A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said, "Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together." So the doctor said, "OK and what do you want me to do?" She said, "I want you to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this." The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady, "I think I have a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too." She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. Then he continued, "You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms." The lady was horrified and said, "No doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!" "I agree," the doctor replied. "But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution." The doctor smiled realizing that he had made his point. He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one that's still in the womb. The crime is the same!
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Great!!! I loved it. Thanks for sharing that.
Paula
I know this is controversial, but I 100% agree.
Murder is murder.
Thanks for being a blessing to the unborn and unwanted Christine.
That is an amazing way to show the absurdity of abortion.
God bless you and your family.
I completly agree! Thanks for posting it!
Catherine
Excellent.
Wow, I bet you get some netagive comments, but I totally agree with it.
I love this so much! It's plain and simple.
Very well put. I think it puts things into a whole new perspective for those who think abortion is not killing a baby.
The doctor in the joke/story reminds me of Solomon when the two quarling mothers approached him over the baby. Very wise man...
it made me think of Solomon too. I liked this! :)
Amen sister. I agree and love this vivid picture to prove the point.
LOVE this one!
Amen!
Great story! I will have to remember this one. So funny that you posted this today as we are headed to our local CPC's annual fundraising dinner.
Brilliant story and so true!
wonderful!!! and I completly agree...can I post it on my blog too? :)
This is good stuff.
forgot to ask...do you mind if I add you to my blogroll? I am going to go ahead and list you and if you would like me to remove it, just let me know...
Wow that was wonderful, powerful and to the point. I loved it. Thanks for posting.
I know I don't comment here very much, but I read all the time, so I just had to stop by and say that I absolutely agree with this.
My boss at work is waiting on her 4th grandchild (due in 4 months) and yesterday brought in some ultrasound photos to show the kids, and see if they could guess what it was.
After seeing those tiny little feet and hands, how can anyone NOT realise that it's a person!? Even someone who is not religious. :(
I do agree, except when the pregnant is a child herself, a raped child like in the case in Brasil a while ago, where the girl (was she ten? Raped by her stepfather) would have died from the pregnancy due to her being only a child herself......
O my goodness. I SO agree!
ok...that was just sick. Just as sick as anyting else I have read. Christine, I dont care if refuse to post my message, but really. Why are you so "holier than thou" So this wonderful doc was "solomon reincarnated"
I never announce when I will not return to a blog. Its just too silly. Normally I just leave and read somewhere else.
Let your guard down a bit too. You take things way to personal. The few times I have posted I have stayed civil, and only expressed my view. Your responses to me were snarky and your "posture" was defiant and defensive. It makes me wonder Christine..it really does.
Delete away...I could care less.
Bailey
@lifeabsurdity...where is your shock and disgust for the thousands up thousand of children being killed in Iraq.....or your horror at the death penalty. Do you applaud the terrorists who blow up abortion clinics too?
NOBODY is pro abortion. I know of one person in particular who frequents this blog on a daily basis who has indulged in one. She had the choice...yet you feel nobody else should.
The terminology is PRO CHOICE.
I would not have an abortion, but I will aid any woman who feels it is her only choice to get one....I also would refuse to sit on a death penalty jury.
What happens after these babies are born? Who cares about them then? You know as well as I do that the US has horrendous stats on foster care and adoption. Its a mess...but by all means...save all the unborn...for whom???
Bailey
This post was well-written! Murder is murder!
Bailey: It's OK for you to disagree on this blog, but it is not OK to attack the writer or her herself! You can have your beliefs, but we will all stand before an almighty God answering for the choices we made someday. Whether a person has an abortion or someone aids somebody getting an abortion. The baby's blood is still on the hands of the abortionist and the person who helped the lady kill her unborn child. You can attack me if you like, I have no problem with that. But this is fact and it remains true until the day of judgment for all of us!
LOVE IT!! Thanks for posting this!!!!!
Wow Bailey, if it wasn't so tragic, I would almost want to laugh at the complete incoherence in your positions. It's ok to kill the innocent child in the womb, but it's not ok to kill the guilty murderer by the death penalty? I have never understood you liberals in this, and I hope I never do; because it's completely illogical and twisted. If you want to have a civil discussion about this, I would love to help you out. E-mail me at pahope09@gmail.com.
AMEN!
Absolutely right!!
Perfect. Awesome. Great way to make the point. Thanks for sharing!
So very true. Thanks for sharing!
AWESOME post!!!!! Seriously awesome and I am so glad you have it in you to post something like this. Honestly, every single mom who has EVER adopted should feel the same way!
Blessings!
Just read through the comments and feel the need to respond to Bailey...
I don't think that ANYONE who agrees that abortion is wrong thinks it's ok for anyone to kill children (or adults for that matter)
You made some serious generalized statements...
As for who will adopt these babies... it's tragic if you think there aren't potential parents out there waiting, hopelessly waiting, for a baby to call their own, who for some reason or other can't have them.
All Christine was trying to point out is that ending a life, whether it be in utero or already upon this earth is the same. Some of us agree with that statement and some do not. Period.
Not need to attack. No need to point fingers. No need to belittle.
We all have a right to our beliefs and understandings and God will be the final judge.
Great post, Christine!
Baily, I have a friend who could not have any more children and adopted 2 beautiful children that she was given as babies to foster. She has been blessed beyond belief with these children, I can't imagine that someone would even consider just chopping them up and throwing them away because they were an inconvenience. God has created each life with a purpose and a plan in mind.
Thank-you, Christine.
I adopted my precious 2 year old daughter and I will always be thankful for her birth parents' courage in giving her life.
All children are unique and special to God, not only those who have been given the opportunity to be born.
♥ Awesome! So true!
I am opposed to abortion.
That being said, I am not sure that posts like this are helpful for those who have had one, and may be experiencing feelings of loss and grief over their decision, even after many years.
I think christians run the risk of alienating and offending people unnecessarily, when they really need support, prayer and forgiveness.
I am all for keeping the pressure up to lower abortion rates, and not have it seen as an acceptable form of contraception. But we need to do it in a way that shows love to those women who have gone through one, rather than just making them angry, isolated and more hurt.
Great story, thanks for sharing it!
I can see your point in posting this but like another commenter said, it can make woman that have had an abortion very sad. I for one had to have one due to very unfortunate circumstances but that was when I was 13. I will not get into detail on the circumstances but I will say that my views on abortion are totally different as an adult. BUT that does not take away my past decisons that I have to live with and as christians we should be more forgiving and understanding and less judgemental.
I respect your opinion and honesty.
Let me tell you a story.....
I'm a woman in my late twenties who had an abortion 5 years ago. I do have a son so I know what it is to love and cherish a child. I also know what it is to feel so hopelessly lost and frightened in the grip of such severe depression and isolation that I know another child would have been wrong. I also know I would not have had the strength to give my baby away and would have ended my life if I had had to do this. There are SO SO many different versions to the story of life you CANNOT blanket any opinion. I know in my heart that Jesus has forgiven me for what I did, because he forgives. Life is not black and white. We do terrible things in our lives for so so many reasons and God knows them all. I have read your blog for a very long time and this is the only thing that keeps coming up that makes me so sad I want to stop reading. I have forgiven myself for what I did a long time ago because I feel it was the only think I could have done. Not everyone has a suportive family, or people there for them. Please stop making people feel bad.
That video you posted a while ago was just propaganda, THINK for a minute the type of person who would film some of the scenes in it. You are intelegent, think about each bit and question it. Who would 'kill' a baby then get out a video camera and film a babys head in their hands. Propaganda is a dangerous tool!
While I am pro-life in all things, this type of posting bothers me. Not because of the message it portrays (that all life is to be valued and respected) but rather the way in which it portrays that message. As Christians, our focus should always be on pointing to God not pointing fingers at another. I think Jesus did that best when he identified sin in the woman at the well (gently) and then told her "go and sin no more". What was interesting about that as well is HOW he did that. He equipped her to go and sin no more. He have her living water. He gave her Himself.
Stories such as this serve to do two things in my opinion:
1) circle the wagons among Christians (I'm not sure how this helps to witness to those who need Jesus)
2) create division and hurt among those who do not need any more division or hurt.
We can say the sin is wrong but in my opinion, we need to do it in a way which equips the beloved person (because they are beloved by God) to go and sin no more.
Simply posting a story doesn't do that. Sure it raises awareness but does it do that in a helpful way?
When my older kids got of the bus yesterday, I called them into the living room and told them this story....they were totally in agreement that it is the same thing. That little story makes a strong point. Too bad the teachers in school couldn't read it to the high-schoolers...
della
Love it!!
Very true, whether people like it, accept it or not.
Powerful.
I happen to believe that Christine would open her heart to anyone who had an abortion. I think that the point of the story is that sometimes people do not realize that the fetus IS human life- just as precious on the inside as on the outside.
Posts like this only cause Pro-lifers to High five each other and Pro-choicers to roll their eyes and move on. I don't think any doctor would change the mind of any patient with a story like that unless that person had a severe mental disability and shouldn't have kids anyways. Either way Christine, you need to remember that vanity is a sin too, I think this blog may not be too good for your ego with tons of people telling you everyday how awesome you are.
Wow. That's all I can say. And, so totally true. A child is a child.
Wow, Christine. You like to open those cans of worms, don't you? Well, along the same lines as your post, I have always found it interesting that here in California several years back, Scott Peterson was found guilty of TWO murders when he killed his wife and unborn child. It just never made sense to me that since he did it, it was murder, but if she were on her way to an abortion clinic, she would have paid to have it done.
To illustrate how absurd and wrong it is to kill an unborn child by pointing out how absurd and wrong it is to kill a one year old child is completely legitimate. The point of the story is to alter your perspective. What is wrong is wrong and is always wrong. This coming from someone who has been there...and made the wrong choice, in part because it was presented as the only choice.
You ladies who have made the wrong choice...I know your pain. God can and will forgive you. You can have peace when you forgive yourself.
Everyone else...put your money where your mouth is. If you believe in life, then adopt or foster a child. Stay close to your daughters and sons so they will not be faced with making poor choices.
I never thought of it that way...
Wow. Thanks for posting that!
Sarah
Agree!
Not everyone in the world is a middle class, white, well off christian. There are a lot of different ways to live your life and not everyone has the choices that you have. Over population ends up killing. This issue is not blsck and white and if you stopped for a minute and tried a little to put your selves in someone elses shoes you may have more empathy. I wish I had the money and support to have 12 kids but I don't, and nor do a lot of people in the world. Get off the holier than thou soap box and think how God probably would.
Everyone slamming Christine for this post - you can make excuses about why you did it/why people do it. That may make complete sense to you, but it DOES NOT change the fact that a baby is killed. That is the point - not someones income status, life situation at the time, depression, etc. Why can't people figure that out!!
I believe God will forgive a person who has had an abortion that "ASKS FOR FORGIVENESS & ACCEPTS CHRIST INTO THEIR HEART"...but it still does not change the fact that a child was lost. That is the POINT!
~Amy in WI
Oh Amy, I'm glad you live in your little holier than everyone, you will burn in damnation for ever world. I hope it makes you happy to be so much better than everyone else and to really disregard the huge and different worl god made. Ever leave your country?? Ever see the REAL world? Hum, I don't think so. I think god really does understand lifes situations, its a shame you dont!
Emma
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