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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."
HOWβS 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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