Posted on 07/01/2009 9:54:20 PM PDT by This Just In
Kidney donor cries foul when recipient ditches Christianity
TUPELO — Aleta Smith, who donated her kidney to a 20-year-old college student last year, wants it back now that the student has changed religions. Smith, a self-described "on-fire Christian," gave her kidney to Hannah Felks, a Lutheran and regular Christian camp counselor, last year after seeing Felks on the local news. "She was going to die unless she got a kidney," Smith says, sitting on the porch at her home. "They portrayed her as this nice Christian girl who works with kids. I saw it as a great opportunity to help a sister in the Lord." The surgery grabbed headlines and Smith was lauded for her selflessness. But shortly after the surgery, Felks embarked on a "spiritual journey" to try out other religions, and settled on a blend of Pagan and Hindu beliefs. "I wanted to get away from the belief system I was raised in and find the truth for myself," she says. She took a semester off to travel the world visiting spiritualists on three continents. Smith was aghast when she heard of the conversion, and she quickly wrote a letter asking Felks to re-convert to Christianity or return the organ, saying it was donated under false pretenses. "I feel helpless," she says. "Part of my body, my DNA, is stuck inside a person who's going to hell." Smith suffers nightmares of her former organ filtering "strange Asian teas, pig blood and witch doctor brews in Africa," she says. She wonders if the Lord really wanted her to donate the kidney, or if she acted on a "triple-espresso high" she had that morning. She is also concerned that when her body is resurrected, it might be incomplete. Felks frets that Smith is an "Indian giver," and says religious affiliation was never an issue. "The kidney's working fine," Felks said by phone from Thailand. "I feel bad for Aleta. She did something wonderful for me, but that doesn't mean she gets to control my life." In the meantime, Smith has alerted several dozen prayer chains, and her women's Bible study group is praying 12 hours a day for the re-conversion of Felks — and Smith's former kidney. "I'm all for spiritual curiosity," she says, "but you've got to settle these things beforehand. My kidney belongs to Christ. It will never be Pagan." •
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.- Luke 6:37.
She shouldn't be surprised, if she ends up there, herself.
Calm down woman. You did a good thing. Her life is now out of your hands and the almighty will decide.
Shake the dust from your sandals and move on.
JJ61
A gift given with strings attached is not a gift.
Her attitude is not what I would expect from a Christian.
If you read the article, she appears to be a kook. A temporarily generous kook, at that.
I love satire in the early morning hours.
This is a joke article.
From the Lsrk news site:
DISCLAIMER
LarkNews® is a satirical newspaper published by Joel Kilpatrick.
LarkNews uses invented names in all its stories, except in cases when public
figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and
coincidental.
Also debunked by Snopes.com:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/kidney.asp
JACKPOT!
I once posted a satirical article which included “Satire” in the thread title. One FReeper expressed disappointment. He said to point out this fact took all the fun out of reading FReepers comments.
So, when posting satire, I refrain from informing FReepers that they’re about to be taken for a short ride.
Alex, I’ll take What Is Satire? for $1000.
That’s it... The Kidney is going to heaven, and the person using the kidney is going to hell!!
Sorry - but your out-of-context use of Luke 6:37 doesn’t help here.
The Bible is clear who is going to Hell and who is not - Anyone who does not repent and base their eternity on a true and complete faith in Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ ALONE, will spend eternity in Hell and the Lake of Fire. Period.
No denomination will get you to Heaven, but true repentance and saving faith in Christ will.
If the recipient has never come to such a point in her life, thus having not repented of her sins (past, present, and future), and accepted Christ as her Savior, then she will go to Hell. Could that change between now and when she meets her end - certainly, and I pray that she does come to that point.
But one has to wonder if she had been a Christian only in action, but not in faith for her to be able to so easily give up “Christianity” and adopt Pagan/Eastern/Hindu cultic behavior.
Is this for real? I find it unbelievable.
If it’s true, dear lady, you are embarrassing yourself and the church at large. You are not in charge of this donee’s salvation. Let it go, except for prayer.
Sorry, but I’m Atheist.
There is no such thing as heaven or hell. Religions are all cults.
Oh, I am so proud, I doubted it was real. Whew.
You know, it is funny how that verse always gets trotted out right before the person using it judges another person.
did the donor call the ACLU?/sarc
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy kidney forbid not to take thy spleen also.
How can it be out of context? This is from the King James version, and ‘The Message’ Bible:
Luke 6:37 (King James Version)
37Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Luke 6:37 (The Message)
37-38
“Don’t pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults— unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don’t condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you’ll find life a lot easier. Give away your life; you’ll find life given back, but not merely given back—given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity.”
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