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Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico once claimed ‘God is not a Christian,’ defended abortion during 2023 sermon
NY Post ^ | 08/20/2026 | Ryan King

Posted on 08/20/2026 3:53:38 AM PDT by DFG

Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico once delivered a sermon titled “God is not a Christian” as part of a fiery rebuke of conservatives whom the Democrat accused of trying to transform America into a theocracy.

Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and Texas state rep., admitted in his 2023 sermon that he is sometimes reluctant to share his faith, while warning, “There is a cancer on our religion.”

“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 self. God is love,” Talarico told a congregation at St. Andrews’ Presbyterian Church.

“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,” he added. “That’s why he says sinners will see the kingdom of heaven before religious people do.”

Throughout his meteoric political rise, Talarico has leaned on religious themes, similar to former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is also known for his sharp oratory skills and disdain for elements of religious conservatism.

But the aspiring senator, who once called God nonbinary, previously explained in a 2021 podcast that “I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity,” though he also noted that despite his misgivings at times, “I always get drawn back into it.”

Those remarks were made during an interview with self-described “TransQueer, Latinx” activist theologian Roberto Henderson-Espinoza, whom Talarico described as a model for his faith.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; abortionpill; chemicalabortion; godless; godlessreprobate; medicalabortion; pcusa; presbyterianchurch; presbyterianusa; prolife; reprobate; senate; spiritofantichrist; talarico; texas

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1 posted on 08/20/2026 3:53:38 AM PDT by DFG
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2 posted on 08/20/2026 3:58:32 AM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: DFG

How is this phony ahead in the polls?

https://www.realclearpolling.com/elections/senate/2026/texas


3 posted on 08/20/2026 4:01:57 AM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s. )
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He is very popular in Austin, Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, where many conservative-leaning voters do not even know an election is underway.


4 posted on 08/20/2026 4:13:10 AM PDT by Theodore R. ( )
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To: DFG
The Pantheon of Hyped-up Texas Losers:

Wendy “pink shoes” Davis: 2014 gubernatorial race, lost by 20 points
Beto “faux chicano” O’Rourke: 2016 senate race, lost by 2.6 points
Beto O’Rourke Redux: 2022 gubernatorial race, lost by 10.9 points
Colin “the great black dope” Allred: 2024 senate race, lost by 8.6 points

5 posted on 08/20/2026 4:19:32 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christianity, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: DoodleBob
How is this phony ahead in the polls?

Who knows if he is, as polling has been increasingly inaccurate and irrelevant over time. That said, how do phony pastors grow huge congregations and become filthy rich?

6 posted on 08/20/2026 4:23:16 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: DFG
Now he's put up a TV ad where he and his "Paw-Paw" are sitting on the porch.
He says his "Paw-Paw" was a preacher and he speaks positively about God.
7 posted on 08/20/2026 4:30:21 AM PDT by red-dawg
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This faggot would win in a cakewalk in Massachusetts...Maryland....Vermont...Oregon...and Kalifornia. But in Texas? Maybe not!


8 posted on 08/20/2026 4:31:19 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)
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To: Theodore R.
There are numerous Talarico signs in my neighborhood in Austin. I was considering putting up this sign. However, it would subject my house to property damage

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9 posted on 08/20/2026 4:39:15 AM PDT by thegagline (If you hate Christianity, Vote Talarico. Sic semper tyrannis! Zeldin for President )
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To: neverevergiveup
That said, how do phony pastors grow huge congregations and become filthy rich?

Paraphrasing St. Paul, they tickle the ears of their congregants.

10 posted on 08/20/2026 4:40:57 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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God is not Christian? Does this MORONIC IDIOT talked to him about his beliefs?

He is a crazy person...

11 posted on 08/20/2026 4:41:12 AM PDT by DeplorableTrumpSupporter (FKA ConservaTeen)
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To: DFG

This is a good start for the New York Post, Texans favorite newspaper, to break the news that Talarico is pro abortion and is not a real Christian.

The more Texans that hear about Talarico’s views, the more voters will flock past their Texas flock cameras and vote Attorney General Paxton.


12 posted on 08/20/2026 4:52:13 AM PDT by Round Earther
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To: DoodleBob
"How is this phony ahead in the polls?"

Because even TV News stations, like FOX7News in Austin, refuse to recognize Talafreako for the anti-Christian, leftist pile of diseased excrement that he is.

13 posted on 08/20/2026 4:56:28 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: thegagline

Change it to “If you hate America vote Talarico”


14 posted on 08/20/2026 5:07:46 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: DeplorableTrumpSupporter

Technically that’s true, as the definition of a Christian is someone who FOLLOWS Christ, which wouldn’t apply to God. Pretty much everything else the guys says, though, is scripturally refutable nonsense.


15 posted on 08/20/2026 5:09:19 AM PDT by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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I had no idea Talarico was a seminarian.

Those debates with Ken Paxton are gonna be 🔥.

16 posted on 08/20/2026 5:09:55 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aiera)
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To: DFG

And yet, he still has a legitimate chance of winning.


17 posted on 08/20/2026 5:10:59 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: thegagline

I haven’t seen any yet inside the Pine Curtain. He is the candidate of the metrosexual.


18 posted on 08/20/2026 5:20:15 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: DFG; Governor Dinwiddie; governsleastgovernsbest; Morgana; fwdude; Jane Long; ViLaLuz; metmom; ...
(Talarico, a Presbyterian seminarian and Texas state rep., admitted in his 2023 sermon that he is sometimes reluctant to share his faith, while warning, “There is a cancer on our religion.”

“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 self. God is love,” Talarico told a congregation at St. Andrews’ Presbyterian Church.)

BEHOLD YE THE SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST



19 posted on 08/20/2026 5:23:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: red-dawg

Either his PawPaw there is an actor or he is just as deluded as little Jimmy.

My bet is that he is just an actor for the ad.

As Rush used to say, he is “plastic banana, phony baloney”.


20 posted on 08/20/2026 5:25:39 AM PDT by Texas resident ( We finally have an American President again)
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