Discussing James Talarico and his "hating Christianity" comments

 So, another scandal is breaking in Texas, where the republicans released audio of James Talarico calling himself a "Christian who hates Christianity." Honestly? My opinion is that this is a nothingburger. I mean, anyone who is outside of the segment of Christians he's clearly referencing will understand what he means. I see this sentiment a lot with liberal Christians. They're christians, but they hate the ideological Christianity of the fundies and the Christian nationalism of the republican party. They support the spirit of the law, rather than the actual letter, and think that fundies are basically Pharisees, that they're spiritually dead inside but put on a lot of airs and act holier than anyone without being so.

Honestly, anyone who is outraged by this is exactly the kind of Christian Talarico is referencing. And you know what? Those are the Christians that drive my "new atheist" vibe as well. Those guys do so much damage to religion that some of us, like me, just cant stand religion in general. No offense to the moderates, I still think that they're "lukewarm" and I'd rather just disavow myself of the entire movement, but yeah. I can see how moderates with different interpretations look at the crazy guys and how they're like 'OH MY GOD STOP YOU'RE ALIENATING EVERYONE WTF". And yeah. I mean, for a while, I was one of those liberal Christians in the late 2000s/early 2010s. I just decided that I had enough and felt it was more philosophically consistent to just give up on the entire religion. I mean clearly there was more to it than that, but that was...part of it. 

Then again, as they say, preaching to the choir.

Anyway, some are saying this is gonna outrage religious republicans, but you know what? Good. And before people think this will hurt him a ton, well, again, if youre outraged, you're the target of the criticism. And let's face it, most of those guys are white hot balls of rage upset that a trans person went into a different bathroom within 1000 miles of them. So...screw them, as I would say as a secular humanist with new atheist vibes, your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer. Bring it on. I welcome your hatred.