When Christianity becomes a tool of power
When? We are far beyond that point...
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2026
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to be fair demons are closer to "god" than evangelicals to jesus/christianity.
Yall need Jesus
anti-Christian right. There are no right-wing Christians. The whole concept is oxymoronic. It’s like meat-eating vegans or smart crypto bros.
“whatsoever you do to the least of mine you do unto me” right? that’s kryptonite for the GOP, suicidal empathy as they like to say these days
Most of them cant read above a 4th grade level and could not write a coherent essay on literally anything. So. Ya know. Ta-da!
Counterpoint: test everything against what you KNOW to be true.
The “Christian” right should try reading the Bible more than listening to Fox News.
The Christian right is actually worshipping a false idol, taking His name in vain, and working to undermine the word of God by trying to force the starting of Rapture. The fools are so eager to not die they're killing the world.
You lost them at "reading"
Faux News is their bible.
Pronounced Faux Nooz. When you want to think, they will tell you what to think.
Well Satan himself quotes Jesus so I guess sure
Or herself.. eh? Think about it...
I mean, literally "him" from the Powerpuff girls:
The only real question in this race, and its a very real question, is whether or not Texans are capable of thinking for themselves or not. A very open question.
Hmm neither article actually gives us the controversial quotation, just gets right to the apologetics.
Don't read the article, upvote if you like the sentiment I guess, but it's a waste of time to read.
https://www.texasobserver.org/senate-james-talarico-presbyterian-christianity/
References a Colbert appearance, quoting and linking:
Talarico often says he learned from his Baptist preacher grandfather that Christians “follow a barefoot rabbi who gave us two commandments: Love God and love neighbor—because there is no love of God without love of neighbor.” That’s a reference to Matthew 22:36-40, one of Talarico’s go-to, and definitely non-“fake,” scripture passages. And as Talarico told Stephen Colbert, it has radical implications: We are to love our neighbor “regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or immigration status or religious affiliation.”
Another of Talarico’s go-to Gospel passages, Matthew 25:35-40, directly links love for Jesus with care for the hungry, the stranger, and the imprisoned. For many evangelicals, this passage refers mainly to a future end-times Tribulation. For Talarico, by contrast, it is manifestly current and intensely political. Here’s how he deploys it in the Colbert appearance:
“For 50 years, the religious right … convinced a lot of our fellow Christians that the most important issues were abortion and gay marriage … two issues that Jesus never talked about. Jesus in Matthew 25 tells us exactly how you and I and every one of our fellow believers [are] going to be judged and how we’re going to be saved: by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger.”
Awesome, thanks.
The passages in question are familiar ones, found in Matthew 22 and Matthew 25. Love God and love your neighbor. Feed the hungry, heal the sick, welcome the stranger. They are, in fact, in the Bible.
Not only is it in the article, it's quoted in the post above.
That's not a quotation, that's a paraphrase. What did Talarico specifically say that people reacted to? Was it the actual verses? If so, which translation (using a modern-language translation alone could draw that condemnation from some commenters).
It quoted Talarico, at a different event, saying "Politics is just another word for how you treat your neighbors", but that's not the thing they were reacting to.
I'm curious to know specifically what he said that pissed people off, because the details are important when you're popcorning monotheistic textual sectarian religious spats.
If so, which translation (using a modern-language translation alone could draw that condemnation from some commenters).
Yeah I'm sure Fox News is hotly debating the merits of Hebrew vs Aramaic vs Greek.
using a modern-language translation alone could draw that condemnation from some commenters
You're hinting that it's in some sense invalid to quote the New Testament in some other language than Greek or something?!
I think you want to scrape the bark off two trees in the hope that once you're done people won't see the forest.
There is a pretty significant portion of America Christians who believe than any translation besides the 1611 King James version of the Bible is blasphemous, nevermind that they are probably reading the 1769 version, but what matters is what think is the 1611 version.
So what's your position, that there's a possibility that he did say something demonic and its all being misconstrued to make people "feel good?" For someone who's so interested in 'just asking questions,' you don't seem very interested in finding answers.
The article links to the sources of this controversy in the very first paragraph by the way.
RTFB[ible]. It says which passages were quoted; look them up yourself if you're that fucking worried about it!
At least, that's what you would do if you were actually "curious" and not concern trolling.
I went to Episcopal school and Matthew is the only book I actually liked. But ok sure.
Then why were you even asking when you already knew?
Your bitching was like complaining about a footnote citation because they didn't copy and paste the entire referenced work into the middle of the article for you.
It literally links to BibleGateway. Or did the first three paragraphs make you so cross that you stopped reading then and there?