Democrat Texas State Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico loves to parade himself around as a man of faith. While he likes to pretend that faith is dedicated to Christ, it's clearly not. In fact, I'd argue it goes in the opposite direction.
Talarico is a Presbyterian seminarian, which he's used to give himself an air of authority on Biblical and spiritual matters. Yet, when you listen to him speak on Christianity, you get the sense that he got most, if not all, of his knowledge from Reddit posts.
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In his latest attempt to pass off radicalism as Christian doctrine, Talarico told Jamie Kern Lima during a podcast interview that "Jesus never talks about abortion. The Bible is silent on abortion."
He notes that when scripture is silent on matters like this, we have to use it as a whole to make an "ethical determination."
James Talarico: “The Bible is silent on abortion”
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) May 26, 2026
“I trust Texas women to make decisions about their own bodies, to shape their own destinies.”pic.twitter.com/V6kF5xRDsx
Now, everyone has zeroed in on this comment and has thoroughly destroyed it. The responses to this video alone quote the Bible in various contexts, including "Thou shalt not kill," and Exodus 21:22-25, which actually addresses the killing of life in the womb directly. Moreover, if you take the whole of the Bible into account, it's made pretty clear that all life is precious, including that which is being lovingly knit together in the womb.
Jesus wasn't "silent" about it in the sense that He didn't mention it because He secretly approved of it. He didn't say anything about it directly because during the time He was alive, it was pretty well-established what God's thoughts on the matter were.
And while Talarico's comments about abortion were ridiculous, misleading, and evil, what caught my ear was what he said before any of that.
“I trust Texas women to make decisions about their own bodies, to shape their own destinies.”
That's the phrase that sent the alarms blaring in my brain, and I was immediately reminded of Genesis 3:4-6.
But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.
Eve desired independence in body and mind. She thought that with the biting of the fruit, she could take control of her own life and know and be like God. Lucifer sold her the idea that she could achieve great heights without God, and she bit the bait both figuratively and very literally.
Lucifer sold Eve a greater destiny through evil, and Talarico is doing the exact same thing with Texas women.
It's the same concept that's been plaguing mankind from the beginning: the desire to be like or greater than God. You saw this at the Tower of Babel, you saw it in Nebuchadnezzar, you saw it with the Golden Calf below Mt. Sinai.
Each time humanity has tried to equal itself with something it can't possibly be equal to, God has punished it severely. Why? Because if we're trying to put ourselves into the role of God, then we are choosing to reject Him, and He cannot save us. He gave us free will, and He's made it very clear that we can choose not to be with Him, and that choice is very easy to make if you're putting yourself in His place.
Talarico is effectively making the argument that women should commit two evils at once. Ignore God's clear preference for human life being precious and kill the innocent unborn, and do so at the behest of your own pride.
Talarico is the wolf in sheep's clothing. He's wearing the mask of a man of God while selling a demon's wares.
