And what's this Presbyterian thing? Does John Knox approve?
Posted on 02/18/2026 9:25:11 PM PST by Morgana
A Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) pastor who volunteers as a chaplain inside a Planned Parenthood abortion biz told his congregation that women terminate pregnancies out of love and high regard for the value of new life.
Rev. Marvin Ellison, retired professor of Christian ethics at Bangor Theological Seminary and pastor at First Congregational Church in South Portland, Maine shared the remarks during a sermon drawn from his experience as a volunteer chaplain at the facility.
“Women terminate pregnancies for the very same reason that under other circumstances, they carry pregnancies to term and give birth,” Ellison said. “Because of love, because of love and out of their high regard for the value of new life. Love sometimes requires saying ‘no’ to life rather than ‘yes.’ That’s a difficult truth, not always easy to tell.”
It’s one thing to say no to a baby when someone isn’t read – before becoming pregnant. That could be a good thing to make the proper preparations in life for a new child.
But saying “no” via abortion directly means having the baby killed.
Ellison, founder of the Maine Interfaith Council for Reproductive Choices and a former board member of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England for nearly a decade, described the women he meets as religiously affiliated and often surprised to encounter a Christian minister offering support inside the clinic.
He further adds to the confusion and false validation of killing babies by being inside the abortion center and misleadingly giving the impression that it’s okay for a Christian to have an abortion.
“Most women electing to terminate a pregnancy are religiously affiliated,” he said. “And some confided in me that they had never expected to find a Christian minister inside Planned Parenthood. Maybe outside the clinic protesting, but they hadn’t imagined that they would meet a Christian minister inside the clinic, much less offering care and support.”
He added: “They’re not two groups of women- women who love children and women who have abortions. Only one group of women exists.”
The reality is altogether different as authentic Christians don’t celebrate or promote killing babies.
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And what's this Presbyterian thing? Does John Knox approve?
” pastor who volunteers as a chaplain inside a Planned Parenthood abortion biz”
I gotta wonder what he tells these women to “comfort” them before and after they have killed their baby?
Thus we see Exhibit #99,998 in why mainline protestantism (i.e., Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Congregationalist, Unitarian etc) have gone from the *majority* American religion a century ago to 11 percent now (and falling).
I don’t know a thing about John Knox but I have to believe he would NOT approve of this.
Usually it seems like they say they are “making the best decision for their child.” or something like that.
A long time ago, someone told me they could never put a child up for adoption, and think that someone else had their child. I said that sounded like O.J.’s logic.
“A long time ago, someone told me they could never put a child up for adoption, and think that someone else had their child.”
I’ve heard that argument since the 1980’s. Women have said stuff like “I don’t want strangers raising my baby” or even more weird “I don’t want the rich getting my baby”
So what if a rich family got your baby? Pick that family. Private schools, better healthcare, summer camps, all the things you could not give your kid. At the end of the day that kid is still your DNA, not theirs just living a fuller life in another home.
Obviously not at all.
When I was younger and I would read the newspaper, I would see ads from parents looking to adopt.
Almost every denomination has strayed so far from Christian doctrine that these denominations would be unrecognizable to their founders.
“When I was younger and I would read the newspaper, I would see ads from parents looking to adopt.”
I remember seeing those ads in the 80’s and 90’s.
I hope the “pastor” can seek and accept God’s forgiveness, and forgive himself, and doesn’t kill himself when he realizes how evil he is.
Reminds me of the same reasoning Charlie Manson taught his followers when teaching them to kill saying you have to have a lot of love to kill someone.
If you look the guy up...he is a gay human, and his main emphasis is lgbtqxyz rights, transgender rights, and reproductive “ justice”...topics that will not save his mortal soul..my guess is that he is fascinated with everything that surrounds death. Spreading disease, mutilating bodies, killing babies..at best, a negative influence against thriving...
Evil
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