Jerry

Step 1: Repent, Step 2: Believe

[BGN Hoops @BGNHoops]

8 years ago today, the world watched the refs rig Game 7 of the 2018 WCF.

The amount of missed calls was crazy.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@trishonsocial @jason_howerton With respect, your experience does not equate to the whole of major denominations with millions of adherents. I, too, grew up in evangelical spaces. Yes, some have become wings for political parties, but many are still doing their mission of spreading the Gospel, and that alone.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@trishonsocial @jason_howerton To blanket all of evangelicalism into this is a gross overstatement.

[Jason Howerton @jason_howerton]

Since I’m going to be hearing this for the next 6 months as a Texas voter, let me answer the question:

“You would vote for an adulterer over James Talarico? That’s not very Christian.”

Here’s the truth: I would rather vote for almost anyone else who is going to at least advocate for conservative *policies* over a literal heretic who wears my faith like a skin suit, advocates for policies that harm children, endorses immorality and generally harm society.

Ken Paxton has personal baggage. I don’t deny that. But Talarico has plenty too — and he openly mocks God’s law and treats Jesus as a political mascot all while pushing a radical far-left agenda that would be a disaster for my state.

You see, I’m an adult. I do not expect those who are seeking political office to be my moral superiors or even trustworthy. They are tools to be used to do the least amount of damage via policy.

I wish more pastors and men who live godly lives were running. I really do. But the options we get are what they are.

Paxton supports secure borders, law enforcement, lower taxes, unleashing American energy, the Second Amendment, just to name a few.

Talarico supports unlimited abortion, trans-ing children, higher taxes, government-run “healthcare,” and is incredibly comfortable blaspheming the word of God.

I’m not voting for a priest. I’m voting for an imperfect person to represent my interests. That’s how it works.

You’re not going to guilt trip Texans into supporting a looney tunes candidate like Talarico. Paxton will win by 5+.

It’s about policy, not personality.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@HVC_Vaymira @NoName1052210 @catholicpat Exactly. Not that this is what the comment you replied to is implying, but they always mope about "If God why evil?" And then in the same breath complain when God actually does something about real, palpable evil.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@ShabbosK Respectfully, the moment Jospeh Smith claimed every other Christian sect was apostate, the LDS alienated themselves. Then doubled down with theology that is, at very best, only Christian-adjacent. That being, it speaks the same language, but means something very different.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@Sportsislife10 @Protestia No real argument starts with, "take out this extremely significant, foundational piece of your faith." Lol. The Book of John is given the same weight of any other biblical text.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@theboocer @DrBrownBoise @justin_hart Thank you for sharing such well written and thought out truth with these people.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@DougK650416 @theboocer @brentmayberry @justin_hart It does though. The Bible doesn't allow for "another" testament.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@ogpapaaaa @Lupes20635 @equine__dentist Womp womp. Incorrect historical take. Literally happened exactly the opposite to how you described it. + No moral standard without a supreme moral being.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@DEWNature1999 @Nata72_27 @LighttheFireIAu You're discussing literally the most persecuted people to ever live. Christians were persecuted by Rome for their faith until the 4th century, and in the 21st century there have been more martyrs for the faith than ever before. No control. Only life lost. It's what we sign up for

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@realcopeaganda @teenieweenie20 @KristanHawkins Neither the modern Christless right nor the progressive left have shown they are willing to end abortion. They both ultimately pedal the same nonsense.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@realcopeaganda @teenieweenie20 @KristanHawkins To be abundantly clear, I couldn't care less about what side of the aisle 60 Minutes lies. I care about children not being sacrificed at the altar of convenience. Which is far and away the biggest issue that anyone could be talking about, let alone the Catholic Church.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@drizzydru2 @teenieweenie20 @KristanHawkins I can handle your ad hominem. Please don’t take that into talks with non-believers—it ruins your witness.

My point: if they cared as much about unborn children as ice blocks, they’d be this public—especially since it’s the most egregious human rights violation of our lifetime

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@teenieweenie20 @KristanHawkins lol k. Let's harp on a literary device and ignore the point I was trying to make. Have a good day.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@teenieweenie20 @KristanHawkins The Vatican 1000% has the power and pull to call for a large scale interview on any major network with church leadership denouncing the evil of child sacrifice. Her point stands.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@burymeinlenci @ShitpostRock2 True, but we have the Holy Spirit that affords to us the ability to know all truth regarding Jesus. Something Judas never had. Scripture gives us no room to boast.

[Jerry @Rev_jp2]

@sab_arp @Jaime5563984995 @Magicalspain Lol that's the problem