The Most Dangerous Man In Texas

No, he’s not a reincarnation of Billy the Kid or Jesse James. But he is a lot more dangerous than a buffoon like Beto O’Rourke could ever be. Meet the Scripture-twisting, love-conquers-all Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate from Texas, James Talarico – the latest socialist schemer with a better-than-you-think chance of winning an election that would never happen in a sane world. However, he has a couple of things going for him besides the crazy times we live in. First, his silvery tongue, which can convince even fence-sitting independents of his Christian-based sincerity. Second, the seat is now occupied by the tepid Republican Senator John Cornyn, who must successfully fight off a primary challenge by the state’s Attorney General, Ken Paxton. And although Paxton is more reliably conservative than Cornyn, he’s carrying a load of political baggage behind him that will surely be a liability, especially if he makes it past the primary.

To get a taste for how “out there” Talarico’s biblical beliefs are, let’s see what he does to the annunciation story to justify the practice of abortion. The gospel according to Talarico has Mary empowered to make a choice between obeying God’s command to bear His Son in human form or not. Imagine that - no Jesus on Earth, if Mary had simply decided to refuse. Trouble is, this extraordinary situation had nothing to do with a choice of whether or not to abort a baby. Mary’s refusal, as nonsensical as that sounds, would be more akin to turning down someone’s advances before a baby was ever created. Talarico, like most of his Democrat brothers and sisters, chooses to ignore this aspect of a “woman’s right to choose.”

There’s more regarding Talarico’s unique perspective on the Bible. According to him, God is non-binary. And in his world, atheists are more Christ-like than Christian lawmakers. Can you imagine any politician anywhere (besides California and maybe New York City) being viable after making statements like that, even just a few years ago? But when you’re a leftist Christian (an oxymoron if there ever was one), it’s easy to fire back instead of defending your own outrageousness. Where, Talarico would ask, do you find Jesus condemning homosexuality and gay marriage? For that matter, where would you find Jesus condemning abortion?

There are many ways to shoot down Talarico’s specious arguments, but here’s my take.

1. Although Jesus was never recorded as saying anything specific about homosexuality, He certainly noted God’s plan that a man cleaves to his wife and the two joined together are one flesh. Also, please see the apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans, Chapter 1, verses 21 through 32. In this passage, it’s made clear that men and women engage in “shameful lusts” when they abandon natural relations with the opposite sex for same-sex relations. Not only that, but verses 28 through 31 give an accurate summation of the antisemitic, anti-ICE, Antifa-inspired protesters we’re seeing in real time. These people are described as “God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful…senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.” 
2. Regarding abortion, here are a couple of references:
   1. Psalm 139:13. “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
   2. Deuteronomy 30:19. “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses...Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!”
3. To address the non-binary nonsense, this is apparently Talarico’s lame effort to validate that lifestyle by claiming that the Creator of the universe shares that identity. But all available evidence from the Bible including eye-witness accounts show Jesus, the Son of God, walked the Earth as a Man. 

Overarching all of this is what protects Talarico’s and fellow Democrats’ viability in these crazy times – the average voter’s tendency to readily believe lies, when told early and often enough. This too, is predicted in Scripture (Romans 1:25, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12). Lies layered upon emotional appeals for voting blocs to see themselves as oppressed victims have been proven to be effective vote-getters time and time again. When Talarico claims that atheists are more Christ-like than Christian lawmakers, he’s appealing to the emotional tug of helping the poor with government programs. However, when such programs are looked at objectively, they’ve been shown over and over to provide minimal help and oftentimes harm to the recipients. In addition, we’re now finding out a lot more about fraudulent activities regarding social programs that are supposed to benefit the disadvantaged, but instead divert the funds to crooks.

Yes, it’s true that Jesus often said that we should help the poor, citing widows and orphans in particular. But He never cited the need for the state or the governmental authorities to be primary providers of such support. And Jesus also said that we’d always have the poor with us, implying that an illusional utopia on Earth without Him in the center is doomed to fail.

Hopefully, enough Texas voters will see through Talarico’s attempt to portray himself as a harmless Mr. Rogers-like “love” messenger to gain votes. Otherwise, his election as a U.S. Senator from a red state does not bode well for our future.