God is not a christian

September 9, 2026 · Missing Context · Missing context

The claim

Paxton's campaign created an ad using AI depicting James Talarico doodling in a bible with crayons with an AI voice saying "God is not a christian"

Ken Paxton, Campaign Ad, Sept 9 2026

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What was actually said

Talarico said "God is so much bigger than our human categories. God is not a Presbyterian. God is not a Christian. God is not a noun at all. God is a verb. God is not a being. God is being itself. God is love. And that's why Jesus is against anything that gets in the way of that love between neighbors, including religion. That's why he's always breaking religious rules. That's why he's always getting in trouble with the religious authorities. That's why he says sinners will see the kingdom of heaven before religious people do."

Sermon Given by James Talarico on the dangers of Christian Nationalism

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God is nonbinary

September 9, 2026 · Missing Context · Missing context

The claim

Paxton's campaign created an ad using AI depicting James Talarico doodling in a bible with crayons with an AI voice saying God is nonbianary

Ken Paxton, Campaign Ad, Sept 9 2026

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What was actually said

Talarico said "I want to speak directly to my fellow believers in the chamber. In committee I listened to 15 hours of testimony on this bill, the worst part for me was the number of Christians who used scripture to justify hurting children. Even on this floor today a member tried to justify a hateful amendment in the name of God's law. So let's talk about that. The first two lines of the Bible the first two lines in Genesis used two different Hebrew words to describe God, one is the masculine Hebrew noun for divinity, the second is the feminine Hebrew noun for spirit. God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between, God is nonbinary. In Genesis 1:26 God speaks of God's self in the plural saying let us make human beings in our image to be like us. That's the infinite multitude of God the masculine the feminine and everything in between."

Texas House Chamber Oct 14 2021

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