ass. They actually used Fla-Vor-Aid.
Talarico is named a communist.
Spanish:
Talar: To cut
rico: the rich
Talarico has no business running for election in a free nation. His very name says so.
It was used by a group (I can’t remember if it was the sadduces or Pharisees) in a specific manner to deny the Divinity of Christ.
Bit like calling someone “friend” sarcastically in a Charles Bronson movie.
It’s a subtle slam with plausible deniability.
I’m on my phone or I could find it.
It’s a very telling that James T is using it. He’s either very stupid and missed the point or of a similar spirit as the accusers. Or both.
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