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Jesus tells the "Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard" in Matthew 20:15 which states: "Don't I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?" A clear rebuke of Socialism and Communism...As someone who studying for a Master of Divinity at seminary, which leads to him preaching at churches, Talarico should know better. He fancies himself as an educator. Yet, what he teaches is false. Talarico says he 'hates Christianity' in unearthed interview with transgender 'Latinx' theologian. The Democratic state lawmaker running against Ken Paxton has also claimed 'God is nonbinary' and that there are six genders. A prominent Democrat running for a critical U.S. Senate seat in Texas told a self-identified transgender, queer, "Latinx" podcast host that he "hates Christianity" in a 2021 interview.

In a recently resurfaced episode of the "Activist Theology Podcast," James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker now running for the Senate, confided that "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity."

He went on to say, "I always get drawn back into it because nowhere else, in no other political philosophy and no other economic theory do I find anything nearly as truly radical or revolutionary as the teachings of that barefoot Rabbi." Moments later, he told the podcast hosts that he believed the teachings of Christ are similar to "the teachings of the Buddha and other mystical traditions."

Democrats are hopeful that Talarico will flip one of Texas’ Senate seats blue for the first time in decades, which would be devastating for the GOP’s odds of retaining its upper chamber majority. He is running against Republican Ken Paxton, who currently serves as Texas attorney general.

Though Talarico has touted his ability to draw both Democrats and moderate Republicans, his history of controversial statements has cast doubt on his bipartisan appeal. While identifying as a Presbyterian seminarian, Talarico has caused consternation by claiming "God is nonbinary" and that there are six genders. He also raised eyebrows in a resurfaced clip in which he called reducing meat consumption "existential" to fighting climate change.

The latest comments to resurface come from Talarico’s interview with Roberto Che Espinoza, a transgender-identifying author, and Rev. Anna Golladay, a progressive minister currently running for Congress in Tennessee as a Democrat.

During the interview, Talarico said he has been inspired by Espinoza’s writings, saying, "I couldn’t contain my inner fanboy because I had read your book last year, and it continues to inspire me, and y’all’s work continues to inspire me."

Talarico explained that his upbringing was influenced by what he described as a "Christian anarchist tradition." He described himself as a "boring, cis-white man" and quipped, "I added Presbyterian to spice it up."

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00:00It's very strange, every time I think about it, that the most popular figure in our country,
00:07particularly on the conservative right, is this, you know, socialist anarchist from ancient Palestine.
00:16No, Jesus was from a land called Judea, the land of the Jews. The Romans renamed the land
00:25Syria-Palestina in 135 CE. That's over a century after Jesus died. Palestine did not exist when
00:39Jesus lived. It was called Judea, also known as Israel. To say that Jesus is Palestinian is like
00:49saying that the Apache Indians come from Oklahoma. The Apache Indians lived in that area long before
00:58the state of Oklahoma was founded. To say that the Apache Indians are Oklahomans is like saying
01:07Jesus was a Palestinian. It's the same thing. The indigenous people lived before the colonizers
01:15came and renamed that area. Centuries later, I thought these socialists were against colonizers.
01:24I thought they didn't like that. Do you think Jesus would appreciate being called a Palestinian
01:30when the brutal Roman Empire invaded the land that he was born in and changed the name to Palestine
01:39or Syria-Palestina? Do you think Jesus would appreciate being referred to as a Palestinian
01:45when that is a name that was forced upon Jesus's land of Judea 100 years after he died? As for
01:54Jesus
01:55being a socialist, very interesting. So Bernie Sanders, AOC, all these socialists, Momdami,
02:04they all say no oligarchs, and they all say no kings, and they all complain about the colonizers.
02:12Well, when Jesus was asked should the Jews pay taxes to the Roman Empire, Jesus had a very clever
02:20thing to say. He said, this Roman coin, whose likeness is on this coin? And they said, that's the Roman
02:27emperor's likeness. And Jesus said, well then, render unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and render unto God
02:35what belongs to God. This was a great quote, but it had nothing to do with socialism. So basically, Jesus
02:41said that this Roman oligarch named Julius Caesar, this colonizer, this king, should keep his money.
02:50Jesus did not say the typical thing that Bernie Sanders says, or AOC says. Jesus didn't say,
02:57no kings, no emperors, no oligarchs. The oligarch has too much money, you should take the money away
03:03from the oligarch. The oligarch shouldn't be allowed to have that money. No, he said the opposite. He said,
03:09let Caesar keep his money. But he created a separation between the Roman Empire's authority
03:14authority, and the authority of God. So Jesus basically said, the Roman Empire can have theirs,
03:21but there's also another way of doing things, besides the Roman way only, that involves God.
03:27Jesus was basically saying, you, private individual, should be charitable, and you can help your neighbor.
03:34Not by giving your money, your hard-earned money, the fruits of your labor, to a government,
03:39but by doing it yourself directly. He was saying, charity lies in the private sector, locally. He
03:48wasn't saying, give it away to some far-off government, where there's fraud, and abuse,
03:54and malfeasance, and mismanagement. The Democrats, the socialists, the commies, they all say, you know
04:00what, Jesus said be charitable. So you should give your money to us, and we're gonna decide who should get
04:08the money, and who shouldn't. We'll figure all that out for you. You're too stupid to do it yourself.
04:13We'll take care of that, right? So they take the money, and then you got the kickbacks, and the
04:18corruption, and the mismanagement. But Jesus said, no, you do it yourself. He never said, give it to some
04:25big government. Jesus was not a big government guy. Socialists are big government. Commies are big
04:31government. Democrats are big government. Jesus was not big government. Now, there are socialists who like
04:37to say that Jesus meant for you to pay your taxes to the Roman government. The Roman government was
04:43not a socialist government. They did not have welfare programs like the socialists want, or like the
04:49socialist promise. The Roman government and the Roman economy was based on slavery and the spoils of war.
04:57That's how they funded themselves. Slaves and the spoils of war. And when Caesar redistributed land,
05:07he redistributed it to people that were loyal to him and the soldiers. He didn't redistribute it just
05:14to any poor person. And the distribution of grain had restrictions. So not everybody could get the grain.
05:21He tightened those restrictions. He was not a welfare guy. Jesus' ministry often highlighted the poverty
05:29and the suffering of the people, which everybody at the time knew was due to high Roman taxes. Jesus
05:36was about helping your neighbor directly, not paying high taxes. The socialists, the democrats,
05:42the commies, they want to tax everything. Jesus was not about the government taking over the means of
05:49production. So both of the things that he said fly in the face of what socialists want you to believe,
05:56or what socialists think you should do. He said, give the oligarch his money, let him keep his money,
06:04the colonizer, the king. But at the same time, he was highlighting the tyranny of these high taxes.
06:12He was saying, you take responsibility for your neighbor and your fellow man,
06:15and you will be judged by God. He did not say it's up to big government to do it. So
06:20nothing he said
06:21was akin to socialism or communism or what the democrats would have you believe. Very simple
06:27question. What form of government has lifted more people out of poverty and benefited humanity
06:33more than capitalism? Please tell me what economic system, what form of government, which nation did better
06:43than capitalism to help poor people? What was the name of this nation? When did it exist? What year?
06:50And what economic system did they use? I'd love to hear it. The problem is, there isn't any. There's not
06:59one that beats free market capitalism. That's why you see so many people risking their lives to get to the
07:06United States and to get to capitalist countries from socialist countries. Because everywhere socialism was
07:13implemented, you had more poor people. You had more suffering, which is exactly what Jesus doesn't want.
07:21What else would you think?
07:22What else could you do in Italy?
07:38How many companies have flowed, which is biggerということ is probably one of the very few things that
07:40...you have a message here to pay off the line.
07:40...you miss almost nothing, don't hate to be..
07:49It's impossible, just had to be beautiful.
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