“God is nonbinary”: GOP activates over Talarico’s past comments characterizing him as too radical for Texas
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/12/james-talarico-texas-senate-republicans-attacks-god-is-nonbinary/
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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 153 pts · 169d
“MY GOD HAS A DICK!! IT’S BIG AND VEINY AND THROBBING AND NOBODY’S GONNA TELL ME DIFFERENT!!!” - Evangelicals, apparently.
Cheems@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 169d
Turns out they also don't like it when you say that. It's like pick a lane people
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 168d
Uh oh, Mike Johnson better contact his son...
BurgerBaron@piefed.social · 3 pts · 168d
Retconning all godesses makes Yahweh an incel.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 168d
Already a song about god's dick
https://youtu.be/QSmYxKIs3PI
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 2 pts · 168d
Was gonna post that haha great song too
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 78 pts · 169d
Deuteronomy 32:18. This is the lot that would insist that men cannot give birth, right?
saltesc@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 169d
That's a really poor translation. It sounds more like God gave the "you" reproductivity.
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 169d
Most of the translations are pretty similar with that last clause.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 168d
That one is very clear. Semitic scripture uses parallelism liberally for emphasis. Both “yalad” and “chuwl” mean birth, but yalad is masculine as in “fathered” while chuwl means “gave birth to.” Deuteronomy 32:18 very explicitly paints Yahweh as both father and mother of all Israelites.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 168d
Hell, yeah. A linguist enters the chat.
So from Semitic languages, to Latin—which also can translate feminine, masculine, and anything between as three states jusr fine—to period-subjected variations of English, up to the modern day take, it should've been kept quite clear. But sometimes over a few thousand years it may have been skewed. At least enough to open up interpretation in a way that interpretation aligns with one's beliefs or desires.
Well, I am shocked that this could happen to an Abrahamic religion /s
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 59 pts · 169d
halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 169d
While I agree that part is silly, at least Talarico is using his belief to try to implement much-needed change.
Lotta folks that actually bother to vote are Christian, so I think he's Texas' best bet at turning blue.
Retail4068@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 169d
Screeching to the world over an issue you don't think is important while ignoring the reality, that even though it's stupid as fuck its still a problem in our reality, is also pointless.
Did you change any thoughts in here? Did you move the needle? No. Non applicable noise. This article does however represent an irl shift to monitor.
So your comment you see, was much more so pointless and not constructive.
BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 168d
Ironic posting intensifies
Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 168d
Tahl_eN@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 169d
I have no opinion on if God is NB. But he's very clearly in a same-sex union with Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 169d
The Holy Throuple
danglybits27@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 169d
The Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit, gaymen.
RainbowHedgehog@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 169d
God is dating his son???
luthis@lemmy.nz · 12 pts · 169d
That really isn't that weird in the grande scheme of things
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 169d
or particularly unusual for deities
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 169d
they just call each other daddy
cooltrainer_frank@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
God is a power bottom in the throuple with his son and a ghostly entity
Kowowow@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 169d
I've had a pastor argue it a number of years ago and it did make sense at the time, it was based on how God referred to using a feminate city name or something similar
SuiXi3D@fedia.io · 4 pts · 169d
Nah, God is a Trinity. Therefore they're nonbinary. Also, since the religious right doesn't want to imagine God as using their obviously male penis in any way, shape, or form, they're asexual.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 169d
So God is a Thruple, got it.
TwilitSky@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
I upvoted and then I took it back just in case any of this stuff is real.
TunaLobster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
I would have thought the Holy Spirit would have been repping the feminine style in the throuple.
neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 43 pts · 169d
Newsflash, dipshits: God doesn't have a penis or a vagina. God isn't human.
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 169d
So you're saying God is so non binary that they are non gendered?
The_Lurker@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 169d
God is nonbiological so no gender. Or all genders. If God is in everything, then there are some bacteria with 23 or so sexes, so God possesses genders beyond the scope of human consciousness.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 169d
Sorry about the correction, but that number isn't right on two levels.
1: bacteria didn't have sexes. Sometimes they will exchange plasmids via a direct pilus or will pick up strays in the environment.
2: that number is often cited from a book describing certain slime molds (which aren't molds) as having that few, when almost every species we found have something in the 100's. But what I think is cool is that some species of actual fungi have something like 72,000 compatible sexes.
The_Lurker@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Correction is appreciated. It even works out better if God is an oversexed slime mold.
MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
Yes, this. And an attack helicopter.
Bakkoda@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 169d
Ungendered. Degendered. Omnigendered?
TheLowestStone@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 169d
Polygenderous
jaemo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 169d
Infinary.
BillyClark@piefed.social · 11 pts · 169d
One of the basic problems with theists is that they have no idea what God is.
"God is love." In what way? God is just an emotion related to a chemical reaction in the brain?
"God is all powerful." Can he microwave a burrito so hot that even he can't eat it?
"God is omniscient." If everything in the future is already known, then what's the point?
It just goes on and on. Either God is some vague impossibility, or he's exactly the same as a human male, somehow. But a human male is not the same as God, so that can't really be right. But nobody can even give a real framework as to what he could be.
If you can't describe God no matter how hard you try, then what the hell are you believing in? That's the basis for ignosticism.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
i just believe in a giant space crustacean it's easier and funnier. and crab sandwiches taste better than jeezits.
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 169d
And iirc, they are referred to using terms for both male and female in the original language of the text.
Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus · 33 pts · 169d
I am not a religious person (but was raised catholic) - I wouldn't have issues voting for him based on that article - he seems far better informed regarding the word of christ than any of those screeching republican harpies, and seems to have the best in mind for the citizens of his state.
Akh@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 169d
What in the ever loving fuck is wrong with the GOP?
archonet@lemy.lol · 27 pts · 169d
I think it'd take less time to write down the things that aren't.
assembly@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 169d
Ya got me curious on what would be on that list. I got nothing coming to mind.
Carighan@piefed.world · 6 pts · 169d
Cute animal in the logo.
And they also... No, that's actually it.
archonet@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 169d
I don't know either, but I'd say my original point stands. "nothing" is still shorter than saying "everything"
lemmyng@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
I'd say the ability to out themselves as pedophiles and get themselves locked away from society is a positive.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 168d
Still waiting on the 2nd half
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 169d
They aren't smart and they lack critical thinking skills. And that's just their voting base.
The ones that are smart are also rich sociopaths and psychopaths that are actively trying to excise empathy from their entire party.
Sludgehammer@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 169d
Okay... so follow my logic. God made man in his image, then some time later, made woman in mans image. Therefore, we should at least expect God to be as different from a man as a man is from a woman. I would in fact argue that we should expect God to be even more different, as going from a mortal being to a different mortal being is less of a jump as going from a immortal omnipotent being to a mortal being.
GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 169d
Further to the point, the only canon contact he's made with humans was as... wait for it... a burning bush.
The bearded old dude was after Rome finally decided that Christianity was cool, and they decided to update his pfp to Jupiter. And it stuck.
semperverus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 167d
Well, considering Yaweh is the Demiurge and is trying to steal credit for what the Monad is and does, I would say that it is likely that Yaweh is gendered, unlike the original creator.
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 1 pts · 168d
Either Eve is trans (being made from Adam's rib) or Adam ist.
davetortoise@reddthat.com · 22 pts · 168d
Hear me out: none of this matters. Just another distraction from the world being run by greedy psycho billionaires
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 166d
And yet, let the symptoms of a disease go unchecked, and the patient could very well die from them before the antivirals and serum have been administered. The problem is that it ALL matters.
davetortoise@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 166d
Ah yes society will collapse if we don't first settle the issue of whether the Christian deity as understood by North American protestants needs to be gendered or not
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 20 pts · 169d
God is a hermaphrodite. There. I said it.
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works · 25 pts · 169d
So is my cat, who I worship, so that checks out.
Cat in question, who is very deserving of worship.
QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 169d
Cock n' ball n' pussycat?
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 168d
Born with both testicles and a uterus. All male on the outside, all female on the inside. Kinda neat, but unfortunately very expensive to fix. It had to be done though, 1) because you should fix your cats anyway, and 2) because apparently it causes a lot of health issues if you don’t fix it, including a very high chance for cancer in that region.
foggy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Hopefully spayed and neutered pussycat
BurntWits@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 168d
Yep, it was a very expensive and invasive procedure but it had to be done. We were going to regardless since you should always fix your cats but in addition to that, having both testicles and a uterus can lead to a lot of health complications in cats. Most commonly a far higher chance at getting cancer in that area.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 168d
No, that's angels. The God of Abraham would be better defined as having no gender or sex whatsoever.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 169d
Why does a politicians views on magic sky daddy matter to anyone anywhere at any time?
cjoll4@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 169d
Because magic sky daddy is the most important thing to many people in many places, all the time. Because they've been conditioned to believe that if someone doesn't hold the correct views on magic sky daddy, they'll suffer for all eternity, and so they live in constant fear that they or their children might become misled by the incorrect views on magic sky daddy. This stuff is deeply internalized.
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 169d
And that's a part of the material conditions we operate in. We ignore them at our peril.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 169d
Because religion is brain rot and also, by far, the greatest threat humanity is facing today.
SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 168d
Not climate change? Not Capitalism? Not the looming specter of global conflict?
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 168d
Correct. Religion has the potential to wipe out large swaths of people overnight, and logic and science are powerless before this mental illness.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 168d
Because Texas is dominated by Christian nationals and the GOP has framed themselves as the only choice for "true" Christians to vote for. Talarico is flipping that narrative on its head.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · -2 pts · 169d
Because stupid breads at a far greater rate than intelligent and educated people. Unless your one of those rightwing psychopaths that's all about seeding the population with your "superior" genetics.
mrsemi@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 169d
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 168d
Early computers were non binary
T156@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 168d
Bring back trinary computers.
Aqarius@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Unironically, yes
usernameusername@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 169d
How can they be so sure God is male though? Have they checked God's genitals?
Asafum@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 169d
God is not allowed in the women's bathroom.
So do all your sinning there, he can't see you!
The_Lurker@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
Because Yaweh was originally male.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 168d
Now i wonder why monotheism at some point just happened? It didn't happen before ever (in large scale), right? Because a critical mass was connected and organized enough?prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 168d
Zoroastrianism predates Judaism.
There are some sects of Hinduism that are kind of monotheistic-leaning in worshipping Krishna. Not exactly pure monotheistic, but had some of the same characteristics.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 169d
Aren't God's genitals painted on some ceiling somewhere?
Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 169d
The pedo protectors can say whatever they like. Judging by the last 100 or so special elections, the independents have finally woken up and are done with the GOP.
Jhex@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 168d
I hope you are right, but I doubt it... this is texas after all, they will shoot themselves in the dick and call it a circumcision
TwilitSky@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 168d
So the GOP is upset that some people believe in something that has no scientific backing, eh?
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 14 pts · 168d
Literally one of the oldest Christian positions about God is that God is not a dude. This should not be controversial. Folks like Saint Augustine of Hippo would agree wholeheartedly with the assertion that God has no gender binary. This is because if God has a gender that gender is "God."
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 168d
It’s also 1 being but 3 stacked in a coat at the same time, so the lore is a bit hard to keep track of
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 168d
I thought God was Alanis Morissette?
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 168d
Just a slob like one of us
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 168d
Blee blee blahblah blooo
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 169d
Why are you booing him he's theologically correct?
DarkCloud@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 169d
Christianity tends to be patriarchal. No point getting clever about it... Followers of "faith" aren't philosophers. They believe in unreason.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 168d
My headphones are non-binary too.
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 5 pts · 168d
“Our god has balls”
killea@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
The control of far too many of the levers of power and influence in our society rest on ensuring a majority of the population is unbelievably stupid. I think its what I hate most about the current fascist formula in use. It feels like peoples' ability to survive on their own has been stolen from them.
MerryJaneDoe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 169d
If it's any reassurance, the human race has historically been even stupider and less educated. It's better today by leaps and bounds.
100 years ago, the world literacy rate was in the 20-30% range. Today, it's ~85%.
The bad news is that the oligarchs use literacy as a weapon, through targeted media. So, yeah, it's not so much stupidity we're seeing, it's just brainwashing, pure and simple.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 168d
Yeah, but half-informed is oftentimes worse than not informed.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 169d
Listen to the guy talk and make your own opinion
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 168d
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -3 pts · 169d
Wtf US. Talrico literally supports building fossil fuel infrastructure.
He's right of center, and definitely not rad
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 169d
he's from texas
quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 168d
Are you saying there are no progressives in Texas?
Because I know many progressives in Texas.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 168d
if someone is running for office and successful in Texas, odds are they are getting fossil fuel money. it's a pretty good rule of thumb.
now, does supporting building fossil fuel infrastructure make someone not progressive? i'll let you decide where to draw the line for yourself. we are all more of a combination of various policies and beliefs and just one more conservative policy isn't going to throw it for me at least.