The sad part of this is that I - an avowed atheist - know who that reference is about...I'll bet fewer than 50% of self-professed "Christian Nationalists" have clue one about it...

"Today you will be with me in Paradise."

Some of these false prophets ought to read their Bibles once in awhile.

The parts about condemnation and smiting and brimstone and slavery.

The red letter portions of the New Testament, not so much.

just 2 words...

and then you will see clearly enough to remove the mote from another's eye."

Talarico is a uniquely gifted politician (from watching him here in Texas).

Theological jiu-jitsu.

I went looking for the biblical passage. I knew about Romans 12:17-20. What I didn't know is that Paul was quoting from Proverbs 25:21-22 at the end.

Walter Wink was another Texas progressive Christian.

Typical repug thinks wishing death on Talarico will get him in good with God. Good luck with that.

Perhaps that's the flock he leads.

And redemption is rooted in forgiveness and love? If they hate and ask for God to be unforgiving and vengeful to others, especially against someone who has done no wrong, what do they think they might get?

"If they hate and ask for God to be unforgiving and vengeful to others, especially against someone who has done no wrong, what do they think they might get?"

The worst people I have ever known are also the biggest Bible humpers.

ratio of resurrections to crucifixions "...with Christ..." is 100%.

It takes tact and professionalism to so eloquently write, “well, fuck you too…and the horse you rode in on.”

The person who said that?

Brooks Potteiger is described as the closest spiritual adviser to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth

has needed nasty men to jump up and do his speaking for him, no matter which organization claims to represent him.

One would think any real deity would be capable of doing his own talking and that talking would be understood by all of us.

Then again, my unsympathetic view of religion has always been notorious. I have always said the pastor tends his flock to make them easier to fleece..

Well said. And how pathetic that so many are so willing to be fleeced.

All that requires is a confession.
I wished that the judge had read that verse.

Why does this fake ass pastor get a pass on threatening a life so openly? (I know, I know...)

Plus one.

I also feel that it is very dangerous for that pastor to tempt God by asking that someone die. (I always clarify on DU that I'm not here to convert anyone. I am a Christian, and I'm fine if you are, or you are not. Each person must walk their own path where religion is concerned. My beliefs are no more and no less than anyone else's).

God might just decide he needs one less "pastor" - and I use that term loosely to apply to the hate-filled person spewing crap in the name of God.

n/t

James Talarico is the real deal when it comes to walking the Christian walk. He is very much of the same Christian tradition as we saw in Jimmy Carter. Just like the hypocritical religious conservative Scribes and Pharisees accused Jesus of blasphemy and claimed that he invoked the power of the devil because he healed on the Sabbath, the phony Christian Nationalists will attack real Christians like James Talarico.

When are these rightwingers going to wake up to the fact that Jesus was a radical woke leftist. If they actually read the Gospels they would know that.

And homeless
And an Immigrant

If you Google "christian nationalism" you will find that is was invented by an avowed Racist, White Supremicist, authoritarian.

This has NOTHING to do with the Jesus in the Gospels. Or the New Testement.

Galations says "There is no Jew or Greek (all races are equal), no slave or free (no slavery / all classes are equal) rich or poor, male ore female - or any one inbetween. WE ARE ALL ONE IN JESUS CHRIST.

Holy Week is coming when Jesus directs us to wash feet. Think about this...

We are all "saved by God's unmerited grace" We are called to live that out, in real life for eachother; even our enemies...

Jesus calls us to Love Our Enemies, not as a strategy - but as a reflection of GOD's Love. It is THE WAY OF JESUS. The way to live, the way to be happy, The Way of Harmony & Peace. The Sermon on The Mount is Jesus clear instruction for the Peaceable Reign of God on Earth. Few have read it.

This is the standard by which you will know who is a follower of THE WAY OF JESUS CHRIST and who is ANTI-CHRIST.

Sorry but White Supremicist, RACIST, Authoritarianism - christian nationalism - IS NOT CHRISTIAN. PERIOD

I also am a radical Lutheran in the tradition of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Martin Niemoller. You speak the truth. These Christian Nationalists would not recognize Jesus if he was standing right in front of them. They are following a false Gospel.

Our Lord instructed us to “Love Our Enemies, not as a strategy - but as a reflection of GOD's Love.”

And it can be tremendously hard to do. A HUGELY heavy lift. But there we are.

And yet he says he's a Christian.

Too bad the Magashitstains will see what he wrote & call him weak, traitor etc

and WTF, Kegseth's "pastor" is hoping for political violence, and there are plenty of rightwing nutcases listening

I can’t figure out that one out. “With” Christ?

On so many levels. Seriously, What Would Jesus Do? I think He'd toss that motherfucker out on his ass.

Pigseth's pastor is wrong on several levels, but two are more than outrageous from a "Christian" pastor. Certainly, calling for Talarico's death is beyond the pale, but calling for him to be crucified is saying Talarico shares Jesus' holiness.

a great Senator.

Psychology science could explain what's happening inside the religious brains (or not?).

This is exactly why so many men voted for Trump. For a great many men in this country, as messed up as it is, they think Trump projects strength. And they will see Talarico’s‘s response as weakness.

You get rewarded after death, they worship a man hanging on a cross. Think about it.

In one of Shakespeare's first plays, one of the villains is Bishop of Winchester.

He plots with others the death of Duke of Gloucester.

In an earlier play, Gloucester says:

Name not religion, for thou lov'st the flesh,
And ne'er throughout the year to church thou goes
Except it be to pray against thy foes.
--Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI 1.1.41-43

What drives Bishop of Winchester is jealousy and power.
How some of humanity never changes.