By the way, I have a friend who tried this approach once and it backfired, because the mother later regretted the abortion. The mother came to see my friend as someone who helped to make possible the deep sense of grief and loss that she now has to live with for the rest of her life. My friend regrets the role she played in her friends abortion. She wishes that she had said, "You don't have have an abortion. I am your friend. I will do everything I can to help you keep your baby."
Next time, why not show a friend who stands for truth in defense of the defenseless, while keeping a friendship intact? That would be far more interesting and respectable.
This is the first video of which I have *ever* clicked dislike on youtube, and I must say, it thoroughly deserved it. Christa, could you possibly be any more passive? RecycleYourFaith, c'mon, you can do better than this.
Can someone tell me what the Bible says about abortion? I don't want to hear "Taking an innocent human life is wrong under all circumstances." because we all know the God of the bible warrants the taking of lives all over the old testament.
The laws of Moses wait til the baby is born, and then excommunicate the individual if they have any physical deformities. So where does it say that every life is sacred, even those born with horrible diseases?
There is No wisdom, grace, or courage in this humanistic video. Only sadness that a supposed Christ follower joined with her friend to kill a less than perfect baby. Christa chose feelings over truth and abandened her beliefs. This is Not courage, but cowardice!
Taking an innocent human life is wrong under all circumstances. It is wrong to take life because God is creatively active during every stage of life and God's handiwork is sacred. Next, It is wrong to think that if someone commits an evil (rape or incest) then another person is justified in committing an even greater evil (murder). We must always choose life, and yes, sometimes tough love is necessary. Someone who truly loves someone else will never support that person in having an abortion.
Your statement "These women need our love and support" doesn't fit with what you stated before that. Christa's idea of love and support was grounded in humanistic emptiness. We must NEVER support a friend who willfully kills her imperfect child. We must point her to Truth and lead her to the path of Matthew 7:13-14. I'm sure you agree. Jesus loved Peter, but told him "Get thee behind me Satan". Christa should have practiced tough love, not compromising and denying God's direction
...and then after employing the 'tough love' stance, how does one continue the relationship with this friend? How does one continue to have influence and communicate the heart of God? We have no ability - nor should we - to force another into our interpretation of biblical principles. God himself, in his grand design created with the choice to make decisions (free will); we must abide this in the name of respect. Loving someone despite their choices is not the same as agreement.
In this video Christa never applied "tough love. Nor did she even communicate God's will which is to "warn those being led to the slaughter". By the way, did Jesus show love and force His biblical principles when He flipped the tables or called Peter "Satan" or when Peter told the Jews that they killed the Messiah??? The "whole counsel of God" belongs here.
It would be so cool to play this video clip and then play the "99 balloons" video right after it. It would reveal the difference between Christa's shallow humanistic approach to this "friend" and their situation, and the righteous, mind of Christ in the 99 balloons video.
It is amazing that Christa chooses to deny her "beliefs" and go with feelings. Jesus says a lot about this!! So sad Christa chose the wrong approach and supported her friend's decision to kill their less than perfect child.
have you guys checked out the other video's this dude has on his "recycle" site? some of it's actually not too shabby. I think the delivery of this story is more confusing than it needs to be. It seems as though the mother was in a position that she may have suffered serious injury by giving birth. I think that's my one hangup
Nope, they killed their baby because he was less than perfect. Just listen to the video and pretend she's talking about her friend considering drowning her toddler. Would it be loving to just walk through it with her friend if she "chose" to drown her toddler?
For JmMaster's response, I would suggest to you that we DID watch the clip carefully. That is why we are "angry" . The Word tells us to "be angry, but do not sin".
As for "hate", again we are to hate the same things God hates and you can find that list in Proverbs 6. The lady in the clip fell into all seven with her shallow thinking. As for being a friend, the lady in the clip should have heard the Word in her soul, "the wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy". She fails
This short clip is a great example of a humanistic worldview without the direction of God's word. When the couple in the gospels brought their severly handicapped son to Jesus, He told them what purpose their son's handicap would serve. How tragic this "friend" in the clip did not point the couple to Jesus and his solution.
God says His Word is the" lamp unto our feet and the light for our path. " The "friend" in the clip kept the troubled couple in darkness with her humanistic rhetoric.
I think perhaps those who are angry didn't watch the video very closely.
She never blessed the act of abortion. She never said it was right. She never encouraged her friend to do it.
Her choice was to continue her friendship even after her friend made this decision...and she shares that she understood the issue more because of the experience. Are you really blasting her for that?
For a religion that is an expression of God's love, you guys are quite hateful.
the baby had a very severe birth defect- Brown hair. No one in the family has EVER had brown hair before, so to be THIS different would be a tremendous burden on them, and they wanted to learn all their options.... "interrupt the pregnancy".... codespeak for "kill the baby?"
At least she calls it a baby and not a clump of cells like the official Planned Parenthood jargon. And at least she does eventually mention the word ABORTION... What the heck is this video supposed to promote anyway??
I was sooo pro-life until I put a face and a story and a person and people to the "issue". But because you had a "specific" situation (as if others are unspecific), I wrestled with your dichotomy of right and wrong, "what does this mean", after all, that we don't need to think about it if we kill her together, as friends... we'll just keep walking through it together, we'll just keep walking through it together.
In the description you note that "topics are left unresolved". In some issues there are gray areas. Not so with abortion. Scripture is CLEAR about murder & unborn life. Instead of determining morality based on situations, you should use scripture to determine the right course of action. Relative morality has no place in a Christian's life. Jesus didn't say to the adulterer, "I'm here. You do what you feel is best. We'll keep walking through it together." He said, "Go and sin no more." (Jn 8:11)
If "Recycle Your Faith" is "people attempting to walk in the footsteps of Jesus," then this video has no place here. This woman did not follow in Christ's footsteps. Christ laid down his life for mankind and said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (JN 15:13). The couple should have laid down their lives for their child and this woman should have followed Proverbs 31:8, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves."
"This issue was more black and white for me before because there wasn't a story, or a person or a face connected to it..."
Apparently she never REALLY believed in the personhood of the pre-born if there never was a person or a face connected with her position. If she had truly been opposed to abortion, the "face" of that precious "person" in-utero would have compelled her to "love" that child. And that love for ALL "person"s involved should have overcome her fear of losing her friends.
Is this really love? Abortion is murder! That the baby has a sever birth effet is no reason to kill him!
fintyrock 4 months ago
By the way, I have a friend who tried this approach once and it backfired, because the mother later regretted the abortion. The mother came to see my friend as someone who helped to make possible the deep sense of grief and loss that she now has to live with for the rest of her life. My friend regrets the role she played in her friends abortion. She wishes that she had said, "You don't have have an abortion. I am your friend. I will do everything I can to help you keep your baby."
mrsauguste 7 months ago
Next time, why not show a friend who stands for truth in defense of the defenseless, while keeping a friendship intact? That would be far more interesting and respectable.
mrsauguste 7 months ago
This is the first video of which I have *ever* clicked dislike on youtube, and I must say, it thoroughly deserved it. Christa, could you possibly be any more passive? RecycleYourFaith, c'mon, you can do better than this.
mrsauguste 7 months ago
A healthy baby lives a happy life, a deformed baby lives hell.
PALOMITA694 10 months ago
Can someone tell me what the Bible says about abortion? I don't want to hear "Taking an innocent human life is wrong under all circumstances." because we all know the God of the bible warrants the taking of lives all over the old testament.
The laws of Moses wait til the baby is born, and then excommunicate the individual if they have any physical deformities. So where does it say that every life is sacred, even those born with horrible diseases?
philnoll 2 years ago
Craig, Christa, thank you so much for your wisdom, your graciousness, your courage. You guys are on my LOPWMIPFMTIMAC.
benjaminady 2 years ago
There is No wisdom, grace, or courage in this humanistic video. Only sadness that a supposed Christ follower joined with her friend to kill a less than perfect baby. Christa chose feelings over truth and abandened her beliefs. This is Not courage, but cowardice!
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Taking an innocent human life is wrong under all circumstances. It is wrong to take life because God is creatively active during every stage of life and God's handiwork is sacred. Next, It is wrong to think that if someone commits an evil (rape or incest) then another person is justified in committing an even greater evil (murder). We must always choose life, and yes, sometimes tough love is necessary. Someone who truly loves someone else will never support that person in having an abortion.
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Your statement "These women need our love and support" doesn't fit with what you stated before that. Christa's idea of love and support was grounded in humanistic emptiness. We must NEVER support a friend who willfully kills her imperfect child. We must point her to Truth and lead her to the path of Matthew 7:13-14. I'm sure you agree. Jesus loved Peter, but told him "Get thee behind me Satan". Christa should have practiced tough love, not compromising and denying God's direction
howiedb123 2 years ago 2
...and then after employing the 'tough love' stance, how does one continue the relationship with this friend? How does one continue to have influence and communicate the heart of God? We have no ability - nor should we - to force another into our interpretation of biblical principles. God himself, in his grand design created with the choice to make decisions (free will); we must abide this in the name of respect. Loving someone despite their choices is not the same as agreement.
dsmathwig 2 years ago
In this video Christa never applied "tough love. Nor did she even communicate God's will which is to "warn those being led to the slaughter". By the way, did Jesus show love and force His biblical principles when He flipped the tables or called Peter "Satan" or when Peter told the Jews that they killed the Messiah??? The "whole counsel of God" belongs here.
howiedb123 2 years ago
It would be so cool to play this video clip and then play the "99 balloons" video right after it. It would reveal the difference between Christa's shallow humanistic approach to this "friend" and their situation, and the righteous, mind of Christ in the 99 balloons video.
It is amazing that Christa chooses to deny her "beliefs" and go with feelings. Jesus says a lot about this!! So sad Christa chose the wrong approach and supported her friend's decision to kill their less than perfect child.
howiedb123 2 years ago
have you guys checked out the other video's this dude has on his "recycle" site? some of it's actually not too shabby. I think the delivery of this story is more confusing than it needs to be. It seems as though the mother was in a position that she may have suffered serious injury by giving birth. I think that's my one hangup
skater9201 2 years ago
Nope, they killed their baby because he was less than perfect. Just listen to the video and pretend she's talking about her friend considering drowning her toddler. Would it be loving to just walk through it with her friend if she "chose" to drown her toddler?
blytheka 2 years ago
For JmMaster's response, I would suggest to you that we DID watch the clip carefully. That is why we are "angry" . The Word tells us to "be angry, but do not sin".
As for "hate", again we are to hate the same things God hates and you can find that list in Proverbs 6. The lady in the clip fell into all seven with her shallow thinking. As for being a friend, the lady in the clip should have heard the Word in her soul, "the wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy". She fails
jaronblythe 2 years ago
This short clip is a great example of a humanistic worldview without the direction of God's word. When the couple in the gospels brought their severly handicapped son to Jesus, He told them what purpose their son's handicap would serve. How tragic this "friend" in the clip did not point the couple to Jesus and his solution.
God says His Word is the" lamp unto our feet and the light for our path. " The "friend" in the clip kept the troubled couple in darkness with her humanistic rhetoric.
jaronblythe 2 years ago
Wow... lots of fire on here.
I think perhaps those who are angry didn't watch the video very closely.
She never blessed the act of abortion. She never said it was right. She never encouraged her friend to do it.
Her choice was to continue her friendship even after her friend made this decision...and she shares that she understood the issue more because of the experience. Are you really blasting her for that?
For a religion that is an expression of God's love, you guys are quite hateful.
JMMasterson99 2 years ago
"I feel very confident it my decision..... to love"
True love means letting your friend kill her baby for the sake of your friendship.......
WTF?!
This video is sick! We should do everything in our power to save lives, no matter the cost.
littleewok51 2 years ago
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Acts 5:29
Peter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men!
Revelation 3:16
So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
YouTubulizer 2 years ago
the baby had a very severe birth defect- Brown hair. No one in the family has EVER had brown hair before, so to be THIS different would be a tremendous burden on them, and they wanted to learn all their options.... "interrupt the pregnancy".... codespeak for "kill the baby?"
At least she calls it a baby and not a clump of cells like the official Planned Parenthood jargon. And at least she does eventually mention the word ABORTION... What the heck is this video supposed to promote anyway??
brochureman 2 years ago
I was sooo pro-life until I put a face and a story and a person and people to the "issue". But because you had a "specific" situation (as if others are unspecific), I wrestled with your dichotomy of right and wrong, "what does this mean", after all, that we don't need to think about it if we kill her together, as friends... we'll just keep walking through it together, we'll just keep walking through it together.
...as Jesus would have wanted us to.
brochureman 2 years ago
"You do what you feel is best for you, for your baby and for your family"
.... kill your baby. I still support you and I'm still your friend. "and we'll keep walking through it together."
... well, not your baby, because we killed it, but we'll still be friends.
brochureman 2 years ago
Exactly what I was about to write!
littleewok51 2 years ago
In the description you note that "topics are left unresolved". In some issues there are gray areas. Not so with abortion. Scripture is CLEAR about murder & unborn life. Instead of determining morality based on situations, you should use scripture to determine the right course of action. Relative morality has no place in a Christian's life. Jesus didn't say to the adulterer, "I'm here. You do what you feel is best. We'll keep walking through it together." He said, "Go and sin no more." (Jn 8:11)
blytheka 2 years ago
If "Recycle Your Faith" is "people attempting to walk in the footsteps of Jesus," then this video has no place here. This woman did not follow in Christ's footsteps. Christ laid down his life for mankind and said, "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends" (JN 15:13). The couple should have laid down their lives for their child and this woman should have followed Proverbs 31:8, "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves."
blytheka 2 years ago
"This issue was more black and white for me before because there wasn't a story, or a person or a face connected to it..."
Apparently she never REALLY believed in the personhood of the pre-born if there never was a person or a face connected with her position. If she had truly been opposed to abortion, the "face" of that precious "person" in-utero would have compelled her to "love" that child. And that love for ALL "person"s involved should have overcome her fear of losing her friends.
blytheka 2 years ago
"KILL the BABY"= "BURN in HELL"
What kind of a choice is that? It was Gods will that these people must suffer with a severely handicapped child.
She made the choice to have sex and become impregnated.
Why should she have any right to kill the fetus?
LiberalElitistMedia 2 years ago