My Blog Refuted?

Hi everyone,
Recently a friend of ours posted a picture on Facebook and talked about abortion. One of her family members said something so Daddy responded to him. The conversation turned to evolution and Daddy told the man, Charles, that I argued with a professor from Columbia University on Facebook. Charles actually was skeptical that I (informally) debated the professor and said that he must not of known much about evolution.

Now while I will say that the professor is a fool because anyone that suppresses the truth about God by saying in their heart that God does not exist, is a fool according to the Bible. But what I would not say is that the professor does not know what he is talking about when it comes to the issue of evolution. I told Charles to "Google" the professor's name and try to prove his assertion that the professor did not know much about evolution. Charles has yet to provide a single shred of evidence that proves evolution. Anyway while he works on finding evidence for evolution that does not exist he decided to "refute" my blog. He picked my post from last week about the letter to the editor that the reverend wrote in response to my letter to the editor about abortion.

Charles' post is very long so here is link. Charles is working on a video refuting my debate with the professor. I wrote to Brian and Andrew since they are also good with these things. As always Brian thinks we could do a debate. I do not know how exactly we will respond whether in video, blog post, or debate. For now I will just comment about his argument against my last blog post.

I said: One person told me that I should seek help. You know there are many good counselors. I think this person should seek help from the only one who can really help any of us, God Almighty.

Charles said: I would not say a counselor but perhaps a real school? Not the suddo (sic) Christian indoctrination cycle you guys pathetically pass off as a school. I mean a real school, where you are taught science. Not this pretend 'christian' science. Yes, kiddo that is all christian science is, pretend. You are the product of abuse. Being denied truth in favor of fairy tales rather than making that choice for yourself after the age of reason. You did not make the choice it was made for you before you were ever born, by your parents.

You know this man is blaming my parents for what I said instead of me. If that is what he believes than why is he going to blast my name on the internet because of what I said. This guy has my picture on his Facebook page many times. But that is okay it is not my fault it is all my parents fault that is why he is blasting MY name and MY picture?  Why am I being held accountable for what I said if I had no choice in what I believed? This is confusing.

Charles said: So let me pose the question that you seem to ignore. How many hungry and needy children have you cared for? When was the last time you donated money to a children;s hospital? When was the last time you skipped a meal to feed a hungry child. The point this person was making, is your hypocritical double standard. 'Don't kill the unborn, but after they are born, screw them.'' Typical of a Christian but on an open debate not a great move.

Just so you know Charles. My parents believe that children are such a blessing that they have 7 of them. Because of this the state will not let us adopt more children to care for. When our group is at the abortion mill we offer help to mothers. And just because we do not donate money to children's hospitals why is it my job to take of someone else's child? We take care of our own children and then do what we can to help others. I think that is a pretty good approach. And to those who have the resources to care for hungry children by providing meals and such that is great for them. But we use the resources God has given us and other people use the resources God has given them. Is abortion acceptable if indeed we did not care for born babies? Is it acceptable to kill babies because their parents don't want to care for them?

I said: Another person said they wished they lived in a world where people like me did not exist. Well I bet that is how they feel about the one true God but that does not make Him, or me, cease to exist. You can wish all you want but that does not change reality.

Charles said: First, let me strongly disagree with said person. I do not want you Christians to disappear, you're to much fun. '' You can wish all you want''. Funny coming from someone who prays to an invisible creature they have never seen and can not prove is real. Wishing on a star is essentially your entire belief system.

I am a presuppositionalist. I can prove that God exists. But I do not think you are going to listen to me Charles. You know I have a shirt that says something very fitting it says: "I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you." Oh, and while I wish all professing atheists came to a saving knowledge of the truth I think talking to you is fun as well. By the way there are no atheists in the world.  Professing atheists know God exists they just suppress the truth in unrighteousness and last I checked people who do not exist cannot cease to exist. 

I said: Another accused one of the "fundies", I assume she meant one of our group, of saying that pregnancy resulting from rape was a blessing. I admit it, I think that even if the child was conceived because of rape that child is still a blessing. Children are always a blessing! This person may have been the one I had a discussion with on Planned Parenthood's facebook page because they accused me of something similar there.

Charles said: Woa. See this right here is indoctrination at it's finest. You are going to, with a straight face look at someone your own age, who after being brutally gang raped, tell them god blessed them? Let, me get this clear. God blessed them by having them raped so they could have a baby, when they themselves are still a child. Perhaps you should take some time and talk with actual rape victims. Go down to the local crisis shelter. Talk with them, see how many are feeling blessed.

Yes Charles I am going to tell a rape victim that the child in their womb is a blessing from God. Rape is not a blessing. Rape is evil it is a man willfully making the decision to brutally harm a woman It is terrible what happened to them that produced that child but the child is still a blessing and cannot be punished because of the sins of their father. I will love them and will help them in whatever way I can and share the Gospel with them. I will cry with them and do whatever I can to help them heal from their terrible circumstances. But I will not tell them that they can kill a child for the sins of their father which is expressly prohibited in God's word.

I said: That was just a few of the comments. Recently another man wrote a letter to the editor about his views on the abortion issue. This man claims to be a "reverend" and calls himself a christian. But I can tell you that in this aspect he is not acting Christlike. You can read the letter here. I am not writing exact quotes due to copyright laws but if you read the letter first this should make sense.

Charles said: Copyright laws do not apply to letters to an editor. 'Judge not, lest ye be judged.'' Ya, I am paraphrasing but I think the point is rather clear. You are judging someone far older than yourself who in all likelihood has studied the bible for twice as long as you have been alive. It is your opinion he is not Christlike. How do you know? Did you meet Christ? Or is your statement based on what you believe the bible says? I suspect the later.

The Bible also says, "Open your mouth judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy" I am "judging" the reverend based on the clear revelation of God. God said something clearly in the Bible, "You shall not murder". When someone says that it is okay to murder I can say to them that God said "You shall not murder" and that is not me imposing my opinion on someone it is me pointing someone who claims to be Christian back to the word of God. And in answer to your question, yes, I have met Christ. He is my Lord and the Holy Spirit is dwelling inside me. It does not matter how long someone has been studying the Bible that does not mean that they cannot be wrong. Everyone is fallible instead of looking to people's flawed interpretations of Scripture look to Scripture itself.

I said: This man thinks that I am entitled to my opinion but I am not allowed to require other professing Christians to to agree with me. I do not require other Christians to agree with my opinion. I just tell them that they need to agree with God's word. There is a difference. My opinion does not matter, what God said in His Word does matter.

Charles said: I Timothy 2:12 ''But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.'' So do you agree with God's word? Are you 'in silence''? Apparently god's word does not matter to you. Only the parts that you think are important and have translated to fit your narrow minded viewpoint, do.

So I am not allowed to speak at all? I am not in authority over men. I can say what God's Word says and when I do that it is not me speaking from my own authority that is God's authority because He said it. When I speak I am not in authority over men I am merely expressing my opinion. Like I said my opinion does not matter.

I said: At the end of the letter the reverend said that in such a context abortion can be morally justified and ethically correct. Since abortion is murder, this "reverend" just said that murder is morally justified and ethically correct in at least certain circumstances! And then he calls himself a person of the Christian faith!

Charles said: Oh no whatever will we do?! This guy who claims to be a Christian disagrees with me! ..... Yes kid it happens. This only offers evidence your bible was written by men, not a perfect god. If it was written by a perfect god then the message within would also be perfect. It would be unmistakable and understood by all who read it without any room to be mistranslated. Oh, and no he said under certain circumstances abortion is justifiable, not that murder is justified. 
To save the life of a mother who happens to be nine years old and was brutally gang raped by an Islamic extremist group, defiantly (sic) seems justifiable. Does it not? Or are you the judge of whose life is more important? If the doctors do not preform (sic)the abortion she dies. Now let's say they share your view and do not preform (sic) it. The mother dies. Is that not murder of the mother? .... I know Christians brain working overtime now.
Yes people are going to disagree with me. I know, trust me plenty of people disagree with me. The problem is not when people disagree with me, the problem is when someone says that they believe God and call themselves a Christian and then deny the plain meaning of God's written revelation. That is a problem. People can disagree with me all they want, they just should not disagree with their Creator and King.

When you say that this offers evidence that the Bible was written by men I have to disagree. The Bible is the Word of God. People are fallible that is why there are different interpretations of the Bible not because the Bible is in error it is because the people reading it are in error.
Let me translate. Abortion is murder in every circumstance. So when someone says abortion is justifiable they say that murder is justifiable. Now I think you are trying to make me feel pity for this hypothetical 9 year old. Yes I would feel sorry for this young mother and would do everything I could to help her, like I said before. Now I would like you, Charles, to provide me with one piece of evidence that shows that pregnancy has ever killed someone. And if the pregnancy has not yet killed the girl how do we know it will? Sometimes doctors make mistakes and misdiagnose someone. And no I do not think that murder is justifiable in any circumstance.

Charles said: You have done nothing but offer opinion. In direct violation of I Timothy I might add. You do realize that Planned Parenthood does more than just abortions right? In fact abortion services make up a very small percentage of what they do. Maybe just maybe, if you I don't know, actually visited a facility and talked to the people inside a light might come on for ya.

Yes Charles I do know that Planned Parenthood offers more than abortions. But no matter how much supposed good someone does that does mean that they are allowed to murder people. As long as Planned Parenthood provides abortions I cannot support them. And if I tried visiting the Planned Parenthood facility in Portland which is where I minister I would be arrested by Portland Police Department. Let's make a deal Charles, if you make a deal with Planned Parenthood in Portland and with the police that says that I will not be arrested for criminal trespassing and that a Planned Parenthood employee will actually talk to me and answer my questions I might go in and talk to them. But sadly I do not think that will happen.

Prayer
Please be in prayer for our family as on Tuesday we are planning on going to Earth Science Day in Augusta. I am hoping to be able to have conversations with some of the scientists there about evolution and the Christian worldview. Please pray that I would have wisdom and that God would give me the words to say and that God would open the eyes and the hearts of the scientists to the truth of His word. Please pray for their salvation.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Letter To The Editor On Abortion Receives Many Comments And Even Another Letter To The Editor About My Post

Hi everyone.
In my last post I wrote about my letter to the editor at Portland Press Herald. The letter was in response to another letter to the editor written by a young woman named Caroline. I wrote back, (see my last post.) It was published on their website and received over 80 comments. Recently a "reverend" wrote a response to my letter. I would like to take a little time discussing these comments and the reverend's response.

For the comments:
One comment asked, Whose god? Which god? and went on to tell me to do what my God wants me to do and to keep out of other people's beliefs.Well I hope everyone can see the blatant contradiction there. He is arguing against my beliefs by saying that I should leave people's beliefs alone and at the same time trying to make me follow his beliefs. Oh well, what should I expect from people who cannot even justify their worldview let alone justify logical argumentation.

Another person wanted to tell me that my view on abortion being premeditated murder is just my opinion. Sorry but that was not my opinion God had come up with that "opinion" long before I did.

One person asked me to please stay out their bedroom and out of their religion. Well if they want me to stay out their business maybe they should stay out of my business and stop telling me what do with my religion.

And I did not know this but my level of ignorance and my blind faith will end up putting millions of women at risk and without access to healthcare. Or at least that is what one person thinks about me.

One person told me that I should seek help. You know there are many good counselors. I think this person should seek help from the only one who can really help any of us, God Almighty.

One person told me that as an American first and foremost they respect my opinion. They then went on to say that they were an atheist and disagreed with my belief in God but at least they were polite. I like civil conversations more than yelling matches. This comment was better than some of the others.

Someone said that we do not want to adopt special needs children, babies born addicted to drugs or "other-racial" children. First question, who ever said that? I would love to adopt a baby no matter what problems they had. Health problems whatever, we can deal with it. And "other-racial" children? We are not racists. We accept people no matter what shade of skin they have. Maybe the person who wrote this did not realize that two of the brothers who preach outside Planned Parenthood are dark skinned and that two of the families there, including my family, have children with disabilities. Oh and the founder of Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine adopted a boy from Ethiopia. Hint, he is not white. Oh and that lady is actually half Japanese. She isn't even all white. Well there goes that argument.

One person said to feed, clothe, and help the living children before I get obsessed with anything else. That is what I am doing trying to keep mothers from murdering their living children. I think that is a good first step to caring for them.

Another person said they wished they lived in a world where people like me did not exist. Well I bet that is how they feel about the One True God but that does not make Him, or me, cease to exist. You can wish all you want but that does not change reality.

Yet another person said that I need to minister to the group in front of Planned Parenthood about lying because ALL of our posters lie and they actively LIE. If they could provide facts that show we are lying I would like to hear them. PLEASE provide evidence for your claims instead of just making assertions.

Another accused one of the "fundies", I assume she meant one of our group, of saying that pregnancy resulting from rape was a blessing. I admit it, I think that even if the child was conceived because of rape that child is still a blessing. Children are always a blessing! This person may have been the one I had a discussion with on Planned Parenthood's facebook page because they accused me of something similar there.

That was just a few of the comments. Recently another man wrote a letter to the editor about his views on the abortion issue. This man claims to be a "reverend" and calls himself a christian. But I can tell you that in this aspect he is not acting Christlike. You can read the letter here. I am not writing exact quotes due to copyright laws but if you read the letter first this should make sense.

Yes I do claim to know God's will in this matter concerning abortion. He said "You shall not murder." I think that is pretty clear what He meant. This man can think whatever he wants but that does not make it true. As is made clear in the rest of the letter this man is not getting his argument from the Bible so I think that he probably went against his own advice and had an already formed opinion and then twisted Scripture to try to justify his claim.

This man thinks that I am entitled to my opinion but I am not allowed to require other professing Christians to to agree with me. I do not require other Christians to agree with my opinion. I just tell them that they need to agree with God's word. There is a difference. My opinion does not matter,  what God said in His Word does matter.

Also, the prophet Micah said to "do justice." Being a voice for the voiceless and calling people to stand up for justice and the rights of the unborn sounds like doing justice to me. "Love kindness." Yes be kind to the baby in the womb. Maybe for a start you could try showing kindness to them by not murdering them in their mother's womb. "Walk humbly with God." Yes, humble yourself before God acknowledge that God is smarter than you and stop trying to make up your own opinions and saying that your thoughts are better than His revealed Word. And also why are you judging my personal faith decisions based on your biases and beliefs. Let me make my own decisions based on my understanding of God, faith and my circumstances Reverend. Please Reverend take your own advice and stop telling me what to believe.

At the end of the letter the reverend said that in such a context abortion can be morally justified and ethically correct. Since abortion is murder, this "reverend" just said that murder is morally justified and ethically correct in at least certain circumstances! And then he calls himself a person of the Christian faith!

He then says that he helped found the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights and then said that he is a strong supporter of Planned Parenthood. Then he says that is where his faith leads him not to the absolutism I expressed in my letter. Well, that can be where his faith leads you because he does not have faith in the God of the Bible who expressly states that "You shall not murder," and that we should take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness. I express absolutism because I am stating what God has said and He is the ultimate authority! I have a reason to be absolute. Sadly this reverend is resting his argument on mere opinion not on the authority of God's Word.

My friend Sam Caldwell wrote an excellent response to this man's letter. Here it is:
Dear Donald J. Rudalevige,

I would like to offer some loving responses to your ‘Letter to the Editor.’ I am praying for you - praying to our heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

You wrote, “Virginia Cowperthwaite is very decided in her knowledge of what is God’s will. I suggest that such certainty is usually derived from a person’s already-formed opinion, which then looks to Scripture to support it.”

That could very well be the case. But could it not also be the case that Miss Cowperthwaite is “very decided” because she is following Paul’s words in Romans 12:1? (Please forgive me; I am quoting the Bible because you were quoting the Bible. I want to meet the terms of your argument.) There Paul commands, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

Could it not be that Miss Cowperthwaite is in fact "testing" and "discerning" something true about the will of God? Could it perhaps be that she is taking the Scriptures to be clear enough for us to read them intelligently, clear enough for us to know and follow God’s will from them?

I appreciate that you quote from Micah 6:8. You write, “The prophet Micah says that it is God’s will ‘to do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God.’” But I must ask: did you not discern something clear about God’s will in that verse? Or is your perception of God’s will here just as opinion-ridden as Miss Cowperthwaite’s?

I don’t know whom to trust!

If you did discern something intelligible about God’s will in Micah 6:8, do you believe that such a beautiful text stands alone? Or would you allow for the thought that Micah’s terms find further definition elsewhere in the Word of God?

(In a word, what do you think about how Paul and the Bereans teach us to ‘compare spiritual things with spiritual’ (1 Corinthians 2:13), to ‘search the Scriptures’ (Acts 17:11)?)

Don’t you love the other parts of the Bible where those things Micah promotes – justice, a love of kindness, and walking humbly – are further defined?

Is the “justice” you read of in Micah divorced from the enjoinment of Proverbs 24:11: “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back”?

Is the “love” part of God’s will – which you clearly discerned in your reading of Micah 6:8, didn’t you? – at all connected with what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 13:6? There Paul tells us that true love “does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth.” What do you think of such love? Or do you find that “the truth” is better left as a matter of opinion? Surely the truth could never “require agreement,” or lead Miss Cowperthwaite to do so, could it?

Does your love “rejoice with the truth,” or does your love find “the truth” foggier than the Portland Head Light?

Does your “love of kindness” also love the kindness of God? For the kindness of God leads you to repentance (Romans 2:4), if Paul was speaking clearly. But repentance from what? Surely we’d have to have a modicum of agreement – some semblance of truth – if we were to speak of an actual repentance from an actual…something, no?

But the part of Micah 6:8 that really speaks clearly to you is the part about “walking humbly.” You write, “For me, that humility suggests that we not try to judge the personal faith decisions of others on the basis of our beliefs and biases, but allow them the choice of their understanding of God, faith and circumstance.”

I guess you are entitled to your opinion, just as Miss Cowperthwaite is to hers. But what you “may not do, yet seek to do, is require others of us who identify as Christian” to agree with you.

You assume agreement, as you must be aware, when you tell us what it means to be “fully human.” You seek agreement when you tell us that “In such a context, abortion can be a morally justified and ethically correct option.”

And I hope you realize that at that point in your Letter you have laid down your Bible, so I will put mine down too for a moment - if only to try to meet the terms of your argument.

You believe that “To be fully human means to make choices based on one’s own understanding of faith, their personal circumstances and their relationship to others.”

My fully human choice-making faculties are telling me that either a) you are right in your stance on abortion, b) Miss Cowperthwaite is right, or c) you’re both wrong.

With an issue as serious as abortion, I quite respectfully would not want to follow a mere “matter of opinion” from either of you. The stakes are just too high!

Either “babies are being murdered” or “abortion can be a morally justified and ethically correct option.”

Or…maybe it’s all just a matter of opinion, and the God who called Himself “the Truth” (John 14:6) does not require agreement from His followers on something as insignificant as a few million human lives. Because after all, those lives are not "fully human" on your definition, are they?

I like that phrase of yours, “to be fully human.” If only someone could define it in a more humane way.

David, how did you define the "fully human" in Psalm 139:13-16?

"For You formed my inward parts;
You wove me in my mother’s womb.
I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them."

David's approach seems just a bit more "just and kind and humble." What do you, think?

In Christ, 
-Sam Caldwell
sam.caldwell@utoronto.ca

I think this is an excellent response. Thank you Sam. I may write another letter to the editor in response. If I do I will post it here. This is turning into a fun conversation and not only that but God has made it so that the secular newspaper is publishing that abortion is murder! God can use anyone to proclaim the truth. Even the newspaper!

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.

Are "Abortion Protesters" Taking Away A Person's God Given Right To Choose?

Hi everyone. Recently a young woman named Caroline wrote a letter to the editor about Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine which was posted in a local newspaper, the Portland Press Herald. You can see the article here. I wrote a reply to this article and sent it to the same newspaper as a letter to the editor. I received a call from the newspaper to verify authorship of the letter and it was just recently published on there website.

Letters to the editor are supposed to be less than 300 words. I believe my submission was around 280 words. I did not want to write anything more so that Portland Press Herald did not have reason for editing anything out for the sake of length. But here I do not have a word limit so I can write as much as I want. Here is the letter I wrote to the paper:

"Recently Caroline Herriman wrote a letter to the editor about the Christians outside Planned Parenthood in Portland. My family ministers with the Christians there and I would like to respond to the assertions in Caroline's letter.

God is loving and forgiving. However the Bible also says that "God is angry with the wicked every day". God is loving but He is also just, and must punish sin. Justice must still be served, otherwise God would no longer be just. We cannot pick and choose which attributes of God we want and ignore the rest. We must remember all the attributes of Almighty God.

God created our minds with the ability to reason and make choices, but He also gave us commands to obey. You can make the choice to have an abortion, however God commanded in His Word that "you shall not murder". Abortion is the premeditated murder of a child created in the image of God in the womb. Abortion therefore is not a matter of exercising your "God given right to choose." Abortion is a matter of someone making the choice to disobey God's commandment. 

God is not "proud of His creations" killing their children and calling it "choice." Do not invoke the name of Almighty God to justify sinful actions which violate His express commands. Pro-abortion is pro-death. Abortion is murder! People who try to justify executing innocent children are pro-death. 

Christians should never "thank" an organization that murders children no matter how much good they do otherwise. Christians should not support Planned Parenthood. 

Those wishing to engage in civil discussion are encouraged to email us at prolifemissionary@gmail.com"

At the start of the letter Caroline identified our group as "Evangelical Christians." She correctly identified our group as Christians instead of "anti-abortion protesters." Usually we are the "abortion protesters" so someone recognizing that we are Evangelical Christians is a welcome change.

Caroline talks about trying to engage some of the protesters. I was not there but I would have loved to talk to her. Caroline talks about learning that God is all-loving, and all-forgiving. People like to think about God as a nice friend who is always there to help you when you need it but otherwise he just sits on the shelf next to all their others idols that they have created in their own mind. Yes, God is love, but as the Bible teaches a father who loves His children disciplines and instructs his children. He does not just leave them to continue to wallow in their sin and say "Oh, It's okay I love them no matter what they do." God chastises us when we sin. God hates sin He does not love it when His creations use the resources He has given us to fulfill our own sinful desires instead of using them to glorify Him.

Caroline talks about how she thinks that God would be proud of science that betters the lives of His creations. I do not understand what this has to do with murdering 3,000 of His creations everyday. That certainly is not bettering the lives of His creations it is the exact opposite, it is destroying them.

God would like it if every innocent person was given the ability in our society to exercise their God-given rights. One of these rights is the right to life. But this woman is arguing that people should be given the "right" to take away the God-given right to life of the child in the womb. She is trying to justify taking away a child's right to life by saying that it is a God-given right to murder that innocent
child.

God does not want us to give people the liberty to murder someone. He has commanded, "You shall not murder." That does not sound to me like He was giving people a choice. It sounds to me like He gave people a command to obey.

Caroline says that no one is pro-death, no one wants to see innocents killed. She is very deceived or ignorant. If you stand outside an abortion mill you will see lots of people that are pro-death although they prefer the term "Pro-choice". Since abortion is murder, anyone who is pro-abortion is pro-death.

I have a question. How does abortion heal someone's wounds? Murdering someone does not heal wounds. Yes, I agree that abortion lets the mother live her life in most circumstances except when something goes wrong and she dies from complications of the abortion as well as the child. But it still murders the child! Abortion is never good because it murders an innocent child. You cannot justify it simply because it lets a mother live her life the way she wants without having to deal with the consequences.

In the last paragraph Caroline asks if we should consider that we cannot save everyone. Oh yes that is something we should consider. Only God can save anyone, but He has also commanded us to rescue those being taken away to death and to preach the Gospel. So that is what we do. Also should Christians thank an organization that provides healthcare but also murders children made in the image of God. In the words of the apostle Paul, "By no means!" No Christians should not support anyone who murders innocent children.

Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine does not usually get letters to the editor published in the newspaper. I hope that I get to talk to this woman at some point to try to explain to her our position. It is always nice to be able to talk to people and have a pleasant conversation. Please pray for her Salvation.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Welcoming Uriah Yeshua!

Hi everyone,

 On Saturday August 26 we welcomed Uriah Yeshua Cowperthwaite into this world. He is baby number 7 and he is a great blessing. He was born at 9:24 on Saturday morning weighing 8 pounds 13 ounces and he was 21 inches long. He is doing well and we are enjoying time together as a family at home. Mommy is also doing very well. We are thanking God for this newest blessing to our family! Uriah Yeshua means "God is my light and my salvation" taken from Psalm 27:1 which says "The LORD is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life of whom shall I be afraid?" Our prayer is that Uriah Yeshua lives up to the meaning of his name and not only that but that in the coming years he will proclaim that message to others. Thank you all for your prayers for our family. I figured everyone would want to see pictures so I posted some below.

Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life The Comical Side

Hi everyone.
For everyone who is involved in abortion ministry there are some times when you do not know what is going through the minds of abortion supporters when they say something to you. I have put together a list of ACTUAL questions and comments we hear from abortion supporters along with a pro-life answer. Sometimes they are funny. We do not always respond with the answers below they are just some possible responses. Sometimes it is hard to think of answers to strange questions when they first come up.  Enjoy reading and post any other questions or objections along with a funny pro-life reply in the comments below.

#1) Pro-choice:"Shut up you do not have a uterus."
       Pro-life: "Did you just assume my gender?"

#2) Pro-choice: "Maybe we should just kill anyone who does not agree with us."
      I know this sounds weird but you cannot make this stuff up!
      Pro-life: "Can I go first?"

#3) Pro-choice: "Do you eat meat?"
      Pro-life: "Do you eat babies??? Yes I do eat meat but what does that have to do with abortion."

#4) Pro-choice: "Get a job."
      Pro-life: "I have one otherwise I would be here more often." or Daddy says, "My job likes me so much they give me Fridays off just so I can be here!"

#5) Pro-choice: "It's just a clump of cells."
      Pro-life: "So are you. Is that justification for me to kill you? Because I do not think that is what you meant."

#6) Pro-choice: (Car or truck horn honks)
      Pro-life: "Was that a good or a bad honk? Oh wait, they have a Hillary Clinton bumper sticker, it was probably bad."

#7)Pro-choice: "Planned Parenthood provides pre-natal care."
      Pro-life: "According to them they don't."

#8) Pro-choice: "It's just a fetus."
      Pro-life: "Feel free to speak English here." (Thank you Jeff Durbin for that answer.)

#9) Pro-choice: "I'm sorry your parents are making you do this."
      Pro-life: "What are you talking about? Do you think I do not want to be here? If so you are wrong. I drag my parents here some days (joking)"

#10) Pro-choice: "But babies are expensive."
        Pro-life: "So is your dog but you have not killed it yet."

#11) Pro-choice: "But I have two dogs at home and they are precious to me so we are going to have to kill the kid." Yes we have actually heard this.
       Pro-life: "Repent you evil coward!"

#12) Pro-choice: "She assaulted me." (Pointing to the woman voted Least Likely to Harm a Fly)
        Pro-life: "That's hilarious! Oh wait, you were not trying to be funny? Next time try coming up with something more believable. She could not have assaulted you."

#13) Pro-choice: "Pro-Choice."
        Pro-life: "But when you drove by a minute ago your bumper sticker said "Save the trees". What if I am pro-choice, can I then kill all the trees I want? My choice right?"

#14) Pro-choice: (Someone is talking while walking away.)
        One pro-lifer says "Do I want to know what they just said?"
        Another person responds, "No, no you don't!"

#15) Pro-choice: "Judge not."
        Pro-life: "Did you just judge me by telling me not to judge?"

#16) Pro-choice: "How many kids have you adopted?"
        Marguerite from our group answers: "5 sir". This was very funny and it is actually on video.

#17) Pro-choice: "You're just stupid homeschoolers."
        Pro-life homeschool student could respond: "That is an Ad Hominem attack and is logically fallacious. Be careful when you reply, I will not hesitate to point out any other logical fallacies that you commit in your reasoning and if you continue to reason the same way you did just a minute ago you can be sure I will find more."

#18) Pro-choice: "You should be arrested for child abuse."
        Pro-life parent: "Because I brought them out here with me? Since we homeschool we have lots of people ask us about socialization. I thought I would bring them out here with me so that they could socialize. Is that not what they meant?"

#19) Pro-choice: "You are so intolerant."
        Pro-life: "You are too intolerant of my intolerance. How about you try being tolerant first and I will know how it works."

#20) Pro-choice: "You should be ashamed of yourself."
        Pro-life: "For what? Do you not like the color of my shirt or something?"

#21) Pro-choice: "What do you have against murdering Mongolians?" I do not know if this person said the wrong word or what but it was strange.
       Pro-life: "I have everything against murdering Mongolians. I am against all murder. What did you think I was going to say?"

#22) Pro-choice: "1,2,3,4,5 little men intimidating women." The guy who says this runs by the abortion mill with two dogs, him yelling the whole time. I think he is the same one who asked Marguerite how many kids she adopted.
      The Pro-life group answers: "Sir you are intimidating women and children by running past us with two dogs while yelling at us."

#23) Pro-choice: "Do you want me to go yell in that guy's face?" This came from one of the Planned Parenthood supporters talking about maybe Brian or someone from our group?
       The Pro-life group responded: "Sure, he would love it!"

#24) Pro-choice: "Are you recording?" This also came from a Planned Parenthood supporter. Andrew March had just started coming out to the abortion mill again and had been talking to the supporters so I went over to take some video.
       I told the supporters: "You are on public property you have no expectation of privacy I have every right to record." The other thing I think that this supporter did not notice is that I had a microphone clipped to my shirt. I had been recording that morning so probably every word I said to her that morning had been recorded. But I do not know as she realized this. I think she realized I was recording when I held up a kindle. Even the police tell people we have the right to record.

#25) Pro-choice: "You're stupid because you can read." Yes I know this one sounds strange too. This was from the owner of the shop next to Planned Parenthood. He is very opposed to us. He said this to Daddy.
       Daddy: "One thing that we wonder is why there are so many public schools teaching kids to read? Is that so that they can make them all stupid?"

These are some of the things you hear when out on the street. I bet anyone involved in abortion ministry has heard many of these things. As we continue to do abortion ministry there may be more but this is a start. I hope you enjoyed it.

Prayer
Continue to pray for those out at the abortion mill in Portland. On Friday Brian was kind of warned for preaching too loudly but he finished his message and does not seem to be in too much trouble. Pray that Portland Police Department would see the unjust nature of the noise ordinance that they are trying to use selectively  and prejudicially against us that has been put in place due to the recent court ruling. (See my post from last week.) Pray that they would realize their duty as lesser magistrates who have sworn to uphold the constitution and that they would not take away our freedom of speech. Pray that they would not enforce unjust ordinances. Pray also for their salvation. Officer Keller was the officer again on Friday and as I have said before he still needs our prayers.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia

Court ruling allowing preaching outside the abortion mill had been overturned!

Hi everyone,

Yesterday we saw that Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine is once again in the news. Shortly before we started going to the abortion mill in Portland, Brian Ingalls got in trouble with the police because his preaching could be heard inside the rooms in Planned Parenthood. Brian was sued by Maine attorney General Janet Mills.

Once all the court cases were done and Andrew March sued multiple police officers the city of Portland then had to pay 56,000 dollars to the Pro-Life Missionaries. Here is one of the articles written about Andrew. Watch the video included in the article. Andrew had a very respectful conversation with the officer. Search Andrew March and Brian Ingalls free speech and buffer zones and you will find a lot more about the case. The story was covered in many news papers around the country.

The city of Portland, Maine tried to make a 39 foot buffer zone around the abortion mill which meant that our group had to stand across the street. Planned Parenthood did not want the protesters to be able to heard inside the building. They, however said that parades and other things that made loud noises on Congress street in front of the abortion mill did not cause problems. They only wanted the missionaries silenced because of their message. The judge ruled that this was unconstitutional and the missionaries went back to preaching 8 feet from the door to the abortion mill, until this Tuesday.

On Tuesday the district judge overturned the decision. They want us to be "quiet" whatever that means. Portland police may start forcing us to be quiet. This probably means that we will not be able to preach loud enough that they can hear us inside Planned Parenthood. We do not know what this means concerning open air preaching there but I will post updates as this goes on. Since this case has been through so many courts, who knows, maybe this will end up in the supreme court of the United States. Brian has already contacted his lawyer and will be checking in with them again before going back out to the abortion mill tomorrow.

Our constitutional rights to free speech are being stripped away. The first amendment says, "Congress shall make no law regarding an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech," Christianity is my religion and I have been commanded to rescue those being taken away to death and to preach the Gospel. When you take away our right to preach you are taking away our right to the exercise of my religion and my freedom of speech. America has come to the point where constitutional rights can be taken away simply because Planned Parenthood wants to murder babies without opposition from Christians preaching the Gospel.

However the faithful brothers and sisters outside the abortion mill will continue to preach the Gospel because they know that it is the power of God to salvation to everyone who believes and they know that God is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise. They will continue to glorify God through the proclamation of the Gospel no matter what may happen.

We will see what happens and I will post updates. You can see the full story on WGME one of many news stations that is covering the story. The comments might be fun to read if you have the time. Some are not funny though. Please be praying for those who are opposed to us as well. They need salvation!

Things are heating up at the abortion mill and some are now receiving threats. These people who are threatening are enemies of God and they are angry with with those who preach the Gospel please keep them and the missionaries in prayer.

Many have asserted that we intimidate women who are going in to the abortion mill. In response to this baseless assertion, a brother from our group, Matt, made up a collage of how intimidating we are to the women. This is the face of the intimidation that happens from our group. Below is the intimidation of women that comes from Planned Parenthood.

This news only came out on Tuesday and since then it has been covered on many many news sources. Sadly with the news has come threats. People are even threatening to "shoot to kill" concerning abortion protesters.


Some of the Pro-Life Missionaries have also received personal threats. These have been reported to the police already but prayer is needed right now for those who are going out to the mill in Portland tomorrow and in the weeks to come.

Due to the expected arrival of my youngest sibling we will not be at the abortion mill for awhile but others are still going to be there and they need prayers for safety.

We are not the only ones who are having legal issues due to abortion ministry. Last week was the Fellowship Conference New England. Angela Braxton was there. Angela ministers outside one of the biggest abortion mills in the country in New York. Her and 14 others are being sued by the attorney general of New York for ridiculous claims. These claims include shoving women into walls, which never happened and for which there is no evidence. Please be praying for the situation there. Angela does have a lawyer.

While on the topic of legal issues, earlier this week we had a chance to talk with our lawyer. In my post from a few weeks ago, A Week With the Police, I wrote about our encounter with the chief of police in Wiscasset. We believe that the law that the chief cited that day was misinterpreted by the chief and that it was a case of targeted enforcement so we got a lawyer to pursue the case. Please be praying for that situation.

Please be in prayer for our family as we are expecting the newest member of the family to be born any day. We are staying around the house and hoping that the baby will come soon but God's timing is always best. But please be praying that Mommy will be able to cope well with the end of pregnancy. Daddy is also having some health problems, so I guess you can pray for him too.

Even though we will not going to the abortion mill for awhile we are considering doing some ministry here in Rockland we are hoping to educate the public about abortion even if we cannot be at the actual mill. Please be praying for us as we consider what the best way is to go about this.

Last weekend was the Fellowship Conference New England. We had a great time of fellowship with the saints. It was great to see people that we had not seen for awhile. We got to hear Jesse Barrington preach again which was once again an amazing sermon. He preached about the 2 thieves who were crucified with Jesus. He said that every person falls behind one of these thieves. Either we submit to Christ and recognize our sin and trust in Christ alone or we reject God, suppress the truth that we know about God and mock Him. Let us all stand behind on the side of Christ and let us not stand done until every man and woman has heard the truth of the Gospel! Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God the Father!

With Love in the Lord,
Virginia

A Crazy Week At The Abortion Mill

Hi everyone,
July 28 was strange day at the abortion mill. For context let me go back to events outside Planned Parenthood on July 21.

On July 21 we were outside Planned Parenthood and the police officer on duty was officer Stewart. The abortion mill is located in a multiple story building. There is construction taking place on different floors in the building. One of the funny things about the construction workers is that they will often stick their heads out the windows. They can hear the preaching and occasionally we "yell" back and forth with them. It would be easier to talk to them on the sidewalk and our time of talking to them is interesting while shouting up to a window multiple stories up. You never know what kind of discussions you will have with people when you go out on the street.

Sadly the windows on the floors where the construction is taking place are not always closed. On July 21 we were all standing on the sidewalk along with the Planned Parenthood volunteers. All of a sudden a small piece of dry wall came flying out of the window from multiple stories up. It landed in the middle of the sidewalk and it was the grace of God that protected everyone on the sidewalk from getting hit with it. After our protests about the dry wall flying out of the window the police officer told one the construction workers who came out that he wanted to talk to the boss.

Later in the day two men came up and stood in the road talking to Daddy and purposefully blocking his sign of a baby in the womb. Daddy asked them to step out of the road for their own safety but they continued to stand in the road. After they refused to move out of the road Daddy called down to the officer who was farther down on the sidewalk. The officer said something back but we could not hear what he said so I walked closer to him so I could hear what he said. When I went close to him he said "I'm not talking to you." He motioned Daddy to come to him. The two men did eventually step out of the road but not because the officer said anything to him, as he refused to address the issue.

Soon after, the officer walked down to the corner like he was looking for someone. I was wondering if he had called another officer to come over as we have had backup called before. No one showed up though so I do not know what he was doing. He then came over to Daddy and said "If you want my attention you come to me." Daddy was trying to tell him that it was his job to enforce the laws and protect the public but the officer said "It is not your job to tell me what to do. Do you understand? It is your job to stand here and protest and shut up." He then walked off. Later he asked Daddy if he was a citizen of Portland and if he was leaving. Both questions were irrelevant to the officer's duty to enforce the laws. The officer also refused to identify himself to Daddy. Usually we could just see his name badge but this officer was not wearing his badge in the same place that every other officer in full uniform wears one.

Because of all this we were going to write to the Portland Police Department to make them aware of the officer's actions. However we did not send the email. Instead, on Thursday we received an email from a Sergeant from Internal Affairs, Julie Cannafarina. She was the one investigating officer McCusker's actions from back in June. In the email she said that she had video and audio from officer Stewart's actions and that they were starting an internal investigation regarding his actions. Since Daddy was a witness to his actions she was wondering if there was anything we had to say about the matter. We checked with our group and no one sent video or audio to the police. We do not know where they got the footage for sure but when we are at the abortion mill the dash cam in the cruiser is always running and Planned Parenthood also has a camera.

Now that I explained what happened last week we can go to this week. This week, July 28, we had no officer on the sidewalk with us, which is interesting although last time an internal investigation on a police officer took place we had two weeks with no officer out with us.

At one point in the morning Sergeant Cannfarina and another man who seemed to be from Portland Police came and talked to the "deathscorts". She did not talk to us though. In over a year of being at the abortion mill we have never seen her out at the abortion mill.

This week Andrew and Tanya joined us for the first time in a long time. Andrew had a discussion with some of the Planned Parenthood supporters which was good. I was taking video and one of the ladies asked me if I was recording. I told her that I was and explained how it was protected under the law. She then told the other supporters to get out their phones and she started taking video. I did not care that she was recording she had every right to do so. I do not think she realized that I had a microphone attached to my shirt all morning.

Tanya sometimes walks with people down the sidewalk talking with them as they go. She has been doing this for a long time. One lady came and did not like Tanya talking to her. Officer Keller and officer Eide came, at which point officer Keller warned her to keep arm's length away from anyone not in our group, though this is not expressed in the law. Officer Eide seemed to be there for back up but did not talk to Tanya. We have been told that we are not supposed to follow patients. I do not know what is going to happen with all that but it was strange.

Something else strange happened this week. We had more people than usual out on the sidewalk standing for life. At one point in the morning someone in scrubs came out from Planned Parenthood and asked the Planned Parenthood supporters to move or even go across the street because the patients were being intimidated by so many people. We found out later that the lady who came out and asked them to move is actually the one who is in the room during abortion procedures. It is her job to make sure all the parts are there after the abortion. Please, please pray for her salvation! She is in desperate need of the Savior!

Later in the morning someone came with signs and t-shirts from Planned Parenthood and they were offering them for free if people would come across the street. One person said about Pro-Life Missionaries of Maine, "They came with a plan and it is working." I do not know what are plan was except to preach the Gospel but God had a plan for our day and I guess it worked!

Well that is just some of what our past two weeks at the abortion mill have been like. As I said it was crazy! Tomorrow is the start of Fellowship Conference New England! It should be a great time of preaching and fellowship with the saints, hosted by Redeeming Grace Fellowship in Portland.

Mike Stockwell and Robert Gray are back in the states after their trip to England, and will be organizing the ministry at the abortion mill this Friday as we will have people who came for the conference who will also join in the abortion ministry. Both Mike and Robert were recently preaching and doing evangelism in New York, and they will be coming up for the conference. I cannot wait to see them! It has been such a long time since we have seen either of them and I am looking forward to a great time of fellowship with them and the other saints who are coming!

Prayer
Please be in prayer for the fellowship conference as many people are traveling to get here. Pray for our time at the abortion mill on Friday morning as this seem to be getting strange there.  God is at work in Portland and we pray that God will #endabortionnow!

Pray for Mommy as she is 36 weeks pregnant and is not feeling well. We do not know how much longer until baby is born. All of her babies have been born early and with only 4 weeks left he could be born anytime! Pray that both Mommy and baby would stay healthy. And that if baby is not born for awhile God would give Mommy the strength to be able to endure the end of pregnancy even when she is not feeling well.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia