It’s important to be clear: this isn’t about “judging” Charlie. These are simply observations of actions that go against the very straightforward instructions Jesus gave. Judgment, in the way Jesus warned against, would mean acting as if we’re above him, when in reality we’re all one.
We can recognize when someone’s behavior contradicts Jesus’ teachings without slipping into judgment. That’s all this page is doing. If anything, we can look at his choices as an example of what not to do as followers of Jesus, an anti-role model, in a sense.
But even then, the foundation is love. We should always extend goodwill to his family, and there’s no place here for celebrating his death or wishing harm on anyone.
Judgment (condemnation): To assume God’s role as the ultimate judge of someone’s soul or worth. This is what Jesus warned against.
Discernment (evaluation): To recognize right from wrong in actions, including your own, without pronouncing ultimate condemnation on the person. For example, you can say, “Stealing is wrong” without declaring, “That person is worthless because they stole.”
Here we are performing an analysis of his publicly stated opinions that contradict the spiritual faith he’s supposedly adopted.
1. Love Your Enemies & Show Compassion
- Jesus taught: “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you” (Matthew 5:44).
- Kirk’s record: He frequently speaks of political opponents with contempt, using mocking and combative language. He’s been dismissive of showing empathy — at one point explicitly saying “empathy … does a lot of damage”. This is in direct opposition to Jesus’ radical call for compassion, even toward adversaries. Empathy and compassion were one of the core tenets of Jesus’ teachings yet, Charlie routinely and explicitly rejected this very foundational teaching of Jesus.
2. Care for the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable
- Jesus taught: “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40).
- Kirk’s record: He routinely criticizes social safety nets, mocks universal healthcare, and frames poverty as the result of laziness rather than misfortune. This stands at odds with Jesus’ consistent emphasis on lifting up the marginalized and caring for the vulnerable.
3. Rejecting Violence & Weapons
- Jesus taught: “Put your sword back in its place … for all who draw the sword will die by the sword” (Matthew 26:52).
- Kirk’s record: He is one of the strongest cultural defenders of gun rights in America, often framing firearms as essential to freedom. His stance and rhetoric normalize weapons and violence as solutions — a position that runs counter to Jesus’ explicit rejection of violent resistance.
4. Humility Over Pride
- Jesus taught: “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted” (Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11, 18:14)
- Kirk’s record: His public persona thrives on self-assurance, triumphalism, and framing himself as a culture-war victor. The tone is often boastful and combative rather than humble or servant-hearted. He has consistently gone out of his way to feed his own ego, engaging in public debates not out of a genuine desire for constructive and productive dialogue, but as opportunities to showcase his superiority by belittling and insulting others. Nearly every exchange came across less as an honest pursuit of truth and more as a stage to showcase his smug arrogance and pride in his own intelligence. His interactions were rarely diplomatic; they routinely devolved into contentious clashes marked by harsh words, as he never seemed to pass up the chance to disparage the intelligence or character of those who opposed him. It was painfully clear that his ego governed these encounters. You would think that someone who sees themself as intelligent would know that personal ad hominem attacks during a debate are logical fallacy but he could never resist calling any person he debated stupid in the myriad of ways that he had done so. This is the first red flag that Charlie was purely operating from ego in order to inflate it and not coming from any intellectually productive place. The irony, of course, is that while he cloaked himself in the language of faith, invoking Jesus and presenting himself as a man of God, his behavior stood in stark contrast to the humility and restraint that Christ himself embodied.
5. Truthfulness and Integrity
- Jesus taught: “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No’; anything more comes from the evil one” (Matthew 5:37).
- Kirk’s record: He has repeatedly shared false or misleading claims (fact-checkers have documented this in areas like election denialism and public health). Propagating untruths in service of an agenda directly contradicts Jesus’ teaching about honesty and integrity.
6. Judgment of others
- Jesus taught: “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Matthew 7:1–3; Luke 6:37, 41)
- Kirk’s record: Kirk repeatedly adopted a patronizing and condescending tone, with no shortage of recordings capturing him insulting, belittling, or passing judgment on others in his debate forums. His manner consistently positioned those he engaged with as intellectually or morally inferior to him. Yet Jesus warned his followers so strongly against judging others precisely because judgment is always rooted in the ego and creates division rather than unity. The moment one elevates oneself above another, one has already violated the most fundamental of Christ’s teachings to not judge others. The creation of any hierarchies in your mind is what Jesus was ultimately against. Jesus’ vision was that we recognize one another as equals, united as children of the same Father, whereas Kirk was constantly intent on demonstrating his feelings of superiority whenever he entered a debate, complete with childish ad hominem attacks and insults. Hubris, both as an attitude or as a general personality trait, amounts to continuous judgement of others, driven by a feeling of superiority to those around you. These qualities being proudly displayed by someone identifying as a follower of Jesus demonstrates a lack of understanding of the most fundamental teaching of Jesus. Charlie, like many others, unfortunately cherry picks the teachings of Jesus they like the most, while ignoring the teachings that they are less likely or willing to change about themselves. I would have loved it if someone asked Charlie, as a Christian, why he felt he was within his rights to judge or insult others despite being someone who identified as a follower of Jesus. We need to stop being afraid to call out Christians who deviate from the tenets of their faith
- Kirk repeatedly violated Jesus’ teachings by judging members of the LGBT community, despite the Bible’s clear and well-known stories showing that Jesus consistently rebuked those who judged others, rather than the people accused of sin. A perfect example is the story of the woman accused of adultery, where Jesus declared, “Let the one without sin cast the first stone.” In that moment, he exposed the hypocrisy of the accuser and made it clear that judging others was the greater offense in God’s eyes. Yet Kirk has stepped into the very role of the accuser that Jesus condemned, going so far as to normalize judgmental behavior. Many ignore or minimize this story because they are unwilling to relinquish their desire to judge others, a tendency Kirk exemplifies, along with those who defend him.
| Charlie Kirk comment (publicly reported) | Teaching/commandment of Jesus it conflicts with | Why it conflicts |
|---|---|---|
| Said he “can’t find ‘Christ-like compassion’” for certain long-term immigrants who don’t speak English. (Media Matters for America) | “Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Matthew 22:39) “I was a stranger and you welcomed me…” (Matthew 25:35) | Jesus explicitly frames compassion toward “the stranger” as a core moral requirement, not an optional feeling. |
| Responded “Too many” to “How many transgender Americans have been mass shooters?” (Reuters) | “Do not judge…” (Matthew 7:1–2) “Do to others as you would have them do to you.” (Matthew 7:12) | This frames an entire group as inherently threatening, inviting condemnation and fear rather than humility and fairness. |
| Called transgender issues “a throbbing middle finger to God.” (UA Little Rock) | “Blessed are the merciful…” (Matthew 5:7) “Love your neighbor…” (Matthew 22:39) | Even when disagreeing morally, Jesus’ ethic prioritizes mercy, restraint, and love—not contempt language. |
| Quote attributed to him: “Death penalties should be public… it should be televised…” I think at a certain age (12) watching them is an initiation.. (Goodreads) | “Blessed are the merciful…” (Matthew 5:7) “Put your sword back…” (Matthew 26:52) | Public/televised execution language leans toward spectacle and harshness rather than Jesus’ repeated emphasis on mercy, humility, and de-escalation. |
| # | Direct quote (timestamped) | Jesus teaching violated | Why it conflicts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | “Take a second or third grade english test.” (00:09:23) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Love your neighbor (Matt 22:39) | Mockery / contempt toward outsiders rather than compassion. |
| 2 | “Do you know what’s a little disappointing” (00:09:24) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Do not judge (Matt 7:1–2) | Sets up blanket judgment instead of humility. |
| 3 | “Is how often I meet people in this country” (00:09:27) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Judge not (Matt 7:1–2) | Frames a whole category of people as a problem. |
| 4 | “That don’t speak any english,” (00:09:28–00:09:30) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | I was a stranger and you welcomed me (Matt 25:35) | Jesus treats “the stranger” as a test of compassion. |
| 5 | “And I really try to have” (00:09:30–00:09:34) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Let your “yes” be yes (Matt 5:37) | He introduces “compassion” but immediately reverses it with disdain. |
| 6 | “Some christ like compassion.” (00:09:35–00:09:37) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Love your neighbor (Matt 22:39) | “Christ-like compassion” is named, then denied in effect. |
| 7 | “I do,” (00:09:37–00:09:39) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Mercy (Matt 5:7) | Claims mercy, but message turns harsh and exclusionary. |
| 8 | “but then I ask the interpreter” (00:09:39–00:09:42) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Do not judge by appearances (John 7:24) | Uses language status as moral evidence. |
| 9 | “How long they’ve been here.” (00:09:42) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Love your neighbor (Matt 22:39) | Sets up worthiness requirements for empathy. |
| 10 | “Oh, they’ve been here for 30 years” (00:09:42–00:09:43) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Mercy (Matt 5:7) | Uses time as justification to withdraw compassion. |
| 11 | “And they don’t speak any english.” (00:09:43) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | I was a stranger… (Matt 25:35) | Again: framing “outsiders” as contempt-worthy. |
| 12 | “Yeah.” (00:09:43–00:09:46) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Humility (Matt 23:12) | The tone signals dismissal rather than love. |
| 13 | “I’m sorry.” (00:09:46) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Blessed are the merciful (Matt 5:7) | “Sorry” functions here as rejection, not mercy. |
| 14 | “That’s a that’s an immediate symbol.” (00:09:46–00:09:47) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Judge not (Matt 7:1–2) | He turns one trait into a moral verdict. |
| 15 | “You have not assimilated united america.” (00:09:47–00:09:49) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | My kingdom is not of this world (John 18:36) | Converts spiritual identity into nationalist belonging tests. |
| 16 | “Is how often I meet people…” (00:09:27–00:09:28) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Whatever you did to the least… (Matt 25:40) | “Least” includes the marginalized—Jesus commands the opposite posture. |
| 17 | “That don’t speak any english…” (00:09:28–00:09:30) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Love your enemies (Matt 5:44) | Even if he sees them as “problematic,” Jesus requires love, not contempt. |
| 18 | “Some christ like compassion…” (00:09:35–00:09:37) (Trinity Broadcasting Network) | Forgive / mercy ethic (Matt 6:14–15) | Mercy is the whole point—he invokes it while modeling the opposite. |
It is far too commonly misunderstood in modern Christianity that simply saying that you believe in Jesus or that you accept him as your lord and savior is sufficient for salvation and to guarantee the experience of heaven. When in reality, this experience of heaven, was the result of being able to successfully transcend your ego consciousness to remember your oneness with the universe, and it is what Jesus was teaching all of his followers to achieve. He gave a very specific set of instructions on how to achieve this, and none of these instructions ever included “Accept me as your lord and savior”. This instruction was added later by people who never met him (Paul, etc) and never came from Jesus himself.
However because the declaration of belief in Jesus is seen as the primary and sole step to being officially recognized as a Christian in contemporary Christianity, all of his other instructions get pushed to the side and outright ignored. We then end up with a new Christianity that not only permits rampant and unrestrained hatred and violence all under the banner of Jesus, but also none of the instructions he died teaching ever actually get taught or followed. These teachings are critical to actually being a Christian. It is not just saying you believe in Jesus that makes you a Christian, but actually following his teachings and instructions. Saying you’re a Christian without following many of Jesus’ teachings doesn’t make you a Christian any more than someone cannot claim to be a vegan while still eating meat daily.
You know you’re well on your way on the right path towards the salvation that Jesus taught, because there is an eventual momentous milestone on your spiritual journey where you experience a transformative moment in which you transcend your ego consciousness, and you remember your total unity and oneness not only with humanity but also with the universe/God as well. A total transformation in consciousness. This is what Jesus was helping his peers experience and achieve during their lives throughout his ministry and before he died. This transcendental metaphysical experience is what he helped his peers achieve is why he was such an enormously influential figure during his life and had gained such a large following. Helping people upgrade from their three dimensional ego consciousness to fifth dimensional enlightened consciousness is not a small feat and was literally blowing everyone’s minds.
However, because his actual instructions do not get followed or taught to the degree that they should in modern Christianity, it is rare to find modern day Christians that have actually experienced the transcendence and dissolution of their ego that Jesus was teaching all his peers to realize and experience. At the end of the day, we end up seeing this experience happen more frequently to spiritual seekers within eastern religions such as Buddhism or users of hard psychedelics where they absolutely guarantee ego dissolution.
This milestone achievement is what Jesus would refer to as heaven, and it is something to be experienced and enjoyed now, when alive, not after death. In the minds of most modern Christians, as long as they accept Jesus as their savior, they’ll be fine, and they’ll get to enjoy that heaven when they die. The attitude in mainstream Christianity is essentially “why experience heaven now when you can just enjoy it later?” The tragedy is that most Christians have been led to believe heaven is merely a reward after death, rather than a reality available to experience in the present as Jesus had taught during his life. This contamination and distortion of Jesus’ message is not only misleading but deeply harmful as it robs people of the most profound and joyous human experience possible: the end of suffering, here and now.
At no point does Jesus ever say heaven is some posthumous reward, it is in fact an immediate reward… nor did he say accepting him as your lord and savior was a necessary step towards experiencing this transcendent state of consciousness. As stated previously, these instructions were added to the religion many years later by people who never even met him and have acted as red herrings preventing mainstream Christians from experiencing and tapping into the inner bliss and euphoria of Heaven that is accessible and available to all of us now. ‘Heaven’ is simply a shorthand that represents the euphoria and bliss of remembering our unity and oneness with the universe, which is why the word heaven was such an appropriate word to assign to the experience. By completely peeling back our egos, to reveal our true higher Self, the illusions of separation between us disappears and we remember the fact that we are all in fact one, just as Jesus taught.
Unfortunately, Charlie Kirk is another victim of the broken and contaminated form of contemporary Christianity, where he unfortunately thought that he had free license to be an incredibly hostile, narcissistic, smug, arrogant, condescending, patronizing, unloving, dismissive, uncaring, inhumane, unethical human being because he felt his spot “in heaven” was safe and secure. As long as he accepted Jesus as his savior, in his mind, he felt he could say and do whatever heartless, vicious, vitriolic things he wanted, no matter how hateful or unethical or out of step with Jesus he was. Somewhere along the way in Christianity the bare minimum went from emulating Christ to just having to say you believe in him.
We need to start using Charlie’s death as a reminder that to be an actual good Christian and follower of Jesus means actually following his instructions, not just saying you believe in him, which was never an instruction he gave to his followers. He did give a very clear set of guidelines of how one should lead one’s life, and in this article we’ll explore the numerous ways that Charlie, despite being a self described Christian, regularly trampled all over Jesus’ teachings.
Modern day Christianity is so far removed from its roots and beginnings, that it would be an easy argument to make that what modern Christianity became and what Jesus was actually teaching are two entirely separate things. Hence JesusWasNotAChristian.com
Throughout history, the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth have been interpreted in vastly different ways, often reshaped by cultural, political, and institutional contexts. In contemporary American discourse, certain public figures identify as Christians while promoting positions that stand in stark contrast to the ethical and spiritual imperatives of the Gospels. Charlie Kirk, a conservative commentator and founder of Turning Point USA, is one such figure. While he frequently invokes Christian identity in his rhetoric, his public statements and political advocacy often diverge significantly from the moral and theological vision articulated by Jesus. Today we will explore the key differences between the ethical framework of Jesus’ teachings and the ideological positions advanced by Kirk, underscoring the tension between the two.
Highlighting Charlie’s deviations from Jesus’ teachings should not be mistaken for a judgment of Kirk’s personal worth or character. Rather, it is an objective observation of where his actions and statements diverge from the clear instructions given by the very spiritual figure upon whom he claims to base his identity. True judgment arises when one places oneself above another, seeing them as inherently inferior. This is precisely why Jesus discouraged judgment, because it fosters hierarchies of superiority, whereas His teachings consistently pointed toward the radical equality and unity of all people. On that note, it should be acknowledged that Charlie routinely judged others, placing others below him and casting them as being inferior, mocking them as being stupider than him, among many notable other examples. There is no way an actual faithful student of Jesus and his teachings would so frequently engage in condescending and judgmental comments which violates one of the clearest and explicit instructions of Jesus.
Unfortunately, Kirk exemplifies what much of mainstream Christianity has become: a tradition where believers selectively adhere to certain teachings of Jesus while disregarding others. This results in a faith crafted in their own image, shaped to align with personal preferences, cultural biases, or political agendas. In many cases, these adaptations reinforce values rooted in hostility, exclusion, or materialism, stances directly at odds with the Gospels. For instance, Christian capitalists often defend the accumulation of wealth despite Jesus’ clear emphasis on detachment from material possessions, most notably His warnings about the corrupting influence of money. This position is only possible by cherry picking the teachings they like until they eventually craft a customized version of Christianity just for themselves.
Below you will find a handful of examples of Charlie, despite saying he was a Christian, was objectively violating some of the most basic of Jesus teachings. Charlie should be seen as an anti-role model for Christians, and use him as a reference point of everything they should not be in order to live in true accordance to what Jesus taught.
In the comments, feel free to provide other examples of Charlie Kirk absolutely discarding the teachings of Jesus while simultaneously flying his Christian flag proudly. I am sure there are more than the handful of examples I’ve published here. If you can’t visualize Jesus doing what Charlie Kirk was doing, then you know very well that Kirk was not living up to the standard that Jesus was teaching his followers to maintain. Again, many blessings to Kirk and his family wherever they are and much condolences. Do not let this commentary be mistaken for a personal attack; the critical examination of influential thinkers is an essential and unavoidable aspect of intellectual discourse
Conclusion
The divergence between the teachings of Jesus and the rhetoric of Charlie Kirk underscores a broader crisis within American Christianity: the conflation of political ideology with spiritual identity. Jesus’ teachings, rooted in compassion, humility, peace, and care for the vulnerable, represent a radical ethic that challenges entrenched systems of power and exclusion. Kirk’s commentary, by contrast, reflects a combative and individualistic ideology that often inverts those values. Recognizing this stark contrast is not an act of personal judgment but rather an acknowledgment of the profound distance between the Gospel vision of discipleship and the modern phenomenon of “faux Christianity.”
The recurring problem within contemporary Christianity is the tendency to conflate outward expressions of religious identity with genuine adherence to the ethical and spiritual teachings of Jesus. For many, the mere invocation of Jesus’ name such as proclaiming Him as “Lord and Savior” functions as a litmus test of authenticity, regardless of whether one’s actions align with the core principles of the Gospel. Religious paraphernalia, public displays of devotion, and the adoption of Christian symbols as identity markers have become substitutes for the more difficult, inward task of embodying Christ’s teachings of compassion, humility, and unity.
This phenomenon produces a troubling paradox: groups or individuals who openly espouse racist, exclusionary, or violent ideologies can still be regarded as “true Christians” so long as they verbally profess belief in Jesus. Historical examples abound, from the Ku Klux Klan’s use of the cross as a symbol of terror, to segments of the 1960s anti–civil rights movement that sought to justify segregation and inequality through distorted theological reasoning. In each case, the teachings of Jesus particularly His insistence on the radical equality of all people as children of God were ignored or subverted in service of tribalism and prejudice.
Such patterns persist today. Many self-identified Christians engage in explicitly hateful rhetoric online, including among white nationalist communities, where one often encounters social media accounts professing “Jesus is my King” alongside overtly racist or xenophobic commentary. This represents not a continuation of authentic Christian discipleship, but rather a performative Christianity that prioritizes identity maintenance over ethical transformation. As illustrated in the aforementioned analogy in this article, just as a person who calls themself a “vegan” but routinely consumes meat, the label here functions as an adornment of their identity and ego rather than a faithful description of practice. It is also not a judgement of them to make this objective observation, but just an observable truth.
The persistence of this nominal Christianity underscores a deeper cultural tendency to reduce religious identity to a matter of affiliation and symbolism, while neglecting the lived practice of Jesus’ teachings. To address this distortion, it is essential to distinguish between the performative adoption of Christian symbols and the substantive commitment to Christ’s message of love, justice, and equality. Without this critical distinction, Christianity risks remaining captive to the same superficial displays of piety that have historically enabled hypocrisy, exclusion, and the perpetuation of social injustice.
In short, Jesus emphasized love, empathy, humility, peace, and care for the vulnerable. Charlie Kirk’s rhetoric often champions the opposite: contempt for enemies, dismissal of empathy, glorification of weapons, prideful self-promotion, and spreading of misinformation. The tension between his professed Christianity and his public behavior lies in these direct contradictions. The quote below is a perfect example of how Kirk’s rhetoric consistently were at odds with what Jesus taught while also claiming to champion his teachings.
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